Chicago International Film Festival

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Founded 1964		Language International

Location 30 East Adams, Suite 800, Chicago, Illinois, United States 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.

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.

Best Actor

2016 – Adrian Titieni (Romania) for Graduation

2015 – Alexi Mathieu and Jules Gauzelin (France) for A Childhood

2014 – Anton Yelchin (USA) for Rudderless

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 – Jörg Gudzuhn (GDR) for Fallada, letztes Kapitel

1987 – Avtandil Makharadze (Georgia) for Monanieba

1971 – Ezzatollah Entezami (Iran) for The Cow

Best Actress

2016 – Rebecca Hall (UK) for Christine

2015 – Lizzie Brocheré (France) for Full Contact

2014 – Geraldine Chaplin (United States) for Sand Dollars

2013 – Nadeshda Brennicke (Germany) for Banklady

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 The Spot

2005 – Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl (Germany) for Summer in Berlin

2003 – Ludivine Sagnier (France) for Little Lili

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

Bruce Dern (2013)

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

Chicago International Film Festival Wikipedia

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