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The 30th Annual Black Harvest Film Festival showcases more than 75 Chicago premieres, including 10 feature films and 10 shorts programs, along with special events and over 50 filmmaker dialogues. Read more

Explore the 16 feature films screening the 30th Black Harvest Film Festival. Highlights include the Chicago premiere of Contessa Gayles's THE DEBUTANTES, Raoul Peck's ERNEST COLE: LOST AND FOUND, and COLOR BOOK, winner of the Chicago International Film Festival Audience Award for Best U.S. Feature. Read more

The 30th Black Harvest Film Festival features 10 short film programs with filmmakers in attendance at all screenings. Shorts programs include DIRTY 30s (with a special birthday celebration), Chicago-made shorts in FROM THE BLOCK, and the tender and transformative PARENTAL GUIDANCE. Read more

Check out what's coming to our screens through the end of the year. The November/December issue of the Gazette is now available to read online and pickup in person. Read now

Dec 1–15 • 10-Film Series

Flyover country, the third coast, the rust belt. The American Midwest has plenty of nicknames, and is arguably more difficult to outline on a map than the east or west coasts. With Heartland, we search for the Midwest's cinematic definition—how is middle America defined by big screen style and story, and when the lights go down, do we like what we see of our cinematic selves (however realistic or fantastical) reflected back at us? Read more

Sept. 3–Dec. 10 • 14-Film Series

A unique movie tradition comes to the Gene Siskel Film Center with Cinema Interruptus: four days of communal film criticism centered around a single movie, Paul Thomas Anderson's PHANTOM THREAD. Led by Josh Larsen—critic, author, and co-host of the Chicago-based podcast and radio program Filmspotting. Read more

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