The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival that is presented by Cinema/Chicago. First held in 1965, it is one of North America's oldest film events. A film festival is a festival in one or more movie theaters with a special program showcasing many films. ...

It is held every October. In 2005, the festival presented 101 feature films and 42 live action and animated short films. Among the film professionals who presented their works that year were Susan Sarandon, Cameron Crowe, Stanley Kwan, Patrice Chéreau, Nicolas Cage, Melvin Van Peebles, and Manoel de Oliveira. In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of drawings or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... Short subject is an American film industry term that historically has referred to any film in the format of two reels, or approximately 20 minutes running time, or less. ... Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Cameron Crowe Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an American writer and film director. ... Stanley Kwan (Traditional Chinese: 關錦鵬; Simplified Chinese: 关锦鹏; Hanyu Pinyin: ; born October 9, 1957) is a Hong Kong film director and producer. ... Patrice Chéreau (born November 2nd, 1944 in Lézigné, France) is a French director, film maker, actor, and producer. ... Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Kim Coppola on January 7, 1964)[1] is an award-winning American actor. ... Melvin Van Peebles, as pictured on the movie poster for Melvin Van Peebles (born August 21, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor, director, screenwriter and composer, and the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles. ... Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira is a Portuguese film director born in Oporto on December 12, 1908. ...

International Connections Program

The International Connections Program was created in 2003 to raise awareness of the international film culture and diversity of Chicagoland, 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. Chicagoland is an informal name for the Chicago metropolitan area, used by local residents, businesses, governments, and planning agencies. ...

Grand Prize: Gold Hugo

• 2006:Charshanbe soori (Iran)
• 2005:Mój Nikifor (Poland)
• 2004:Kontroll (Hungary)
• 2003:Talaye sorkh (Iran)
• 2002:Madame Satã (Brazil)

Lifetime Achievement Awards

In 2006, director Steven Spielberg was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Previous winners include Shirley MacLaine, Lord Richard Attenborough, Francois Truffaut, Jodie Foster, Robin Williams, and Clint Eastwood. Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director and producer. ... Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE (born August 29, 1923) is a prolific English film and stage actor, and Academy Award, BAFTA and three-time Golden Globe winning director and producer. ... François Roland Truffaut (February 6, 1932–October 21, 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking, and remains an icon of the French film industry. ... Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. ... Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951[1]) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ...

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)
• Nicholas Cage (2003)

Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. ... Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ... Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actress, well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. ... Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award-winning American movie director, producer and writer. ... Irma P. Hall (born Irma Dolores Player Hall on June 3, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American character actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows since the 1970s. ... Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film director/writer/actor. ... Harry Joseph Lennix (born November 16, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. ... Annette Bening (born May 29, 1958) is an American Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress. ... Robin McLaurin Williams (born July 21, 1951[1]) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and comedian. ... Nicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor. ...

See also

• List of film festivals

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External links

• Chicago International Film Festival