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GENE SISKEL FILM CENTER
The Gene Siskel Film Center selects and presents significant world cinema in a non-commercial context that sets aesthetic, critical and entertainment standards. Can't find what you're looking for? Contact us.
Get a Gene Siskel Film Membership and Save! Members enjoy up to 50% off tickets, concessions discounts, member-exclusive pre-sales and passes, and more. Individual and dual options available. Read more
Conversations at the Edge is our series for innovative film and media art. Featuring screenings, performances, and artist talks, the program is made possible through a unique partnership with SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation, Video Data Bank, and the Film Center.
Director Matthew Rankin's charming, surreal, and snowy second feature, UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is now playing. Winner of the inaugural Directors’ Fortnight audience award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Discover the best of Polish cinema in our Chicago European Union Film Festival Spotlight: Poland. This year's dynamic lineup includes 12 Chicago premieres and seven repertory favorites. Festival lineup, tickets and Passports available now.
Check out what's coming to our screens this spring. The March/April issue of the Gazette is now available to read online and pickup in person.
We are honored to present legendary screenwriter, director, and producer Paul Schrader with the Renaissance Award on Saturday, April 5. Leading up to An Evening with Paul Schrader, we will screen seven films written and directed by Schrader alongside four films curated by Schrader for our screens.
Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Art History, Theory, and Criticism department, our spring Lecture Series: Shadows of War is led by Nora Annesley Taylor, Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art. Through May 6.
Director Zeinabu irene Davis, screenwriter Marc Arthur Chéry, and actor John Earl Jelks join us in person for the new 4k digital restoration of Davis's 1999 COMPENSATION. Now playing.
All three 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films categories are now playing for limited showtimes: DOCUMENTARY SHORTS, ANIMATED SHORTS, and LIVE ACTION SHORTS.
Get a Gene Siskel Film Membership and Save! Members enjoy up to 50% off tickets, concessions discounts, member-exclusive pre-sales and passes, and more. Individual and dual options available. Read more
Conversations at the Edge is our series for innovative film and media art. Featuring screenings, performances, and artist talks, the program is made possible through a unique partnership with SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation, Video Data Bank, and the Film Center.
Director Matthew Rankin's charming, surreal, and snowy second feature, UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is now playing. Winner of the inaugural Directors’ Fortnight audience award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Discover the best of Polish cinema in our Chicago European Union Film Festival Spotlight: Poland. This year's dynamic lineup includes 12 Chicago premieres and seven repertory favorites. Festival lineup, tickets and Passports available now.
Check out what's coming to our screens this spring. The March/April issue of the Gazette is now available to read online and pickup in person.
We are honored to present legendary screenwriter, director, and producer Paul Schrader with the Renaissance Award on Saturday, April 5. Leading up to An Evening with Paul Schrader, we will screen seven films written and directed by Schrader alongside four films curated by Schrader for our screens.
Presented in collaboration with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Art History, Theory, and Criticism department, our spring Lecture Series: Shadows of War is led by Nora Annesley Taylor, Alsdorf Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art. Through May 6.
Director Zeinabu irene Davis, screenwriter Marc Arthur Chéry, and actor John Earl Jelks join us in person for the new 4k digital restoration of Davis's 1999 COMPENSATION. Now playing.
All three 2025 Oscar Nominated Short Films categories are now playing for limited showtimes: DOCUMENTARY SHORTS, ANIMATED SHORTS, and LIVE ACTION SHORTS.
Get a Gene Siskel Film Membership and Save! Members enjoy up to 50% off tickets, concessions discounts, member-exclusive pre-sales and passes, and more. Individual and dual options available. Read more
