Dates not confirmed yet. This edition is expected in October 2027, based on when it has run before. Check the organizer before making plans.

Arts & Culture

Chicago International Film Festival

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Date

Expected October 2027

Location

AMC NEWCITY 14
1500 N Clybourn Ave, Chicago, IL 60610

Organized by

Cinema/Chicago

About this happenin

Each October the Chicago International Film Festival takes over theaters across Chicago, showing new international and independent films to the public. Cinema/Chicago, a nonprofit, presents it and calls it North America's longest-running competitive film festival. The first one opened in 1965 at the Carnegie Theater. AMC NEWCITY 14 in Lincoln Park is the central hub, with more screenings at the Music Box Theatre and the Gene Siskel Film Center. Juries award Hugo Awards in seven competition categories, and filmmakers attend selected screenings. Single tickets and multi-ticket passes are both sold, with members getting a presale before the public on-sale. A few events cost nothing, including the Digging Deeper film talks led by a Northwestern professor and the Community Cinema screenings in Chicago neighborhoods.

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