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.

Its main venue is the AMC River East 21 Theatre in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago.

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			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	Morgiana	Juraj Herz	Czechoslovakia	^[8]
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	^[9]
1978	To an Unknown God (A un dios desconocido)	Jaime Chávarri	Spain	^[10]
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 Five & 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	^[11]
1986	Welcome in Vienna (Wohin und zurück)	Axel Corti	Austria West Germany Switzerland	^[12]
1987	(Szamárköhögés)	[hu]	Hungary	^[6]
1988	Little Vera (Malenkaya Vera)	Vasili Pichul	Soviet Union	^[13]
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	^[14]
1993	(Kira kira hikaru)	Joji Matsuoka	Japan	^[15]
1994	71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls)	Michael Haneke	Austria Germany	^[16]
1995	Maborosi (Maboroshi no Hikari)	Hirokazu Koreeda	Japan	^[17]
1996	Ridicule	Patrice Leconte	France	^[18]
1997	The Winter Guest	Alan Rickman	United Kingdom	^[19]
1998	The Hole (Dong)	Tsai Ming-liang	Taiwan	^[20]
1999	Sachs' Disease (La maladie de Sachs)	Michel Deville	France	^[21]
2000	Amores perros	Alejandro González Iñárritu	Mexico	^[22]
2001	Fat Girl (À ma soeur!)	Catherine Breillat	France	^[23]
2002	Madame Satã	Karim Aïnouz	Brazil	^[24]
2003	Crimson Gold (Talaye Sorkh)	Jafar Panahi	Iran	^[25]
2004	Kontroll	Nimród Antal	Hungary	^[26]
2005	My Nikifor (Mój Nikifor)	Krzysztof Krauze	Poland	^[27]
2006	Fireworks Wednesday (Chaharshanbe Suri)	Asghar Farhadi	Iran	^[28]
2007	Silent Light (Stellet Lijcht)	Carlos Reygadas	Mexico	^[29]
2008	Hunger	Steve McQueen	Ireland	^[30]
2009	Mississippi Damned	Tina Mabry	United States	^[31]
2010	How I Ended This Summer (Kak ya provyol etim letom)	Alexei Popogrebski	Russia	^[32]
2011	Le Havre	Aki Kaurismäki	Finland	^[33]
2012	Holy Motors	Leos Carax	France
2013	My Sweet Pepper Land	Huner Saleem	Iraq
2014	The President	Mohsen Makhmalbaf	Georgia France United Kingdom Germany	^[34]
2015	A Childhood	Philippe Claudel	France	^[35]
2016	Sieranevada	Cristi Puiu	Romania	^[36]
2017	A Sort of Family	Diego Lerman	Argentina	^[37]
2018	Happy as Lazzaro	Alice Rohrwacher	Italy Switzerland Germany France	^[38]
2019	Portrait of a Lady on Fire	Céline Sciamma	France	^[39]
2020	Sweat	Magnus von Horn	Sweden	^[2]

Silver Hugo[]

Best Actor[]

2019 – Bartosz Bielenia (Poland) for Corpus Christi^[39]
2018 – Jesper Christensen (Denmark) for Before the Frost^[38]
2017 – Aleksandr Yatsenko (Russia) for Arrhythmia^[37]
2016 – Adrian Titieni (Romania) for Graduation^[36]
2015 – and (France) for A Childhood^[35]
2014 – Anton Yelchin (USA) for Rudderless^[34]
2013 – Robert Wieckiewicz (Poland) for Walesa: Man of Hope
2012 – Denis Lavant (France) for Holy Motors
2011 – Maged El Kedwany (Egypt) for 678
2010 – Youssouf Djaoro (Chad) for A Screaming Man
2009 – Filippo Timi (Italy) for Vincere
2008 – Michael Fassbender (Ireland) for Hunger
2007 – Sam Riley (United Kingdom) for Control
2006 – Jürgen Vogel (Germany) for The Free Will
1989 – (GDR) for Fallada, letztes Kapitel
1987 – Avtandil Makharadze (Georgia) for Monanieba
1971 – Ezzatollah Entezami (Iran) for The Cow

Best Actress[]

2019 – (UK) for Sorry We Missed You^[39]
2018 – Zhao Tao (China) for Ash Is Purest White^[38]
2017 – Jowita Budnik (Poland) and ^[fr] (Rwanda) for Birds Are Singing in Kigali^[37]
2016 – Rebecca Hall (UK) for Christine^[36]
2015 – Lizzie Brocheré (France) for Full Contact^[35]
2014 – Geraldine Chaplin (United States) for Sand Dollars^[34]
2013 – Nadeshda Brennicke (Germany) for
2012 – Ulla Skoog (Sweden) for The Last Sentence
2011 – Olivia Colman (UK) for Tyrannosaur
2010 – Liana Liberato (USA) for Trust
2009 – Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Italy) for Vincere
2008 – Preity Zinta (India) for Heaven on Earth
2007 – Yu Nan (China) for Tuya's Marriage
2006 – Viktoriya Isakova, Darya Moroz, Anna Ukolova (Russia) for
2005 – Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl (Germany) for Summer in Berlin
2003 – Ludivine Sagnier (France) for Little Lili

Best Performance[]

2020 - Yakusho Koji (Japan) for Under the Open Sky

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[]

Bruce Dern (2013)^[40]
Terrence Howard (2005)
Susan Sarandon (2005)
Shirley MacLaine (2005)
Robert Zemeckis (2004)
Irma P. Hall, Robert Townsend and Harry J. Lennix (2004)
Annette Bening (2004)
Robin Williams (2004)
Nicolas Cage (2003)

References[]

^ "Our Logo". The Chicago International Film Festival. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Festival Award Winners". Cinema/Chicago.
^ "1965 — 1st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "1966 — 2nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Chicago International Film Festival (1967)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "50 Years of Memories: Highlights from the History of the Chicago International Film Festival" (PDF). chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "1969 — 5th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Juraj Herz Double Bill: The Cremator + Morgiana". Czech Centre. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "1977 — 13th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Chicago International Film Festival (1978)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Chicago International Film Festival (1985)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "A Year in the Artsl". Chicago Tribune. 28 December 1986. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Chicago International Film Festival (1988)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Chicago International Film Festival (1992)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Chicago International Film Festival (1993)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "1994 — 30th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "1995 — 31st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "1996 — 32nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "1997 — 33rd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "1998 — 34th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "1999 — 35th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2000— 36th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2001— 37th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2002— 38th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2003— 39th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2004— 40th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2005— 41st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2006— 42nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2007— 43rd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2008— 44th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2009— 45th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2010— 46th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
^ "2011— 47th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Highest Standards of Filmmaking Celebrated at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival's Awards Night". chicagofilmfestival.com. October 17, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Phillips, Michael (October 22, 2016). "Rule, Romania: 'Sieranevada,' 'Graduation' win big at Chicago Film Fest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "53rd Festival Award-Winning Films". Chicago International Film Festival. October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "54th Chicago International Film Festival Award Winners". Chicago International Film Festival. October 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "55th Chicago International Film Festival Award Winners". Chicago International Film Festival. October 27, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
^ 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

External links[]

Chicago International Film Festival

[1] "Our Logo". The Chicago International Film Festival. Retrieved October 25, 2017.

[winners-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Festival Award Winners". Cinema/Chicago.

[3] "1965 — 1st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[4] "1966 — 2nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[5] "Chicago International Film Festival (1967)". IMDb. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[Timeline-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "50 Years of Memories: Highlights from the History of the Chicago International Film Festival" (PDF). chicagofilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[7] "1969 — 5th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[8] "Juraj Herz Double Bill: The Cremator + Morgiana". Czech Centre. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[9] "1977 — 13th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[10] "Chicago International Film Festival (1978)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[11] "Chicago International Film Festival (1985)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[12] "A Year in the Artsl". Chicago Tribune. 28 December 1986. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[13] "Chicago International Film Festival (1988)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[14] "Chicago International Film Festival (1992)". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[15] "Chicago International Film Festival (1993)l". imdb.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[16] "1994 — 30th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[17] "1995 — 31st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[18] "1996 — 32nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[19] "1997 — 33rd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[20] "1998 — 34th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[21] "1999 — 35th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[22] "2000— 36th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[23] "2001— 37th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[24] "2002— 38th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[25] "2003— 39th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[26] "2004— 40th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[27] "2005— 41st Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[28] "2006— 42nd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[29] "2007— 43rd Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[30] "2008— 44th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[31] "2009— 45th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[32] "2010— 46th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.

[33] "2011— 47th Chicago Film Festival". chicagofilmfestival.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

[2014e-34] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Highest Standards of Filmmaking Celebrated at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival's Awards Night". chicagofilmfestival.com. October 17, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2016.

[2015e-35] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c 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.

[2016e-36] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Phillips, Michael (October 22, 2016). "Rule, Romania: 'Sieranevada,' 'Graduation' win big at Chicago Film Fest". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 29, 2016.

[2017e-37] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "53rd Festival Award-Winning Films". Chicago International Film Festival. October 25, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2018.

[2018e-38] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "54th Chicago International Film Festival Award Winners". Chicago International Film Festival. October 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2019.

[2019e-39] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "55th Chicago International Film Festival Award Winners". Chicago International Film Festival. October 27, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2020.

[40] 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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show v t Golden Hugo Award
1990s	Maborosi (1995) Ridicule (1996) The Winter Guest (1997) The Hole (1998) Sachs' Disease (1999)
2000s	Amores perros (2000) Fat Girl (2001) Madame Satã (2002) Crimson Gold (2003) Kontroll (2004) My Nikifor (2005) Fireworks Wednesday (2006) Silent Light (2007) Hunger (2008) Mississippi Damned (2009)
2010s	How I Ended This Summer (2010) Le Havre (2011) Holy Motors (2012) My Sweet Pepper Land (2013) The President (2014) A Childhood (2015) Sieranevada (2016) A Sort of Family (2017) Happy as Lazzaro (2018) Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)