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Chicago International Film Festival
Location212 W Van Buren St., Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founded1964
Hosted byCinema/Chicago
LanguageInternational
Website http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com

The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the composite eyes of early film actresses Theda Bara, Pola Negri and Mae Murray, set as repeated frames in a strip of film. [1]

In 2010, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival presented 150 films from more than 50 countries. The Festival's program is composed of many different sections, including the International Competition, New Directors Competition, Docufest, Black Perspectives, Cinema of the Americas, and Reel Women.

Its main venue is the AMC River East 21 Theatre in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, although it has dropped that venue during the most recent festival as of 2023 (59th), instead using the AMC Newcity 14.

International Connections Program

The International Connections Program was created in 2003 in order to raise awareness of the international film culture and diversity of Chicago, and to make the festival more appealing to audience and staff of various ethnicities. Foreign films are screened for free throughout the city weekly from July through September.

Awards

Winners are awarded Hugo Awards in eight different competition categories. [2]

  • International Feature Film Competition
    • Gold Hugo
    • Silver Hugo: Jury Prize
    • Silver Hugo: Best Director
    • Silver Hugo: Best Actor (until 2019)
    • Silver Hugo: Best Actress (until 2019)
    • Silver Hugo: Best Performance (from 2020)
    • Silver Hugo: Best Ensemble Performance
    • Silver Hugo: Best Cinematography
    • Silver Hugo: Best Screenplay
    • Silver Hugo: Best Sound
    • Silver Hugo: Best Art Direction
  • New Directors Competition
  • Gold Hugo
  • Silver Hugo
  • Roger Ebert Award
  • International Documentary Competition
    • Gold Hugo
    • Silver Hugo
  • Out-Look Competition
    • Gold Q-Hugo
    • Silver Hugo
  • City & State Competition
    • Chicago Award
  • Live Action Short Film Competition
    • Gold Hugo
    • Silver Hugo
  • Documentary Short Film Competition
    • Gold Hugo
    • Silver Hugo
  • Animated Short Film Competition
    • Gold Hugo
    • Silver Hugo

    Gold Hugo

    Year Winning film Director(s) Country Source
    1965 The Lollipop Cover Everett Chambers   United States [3]
    1966 Bushido (Bushidō zankoku monogatari) Tadashi Imai   Japan [4]
    1967 Here's Your Life (Här har du ditt liv) Jan Troell   Sweden [5]
    1968 Innocence Unprotected (Nevinost bez zastite) Dušan Makavejev   Yugoslavia [6]
    1969 Eeny Meeny Miny Moe (Ole dole doff) Jan Troell   Sweden [7]
    1970 The Green Wall (La muralla verde) Armando Robles Godoy   Peru [6]
    1971 Mon oncle Antoine Claude Jutra   Canada [6]
    1972 Bleak Moments Mike Leigh   United Kingdom [6]
    1973 Mirage (Espejismo) Armando Robles Godoy   Peru [8]
    Morgiana Juraj Herz   Czechoslovakia [9]
    1974 Pirosmani Georgy Shengalaya   Soviet Union [6]
    1975 Land of Promise (Ziemia obiecana) Andrzej Wajda   Poland [6]
    1976 Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit) Wim Wenders   West Germany [6]
    1977 The Huntsmen (Oi kynigoi) Theo Angelopoulos   Greece [10]
    1978 To an Unknown God (A un dios desconocido) Jaime Chávarri   Spain [11]
    1979 Angi Vera Pál Gábor   Hungary [6]
    1980 Camera Buff (Amator) Krzysztof Kieślowski   Poland [6]
    1981 The German Sisters (Die bleierne Zeit) Margarethe von Trotta   West Germany [6]
    1982 Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Robert Altman   United States [6]
    1983 The South (El Sur) Victor Erice   Spain
      France    		 [6]
    1984 Khandhar (The Ruins) Mrinal Sen   India [6]
    1985 The Official Story (La historia oficial) Luis Puenzo   Argentina [12]
    1986 Welcome in Vienna (Wohin und zurück) Axel Corti   Austria
      West Germany
       Switzerland    		 [13]
    1987 Whooping Cough (Szamárköhögés) Péter Gárdos [ hu]   Hungary [6]
    1988 Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera) Vasili Pichul   Soviet Union [14]
    1989 Zerograd (Gorod Zero) Karen Chakhnazarov   Soviet Union [6]
    1990 Ju Dou Zhang Yimou   China
      Japan    		 [6]
    1991 Delicatessen Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro   France [6]
    1992 Dream of Light (El sol del membrillo) Victor Erice   Spain [15]
    1993 Twinkle (Kira kira hikaru) Joji Matsuoka   Japan [16]
    1994 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls) Michael Haneke   Austria
      Germany    		 [17]
    1995 Maborosi (Maboroshi no Hikari) Hirokazu Koreeda   Japan [18]
    1996 Ridicule Patrice Leconte   France [19]
    1997 The Winter Guest Alan Rickman   United Kingdom [20]
    1998 The Hole (Dong) Tsai Ming-liang   Taiwan [21]
    1999 Sachs' Disease (La maladie de Sachs) Michel Deville   France [22]
    2000 Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu   Mexico [23]
    2001 Fat Girl (À ma soeur!) Catherine Breillat   France [24]
    2002 Madame Satã Karim Aïnouz   Brazil [25]
    2003 Crimson Gold (Talaye Sorkh) Jafar Panahi   Iran [26]
    2004 Kontroll Nimród Antal   Hungary [27]
    2005 My Nikifor (Mój Nikifor) Krzysztof Krauze   Poland [28]
    2006 Fireworks Wednesday (Chaharshanbe Suri) Asghar Farhadi   Iran [29]
    2007 Silent Light (Stellet Lijcht) Carlos Reygadas   Mexico [30]
    2008 Hunger Steve McQueen   Ireland [31]
    2009 Mississippi Damned Tina Mabry   United States [32]
    2010 How I Ended This Summer (Kak ya provyol etim letom) Alexei Popogrebski   Russia [33]
    2011 Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki   Finland [34]
    2012 Holy Motors Leos Carax   France
    2013 My Sweet Pepper Land Huner Saleem   Iraq
    2014 The President Mohsen Makhmalbaf   Georgia
      France
      United Kingdom
      Germany    		 [35]
    2015 A Childhood Philippe Claudel   France [36]
    2016 Sieranevada Cristi Puiu   Romania [37]
    2017 A Sort of Family Diego Lerman   Argentina [38]
    2018 Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher   Italy
       Switzerland
      Germany
      France    		 [39]
    2019 Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma   France [40]
    2020 Sweat Magnus von Horn   Sweden [2]
    2021 Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul   Thailand
      Colombia
      Germany
      France
      Mexico
      China
    2022 Godland Hlynur Pálmason   Iceland
      Denmark
      France
      Sweden    		 [41]
    2023 Explanation for Everything Gábor Reisz   Hungary
      Slovakia    		 [42]

    Silver Hugo

    Jury Award

    Best Director

    Best Actor

    Best Actress

    Main article: Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress

    Best Performance

    Best Cinematography

    Best Screenplay

    Best Art Direction

    Best New Director

    Lifetime Achievement Awards

    Winners of the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award include Steven Spielberg, Helen Hunt, Dustin Hoffman, Martin Landau, Shirley MacLaine, Lord Richard Attenborough, François Truffaut, Jodie Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Williams, Manoel de Oliveira, and Clint Eastwood.[ citation needed]

    Career Achievement Awards

    Television awards

    The Television Awards started with the idea of honoring television commercials in a special event of the film festival, but over time evolved and grew into a bigger event, comprising not only commercials but also television productions, series, and online television. In 2003 a separate ceremony was launched for the TV awards, and in 2017, the event became a separate event, named the Chicago International Television Festival. Winners and runners-up for the various categories, which include Gold and Silver Hugos, are listed on the film festival website. [46] [47]

    See also

    References

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    2. ^ a b "Festival Award Winners". Cinema/Chicago.
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