Updates
Filmmaker/Artist Afterglow
*FREE EVENT* Be the main character of your own social capital! Just kidding. But for real, come on out and hang with filmmakers and artists in a chill, no pressure-networking kinda way.
Opening Night Happy Hour
*FREE EVENT* Our doors are officially open. Come chill and have a beverage with us before the Opening Night Feature: OBEX
Distant Planet Project Presents: Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
*FREE EVENT* Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.
The Royal Tenenbaums
*A tribute to the late Gene Hackman, one of the greatest actors of our time* Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children—Chas, Margot, and Richie—and then they separated. The Royal Tenenbaums is a hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption from Wes Anderson.
PANEL: The New Wave of Entertainment – Creators Reshaping Media
*FREE EVENT* Join four local creators with millions of combined followers for a discussion on what it takes to stand out, the realities of making a living in this space, and where the future of entertainment is headed.
Fortnight Next Best Films
Fortnight Film Contest submissions eligible for an Audience Choice Award.
Fortnight Top Films Screening & Awards
A selection of Fortnight Film Contest submissions in consideration for juried prizes and an Audience Choice Award.
“Folk Music in Film” A Workshop with Tim Eriksen
*FREE EVENT* Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel and dance tunes from New England and Southern Appalachia. This workshop, addressed to beginners and more experienced singers alike, begins with the basics of the human voice and group singing.
CCFF x The Robin Present: Whorled
*FREE EVENT* Whorled transports their audiences around the globe with fresh interpretations of re-imagined Celtic, bluegrass, French Café, and jazz influences. Whorled is guitarist and digeridooist Thom Jayne, fiddler and bodhrán player Keala Venema, and accordionist Mariko Venema.
Ten Pound Fiddle Presents: Tim Eriksen
Tim Eriksen is acclaimed for transforming American tradition with his startling interpretations of old ballads, love songs, shape-note gospel and dance tunes from New England and Southern Appalachia. In partnership with the Ten Pound Fiddle.