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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 both an emotional and inspiring year here at FACETS. Emotional in the overwhelming community response to the untimely death of our founder, Milos Stehlik. Inspiring in the outpouring of support for Milos’s work and for FACETS' future as a global film institution.    “Milos Stehlik, the late Founder and Executive Director of FACETS, had an exceptional eye for content, and believed in bringing

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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 on the world of independent and international film. FACETS carries on his vision of pushing audiences of all ages and backgrounds to use film as a way to engage and explore the world around them. Milos Stehlik devoted his life to film. With his passing, we have truly lost a legend. The vast amount Milos accomplished and the intense passion he

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The World Cup in Russia has brought attention to injustices in the film world. Milos Stehlik discusses the case of a director imprisoned since 2014 under false pretenses in Russia.  In a recent interview Facets founder and artistic director Milos Stehlik speaks with three preeminent figures of the film world from across Eastern Europe. On WEBZ’s Worldview hear from Askold Kurov a Russian documentary filmmaker who made a documentary about Sentsov’s sentencing, The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov (2017), Agnieszka Holland, chair of the European Film Academy and filmmaker herself, and finally Andriy Khalpakhchi, the director of the Molodist Film Festival in Kiev, Ukraine.  https://youtu.be/GFohGYNapj0 Oleg Sentsov is a