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  • Tone Glow Presents "So Lovely to Be: The Everyday Poetics of Sandra Davis"

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    Tone Glow is excited to announce “So Lovely to Be,” a seven-film retrospective of the works of Sandra Davis. Based in San Francisco, the avant-garde filmmaker has spent the past 50 years constructing works of arresting beauty and elegant poeticism. Her approach to editing was inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach, taking influence from the harpsichord’s short decay and the fugal form to ensure that her every successive image shapes one’s understanding of all previous ones.

    Dates: 

    Friday, May 2, 2025 - 19:00

    Venue: 

    Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, United States

  • In-Person: Commodity Trading: Dies Irae by M. Woods

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    M. Woods’ Commodity Trading: Dies Irae is a surrealist nightmare wrapped in a documentary chronicling the void that emerged with the election of Donald Trump. The movie weaves a narrative through political hells, using 16mm film, mixed media digital experimentation, and archival footage to paint a hallucinatory landscape of Southern California’s break from reality.

    Dates: 

    Friday, March 15, 2024 - 19:00

    Venue: 

    Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, United States

  • 50 Years of Chicago Filmmakers: Art Out of Time

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    Presented as part of Chicago Filmmakers’ special series of 50th Anniversary retrospective programming.

    Chicago Filmmakers’ PerforMedia programming originated in the 1980’s as the groundbreaking “Time Arts” series. By bringing together artists across an eclectic spectrum of genres and disciplines, including film, video, music, performance art/theater, and poetry — converged or in tandem, this historic series helped to bring a new, broader audience to Chicago Filmmakers.

    Dates: 

    Friday, February 16, 2024 - 19:00

    Venue: 

    Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, United States

  • VLX5: VASTLAB

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    VLX5 is the fifth season of VASTLAB's annual showcase of Experimental short Film including an action packed program with local Chicago Artist Amanda Van Valkenburg in person for Q&A as well as local Chicago Musicians & Sound Artists LIVEscoring VLX5 short films.

    Dates: 

    Friday, February 9, 2024 - 18:30

    Venue: 

    Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, United States

  • In-Person: Added Lessons by Tom Palazzolo

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    Presented as part of Chicago Filmmakers’ special series of 50th Anniversary retrospective programming.

    ADDED LESSONS is an absurdist fever dream that follows young Francis (Liam Hayes) as he's bounced between maternal demands, burgeoning sexual desires, the church, and pretensions of the art world.

    Dates: 

    Saturday, January 27, 2024 - 17:00

    Venue: 

    Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, United States

  • Chicago Seen, Volume 17: What Do You Carry?

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    Chicago Filmmakers presents CHICAGO SEEN VOL 17: WHAT DO YOU CARRY?, showcasing unique and transformative cinematic art from the Chicago independent & DIY film communities. Screening at the Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse Cinema (1326 W. Hollywood Avenue) on January 19th at 7PM CST, CHICAGO SEEN VOLUME 17 includes contemporary short film from seven local Chicago-based artists, each of whom express unique thematic preoccupations and visual styles.

    Dates: 

    Friday, January 19, 2024 - 19:00

    Venue: 

    Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, United States

  • ...Like Clockwork (Time Ba$ed)

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    Chicago Filmmakers' podcast, …Like Clockwork, curates conversations between Chicago filmmakers, programmers, curators, and multi-disciplinary artists and colleagues from around the world. This is a chance to see some of the incredible work made by our guests, followed by a unique live conversation featuring all of our local filmmakers. Programmed by M. Woods (host of …Like Clockwork) and the Chicago Filmmakers programming intern team!

    Dates: 

    Saturday, August 19, 2023 - 19:00

    Venue: 

    Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, United States

  • Chicago Seen Volume 16

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    We are thrilled to present another edition of our local film series Chicago Seen (formerly known as Spirit of Chicago). Chicago Filmmakers invites free submissions all year round from Chicago-based filmmakers and/or films about Chicago. Volume 16 features work by Aidan Karstadt, Andrew Paul Davis, M. Woods, George Ellzey Jr., Jejoon Park, Jesse Rothenberg & Zo Zosak, Josh Weissbach, Juli Del Prete, and Nick Schoenbrodt.

    Following the screening, the Chicago Seen programming team will moderate a conversation with the filmmakers in attendance.

    Dates: 

    Saturday, August 12, 2023 - 19:00

    Venue: 

    Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, United States

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