Chicago International Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival
Location 212 W Van Buren St., Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founded 1964
Language International
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.

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.

Grand Prize: Gold Hugo

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

Silver Hugo

Best Actor

Best Actress

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.

Career Achievement Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ About Our Logo – The Chicago International Film Festival.
  2. ↑ "1965 — 1st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "1966 — 2nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Chicago International Film Festival (1967)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "50 Years of Memories: Highlights from the History of the Chicago International Film Festival" (PDF). chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "1969 — 5th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Juraj Herz Double Bill: The Cremator + Morgiana". Czech Centre. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "1977 — 13th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Chicago International Film Festival (1978)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Chicago International Film Festival (1985)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "A Year in the Artsl". Chicago Tribune. 28 December 1986. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Chicago International Film Festival (1988)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Chicago International Film Festival (1992)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Chicago International Film Festival (1993)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "1994 — 30th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "1995 — 31st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  17. ↑ "1996 — 32nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "1997 — 33rd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "1998 — 34th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "1999 — 35th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  21. ↑ "2000— 36th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  22. ↑ "2001— 37th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  23. ↑ "2002— 38th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  24. ↑ "2003— 39th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  25. ↑ "2004— 40th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  26. ↑ "2005— 41st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  27. ↑ "2006— 42nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  28. ↑ "2007— 43rd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  29. ↑ "2008— 44th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  30. ↑ "2009— 45th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  31. ↑ "2010— 46th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  32. ↑ "2011— 47th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  33. 1 2 3 "Highest Standards of Filmmaking Celebrated at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival’s Awards Night". chicagofilmfestival.com. October 17, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  34. 1 2 3 Byrge, Duane (October 24, 2015). "'A Childhood' won the dramatic competition; 'Volta A Terra' prevailed in the documentary competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
  35. 1 2 3 Phillips, Michael (October 22, 2016). "Rule, Romania: 'Sieranevada,' 'Graduation' win big at Chicago Film Fest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  36. ↑ Chicago International Film Festival - News & Events - Bruce Dern Comes Home to Chicago for the Centerpiece Presentation of Alexander Payne's "Nebraska". Chicagofilmfestival.com (2013-08-27). Retrieved on 2014-05-25. Archived October 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
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