Screening 35mm & 16mm film prints from studio vaults, film archives, and private collections.
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Chicago Film Society Open House
Sunday, November 9 from 2pm – 9pm
Chicago Film Society Office (2950 W Chicago Ave, Suite 306)
CFS OPEN HOUSE
Join us for a FREE (donations appreciated) open house where short films from our collection will be screened on the hour, every hour! Tour our archive! Ask us questions! There will be snacks! Drop in and drop out (and drop in again) at any point between 2pm and 9pm.NEXT UP: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on Tuesday, November 11 at the Music Box Theatre
Upcoming screenings:
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11/6 at 8:00 PM at Constellation
International Sweethearts of Rhythm: Jazz and Blues Films from the Bob Koester Collection
• Advance Tickets
11/9 from 2pm – 9pm
Open House at the Chicago Film Society Office
2950 W Chicago Ave – Suite 306
11/11 at 7:00 PM at Music Box
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid • Advance Tickets
11/16 at 11:30 AM at Music Box
Every-Night Dreams • Advance Tickets
11/25 at 6:00 PM at Film Center
Fear of Fear • Advance Tickets
12/1 at 7:00 PM at Music Box
Kwaidan • Advance Tickets
12/10 at 8:00 PM at Constellation
Uncle Nick and the Chicago All-Stars: Films from the Filipino American Historical Society of Chicago
• Advance Tickets
12/16 at 6:00 PM at Film Center
The Unholy Three • Advance Tickets
The Chicago Film Society works to promote the exhibition of analog film prints, to preserve the equipment and skills used to create and exhibit them, and to encourage an approach to film history that positions cinema as part of the broader history of technology and society.
PRESERVING FILM
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▶︎ Film collection
PRESERVING TECHNOLOGY
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▶︎ Consulting
PRESERVING SKILLS
▶︎ Workshops for projectionists
▶︎ Sprocket School
▶︎ Analog Film Exhibitors Directory
▶︎ Booth Talk
SPECIAL PROJECTS
▶︎ Celluloid Now
▶︎ Celluloid Chicago
▶︎ Leader Ladies Project
▶︎ Recommended Reading
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