Chicago International Film Festival Kicks off

The 47th Annual Chicago Film Festival kicked off this Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the AMC Theatres 21 @ 322 East Illinois St. The festival runs from October 6-20. More that 180 films from 50 countries will be shown, including over 45 films from first-time directors. The CIFF team reviewed over 3,000 films before finalizing the list for festival.

"The Last Rites of Joe May," which was filmed in Chicago and stars hometown actors Dennis Farina and Gary Cole was featured on the opening night.

  "It's just reflective of all the great filmmaking that's happening locally, so we're showing that were set and shot in Chicago by Chicagoans," CIFF programmer Mimi Plauche said.

The Festival was started in 1964 by filmmaker and graphic artist Michael Kutza to provide an alternative to the commercial Hollywood movies that dominated the city’s theaters. The Festival opened in 1965 at the Carnegie Theater, where King Vidor, Bette Davis, and Stanley Kramer were honored for their contributions to American cinema. Since then, the Festival has grown to become a world-renowned annual event.

The Festival has a rich history of discovering hundreds of ground-breaking directors such as: Martin Scorsese, John Carpenter, Taylor Hackford, Susan Seidelman, Victor Nunez (United States); Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Germany); Bertrand Tavernier (France); Peter Weir (Australia); Dariush Mehrjui (Iran); Mike Leigh, Alan Parker, Michael Apted, Peter Greenaway (Great Britain); Vincent Ward (New Zealand); Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland); Dusan Makavejev (Yugoslavia); Victor Erice (Spain); Jan Troell (Sweden); and Maria Louisa Bemberg (Argentina), to name just a few!

We at ChicagoLuxuryLeader in Elmhurst, IL will take it as an opportunity to experience the sight and sound of different cultures across the globe.

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/the-scene/events/131298814.html#ixzz1a7hdhG99
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