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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 
Japan1996 Ridicule Patrice Leconte 
France1997 The Winter Guest Alan Rickman 
United Kingdom1998 The Hole (Dong) Tsai Ming-liang 
Taiwan1999 Sachs' Disease (La maladie de Sachs) Michel Deville France2000 Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu 
Mexico2001 Fat Girl (À ma soeur!) Catherine Breillat France2002 Madame Satã Karim Aïnouz 
Brazil2003 Crimson Gold (Talaye Sorkh) Jafar Panahi 
Iran2004 Kontroll Nimród Antal 
Hungary2005 My Nikifor (Mój Nikifor) Krzysztof Krauze 
Poland2006 Fireworks Wednesday (Chaharshanbe Suri) Asghar Farhadi Iran2007 Silent Light (Stellet Lijcht) Carlos Reygadas Mexico2008 Hunger Steve McQueen 
Ireland2009 Mississippi Damned Tina Mabry 
United States2010 How I Ended This Summer (Kak ya provyol etim letom) Alexei Popogrebski 
Russia2011 Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki 
FinlandSilver Hugo
Best Actor
- 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
- 1989 - Jörg Gudzuhn (GDR) for Fallada, letztes Kapitel
- 1987 - Avtandil Makharadze (Georgia) for Monanieba
Best Actress
Main article: Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress- 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
- 2003 - Ludivine Sagnier (France) for Little Lili
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
- 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)
See also
References
External links
Categories:- Culture of Chicago, Illinois
- Festivals in Chicago, Illinois
- Film festivals in the United States
- International film festivals
- Lifetime achievement awards
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