The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual

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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

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, set as repeated frames in a strip of film. 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

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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

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, 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. *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 *International Documentary Competition *Out-Look Competition *City & State Competition **Chicago Award *Live Action Short Film Competition *Documentary Short Film Competition *Animated Short Film Competition

Gold Hugo

Silver Hugo

Jury Award

* 2024 – ''

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'', dir. Payal Kapadia (India) * 2023 – '' The Delinquents'', dir. Rodrigo Moreno (Argentina) * 2022 – ''

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(Belgium) * 2021 – '' Drive My Car'', dir.

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(Japan) * 2020 – '' Careless Crime'', dir.

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(Iran) * 2019 – ''

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(Portugal)

Best Director

* 2024 – Miguel Gomes (Portugal) for '' Grand Tour'' * 2023 –

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(Finland) for '' Fallen Leaves'' * 2022 – Maryam Touzani (Morocco) for '' The Blue Caftan'' * 2021 –

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(Slovakia) for '' 107 Mothers'' * 2020 –

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(Russia) for '' Dear Comrades!'' * 2019 – Maya Da-Rin (Brazil) for '' The Fever''

Best Actor

* 2024 – Benjamin Voisin (France) for '' The Quiet Son'' * 2021 –

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(Belgium) for '' Nobody Has to Know'' * 2019 – Bartosz Bielenia (Poland) for '' Corpus Christi'' * 2018 –

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'' * 2017 –

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(Russia) for ''

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'' * 2016 –

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(Romania) for ''

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'' * 2015 – Alexi Mathieu and Jules Gauzelin (France) for ''

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'' * 2014 – Anton Yelchin (USA) for '' Rudderless'' * 2013 –

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(Poland) for '' Walesa: Man of Hope'' * 2012 – Denis Lavant (France) for ''

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'' * 2011 – Maged El Kedwany (Egypt) for ''

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'' * 2010 – Youssouf Djaoro (Chad) for ''

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'' * 2009 –

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(Italy) for '' Vincere'' * 2008 –

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(Ireland) for ''

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'' * 2007 – Sam Riley (United Kingdom) for '' Control'' * 2006 –

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(Germany) for '' The Free Will'' * 1989 –

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(GDR) for '' Fallada, letztes Kapitel'' * 1987 – Avtandil Makharadze (Georgia) for '' Monanieba'' * 1972 – José Luis López Vázquez (Spain) for '' My Dearest Senorita'' * 1971 – José Luis López Vázquez (Spain) for '' The Ancines Woods''

Best Actress

* 2024 – Elín Hall (Iceland) for '' When the Light Breaks'' * 2021 – Michelle Fairley (Ireland) for '' Nobody Has to Know'' * 2019 – Debbie Honeywood (UK) for '' Sorry We Missed You'' * 2018 –

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(China) for '' Ash Is Purest White'' * 2017 – Jowita Budnik (Poland) and Eliane Umuhire (Rwanda) for ''Birds Are Singing in Kigali'' * 2016 –

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(UK) for '' Christine'' * 2015 –

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(France) for '' Full Contact'' * 2014 –

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(United States) for '' Sand Dollars'' * 2013 – Nadeshda Brennicke (Germany) for ' * 2012 – Ulla Skoog (Sweden) for '' The Last Sentence'' * 2011 –

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(UK) for '' Tyrannosaur'' * 2010 –

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(USA) for ''

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'' * 2009 – Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Italy) for '' Vincere'' * 2008 –

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(India) for '' Heaven on Earth'' * 2007 –

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(China) for '' Tuya's Marriage'' * 2006 – Viktoriya Isakova,

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, Anna Ukolova (Russia) for ''

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'' * 2005 – Inka Friedrich,

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(Germany) for '' Summer in Berlin'' * 2003 –

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(France) for ''

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Best Performance

* 2023 – Ilinca Manolache (Romania) for '' Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World'' * 2022 –

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(Luxembourg) for ''

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'' * 2020 – Yakusho Koji (Japan) for '' Under the Open Sky''

Best Screenplay

* 2024 – Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran) for '' The Seed of the Sacred Fig'' * 2023 – Gábor Reisz and Éva Schulze (Hungary) for '' Explanation for Everything'' * 2022 – Alice Diop, Amrita David, and Marie NDiaye (France) for '' Saint Omer'' * 2021 – Alexandre Koberidze (Georgia) for '' What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?'' * 2020 – Christos Nikou and Stavros Raptis (Greece) for ''

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'' * 2019 –

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(China) for ''

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Best Editing

* 2024 – Telmo Churro and Pedro Filipe Marques (Portugal) for '' Grand Tour''

Best Cinematography

* 2023 – Hélène Louvart (France) for ''

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'' * 2022 – Maria von Hausswolff (Iceland) for '' Godland'' * 2021 – Kasper Tuxen (Denmark) for '' The Worst Person in the World'' * 2020 – Tobie Marier Robitaille (Canada) for '' Night of the Kings'' * 2019 – Vladimír Smutný (Czech Republic) for '' The Painted Bird''

Best Art Direction

* 2022 – Marcela Gómez and Daniel Rincon (Colombia) for ''The Kings of the World'' * 2021 – Sergey Fevralev (Russia) for '' Captain Volkonogov Escaped'' * 2020 – Jagna Dobesz (Poland) for ''

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Best New Director

* 2023 – Ena Sendijarević (Netherlands) for '' Sweet Dreams'' * 2022 – Ann Oren (Germany) for ''Piaffe''

Special Mention

* 2024 – Ensemble Performance for '' On Becoming a Guinea Fowl''

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Winners of the festival's ''Lifetime Achievement Award'' include

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Career Achievement Awards

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(2013) *

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(2005) *

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(2005) *

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(2004) * Irma P. Hall, Robert Townsend and

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(2004) *

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(2003)

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

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. 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.

References

External links

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