Chicago International Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
Location Chicago, Illinois, USA
Language International
Official website

The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America.

In 2010, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival presented 150 film from over 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.

The 47th Festival will be held October 6-20, 2011.

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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
1995 Maborosi (Maboroshi no Hikari) Hirokazu Koreeda  Japan
1996 Ridicule Patrice Leconte  France
1997 The Winter Guest Alan Rickman  United Kingdom
1998 The Hole (Dong) Tsai Ming-liang  Taiwan
1999 Sachs' Disease (La maladie de Sachs) Michel Deville  France
2000 Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu  Mexico
2001 Fat Girl (À ma soeur!) Catherine Breillat  France
2002 Madame Satã Karim Aïnouz  Brazil
2003 Crimson Gold (Talaye Sorkh) Jafar Panahi  Iran
2004 Kontroll Nimród Antal  Hungary
2005 My Nikifor (Mój Nikifor) Krzysztof Krauze  Poland
2006 Fireworks Wednesday (Chaharshanbe Suri) Asghar Farhadi  Iran
2007 Silent Light (Stellet Lijcht) Carlos Reygadas  Mexico
2008 Hunger Steve McQueen  Ireland
2009 Mississippi Damned Tina Mabry  United States
2010 How I Ended This Summer (Kak ya provyol etim letom) Alexei Popogrebski  Russia
2011 Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki  Finland

Silver Hugo

Best Actor

Best Actress

Lifetime Achievement Awards

In 2006, director Steven Spielberg was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Previous winners include 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

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