Fest Selects: Watch 5 Award-Winning CICFF Films for Free
Watch five international, award-winning films for every age, hand selected by CICFF Festival Director, Ann Vikstrom. Take a break and leave the curation to us. These films not only screened at a past festival, but they made such an impact on our
Explore 3 Films + Activities with Your Kids
Check out a special list of films to watch over spring break from Facets’ Education Director, Kathleen Beckman. Spring break is here, despite the COVID-19 pandemic keeping most of us sheltered in place. To help families stay connected, creative, and engaged with
Filmmaking is a Team Sport
At Facets’ Film 101 summer camp, the best way to have fun is to work together as a team.It’s pretty clear that something like soccer is a team sport. You have your goalie, your center back, your sweeper. You have
Milos’s Lifework Continues at FACETS
While the tragic passing Milos Stehlik is felt throughout the FACETS' community, he lives on through his legacy. FACETS is determined to continue Milos vision of bringing the world to the viewer through independent and international film.It has been
The Brute: Buñuel’s Dark and Brutal Melodrama
Brutal passion and political commentary meet in Luis Buñuel’s take on the Frankenstein tradition. Made during his commercial period in Mexico, The Brute (1953), which pits a bourgeois landowner against his working-class tenants, may qualify as Luis Buñuel’s most political work. At the time
Sensationalism, Surrealism, Susana
A relic of Buñuel’s commercial period in Mexico, Susana offers up sex, sensationalism, and literal Sturm und Drang. The vast majority of Luis Buñuel’s filmography was released before his ascension to the throne of surrealist cinema. The filmmaker may have first come
The Unbelievable Story of Ada Falcon
Filmmakers Lorena Munoz and Sergio Wolf trace the life of an iconic tango singer who vanished at the height of her career. Ada Falcon was a tango diva. She sang on cinema screens. Her voice dominated the airwaves. Tabloids were preoccupied
25 Watts Captures the Absurdity of Adolescence
25 Watts may be an ode to Linklater and Jarmusch, but the film is more than capable of standing on its own. A worthy addition to that sub-genre of low-budget, seemingly low-effort, films that defined the independent film scene during the
The House is Black Refuses to Turn Away From Ugliness
In The House is Black, Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad presents the lives of leper colony inhabitants with empathy and grace. “On this screen will appear an image of ugliness, a vision of pain no caring human being should ignore.” The image in question is that of
Celebrating Film Icon Milos Stehlik
On July 6, 2019, FACETS’ founder, Milos Stehlik, passed away after a six-month battle with lung cancer. His legacy will forever impact film culture in Chicago and beyond.Founder and director of FACETS, Milos Stehlk, legacy left far reaching changes