The Gene Siskel Film Center

2023 Awards, Awards, International Films, Interviews, LatinX

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Lila Avilés shows us how a young girl experiences the world in her award-winning sophomore feature, “Tótem”

by Rebecca Martin

February 8, 2024

Like Jonathan Demme did seamlessly, respectively in “Rachel Getting Married,” Lila Avilés (“The Chambermaid”) immerses us in a specific time and space full of people that resemble a family, which

Profile, Sundance, Sundance 40

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Sundance 40 Sponsor Spotlight: The Gene Siskel Film Center

by Rebecca Martin

January 24, 2024

As Chicago’s premier art house cinema, the Gene Siskel Film Center is proud to support Cinema Femme’s unique coverage of the Sundance Film Festival. We believe the film industry is

Cineuropa, Interviews

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Mounia Meddour • Director of ‘Papicha’

by Cineuropa

June 8, 2020

Today we share our media partner Cineuropa’s feature with filmmaker Mounia Meddour about her film “Papicha”. The interview took place during the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. The film is

personal essay, reviews, Uncategorized

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‘Women According to Men’ explores our shared humanity

by cinemafemme

March 11, 2020

Author: Zainab Zeb Khan  Iranian women’s rights have been a prime example of why personal stories are integral to understanding history. On March 1st, the Muslim American Leadership Alliance (MALA)

Interviews, Sundance 40

16 min read

The Gene Siskel Film Center’s female leading staff share their passion for the Chicago film community

by Rebecca Martin

October 15, 2019

The Gene Siskel Film Center has the best programming of international films, diverse films, female-directed films, and independent films in Chicago. That is a fact. Earlier this year, Cinema Femme

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