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Past Events

screen-shot-2013-06-14-at-11-05-15-am December 1-12, 2013 ,  35th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema

Films by JoAnn Elam and Lawrence Janiak head to Cuba to take part in the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema’s Cine Experimental Norteamericano program
American-Revolution-2 Thursday, November 21, 2013 ,  6PM American Revolution 2

CFA and Intuit present American Revolution 2, a gritty but essential documentary charting social turbulence in late 1960′s Chicago. Q&A with Film Group member Bill Cottle!
nwloc_3 Tuesday, November 19, 2013 ,  7:30PM Vanishing Neighborhoods

Preservation Chicago, the Chicago Film Archives, and Kartemquin Films present three short films documenting demolition and change in 1960s and 1970s Chicago.

GordonParks_feature Sunday, November 17, 2013 ,  4PM GORDON PARKS: START OF MOTION

Chicago Film Archives, Black Cinema House and the Gordon Parks Foundation present three early films by the legendary African American photographer, Gordon Parks.
39 Wednesday, November 6-Saturday, November 9, 2013 ,  AMIA Conference 2013

CFA’s Nancy Watrous and Anne Wells head south to Richmond, Virginia to present at the Association of Moving Image Archivists annual conference
Cowgirls_6 Tuesday, October 29, 2013 ,  8:00PM THE REAL COWBOYS OF THE PRARIE

CFA heads to the wild wild west with 3 films about rodeo & ranch life
Kodak-Baby_HMD Saturday, Oct 19, 2013 ,  11:00AM-3:00PM (curated screening at 2:00PM) Chicago HOME MOVIE DAY 2013

Local archivists inspect & project your celluloid home movies. Learn how to care for your films for years to come!
goldstein_2 Friday, October 4, 2013 ,  7:30PM GOLDSTEIN

Northwest Chicago Film Society and Chicago Film Archives present the locally produced feature GOLDSTEIN (1964) on beautiful 35mm

Close-to-you1 Saturday, September 28, 2013 ,  Orphans Midwest Film Symposium

CFA films (& staff) head to Bloomington, IN to take part in Orphans Midwest Film Symposium
Screen shot 2013-08-27 at 3.52.51 PM Tuesday, September 24, 2013 ,  8:00PM NOM NOM NOM

Join us for a selection of 16mm shorts about, well, delicious food.

Screen shot 2013-07-25 at 12.26.05 PM Thursday, September 12, 2013 ,  6:00PM 8 FLAGS FOR 99 CENTS (16mm Restoration Premiere!)

CFA, The Garfield Ridge Library and the Clearridge Historical Society invite you to a special premiere of this new restored film about the home front during the Vietnam War.
Screen shot 2013-07-23 at 12.54.15 PM Tuesday, August 27, 2013 ,  8:00PM BACK TO SCHOOL with Degrassi Junior High

3 episodes of the classic Canadaian television show…presented in 16mm!
Newsletter June 2011 - The Blues May 24 - August 16, 2013 ,  8:30PM MOVIES UNDER THE STARS: An Outdoor Summer Film Series at the Black Cinema House

CFA and The Black Cinema House join forces to bring outdoor film screenings to Chicago’s Grand Crossing neighborhood.

Screen shot 2013-07-08 at 1.37.36 PM Tuesday, July 30, 2013 ,  8:00PM EXTREME Summer Shorts

Get in that sweaty, summer state of mind with five short films about EXTREME sports

Screen shot 2013-07-22 at 3.55.38 PM Friday, July 26, 2013 ,  8:00PM CAT Film Festival

Chicago Filmmakers and South Side Projections present a screening of 16mm experimental films about cats (including one by JoAnn Elam!)