Chicago – The longest running underground film festival in the world kicks off its 30th Edition on Wednesday, September 13th, 2023. The Chicago Underground Film Festival opens with “Hello Dankness” at the Gene Siskel Film Center. For tickets and info, click CUFF30.
A global champion of the underground scene, the Chicago Underground Film Festival (Cuff) showcases and celebrates some of the most original films and video art being made today … all supplemented through screenings, panels, and nightly after-parties. After the Gene Siskel Center Opener, the Fest moves to Chicago’s South Side this year, with screenings at the Harper Theater in the Hyde Park neighborhood. According to Cuff Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, “By embracing Hyde Park’s rich cultural mosaic, we ignite a vibrant tapestry of diversity, inviting artists and audiences from all walks of life to experience our boundary-pushing cinematic offerings.”
30th Cuff
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“Hello Dankness” is a...
A global champion of the underground scene, the Chicago Underground Film Festival (Cuff) showcases and celebrates some of the most original films and video art being made today … all supplemented through screenings, panels, and nightly after-parties. After the Gene Siskel Center Opener, the Fest moves to Chicago’s South Side this year, with screenings at the Harper Theater in the Hyde Park neighborhood. According to Cuff Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, “By embracing Hyde Park’s rich cultural mosaic, we ignite a vibrant tapestry of diversity, inviting artists and audiences from all walks of life to experience our boundary-pushing cinematic offerings.”
30th Cuff
Photo credit: CUFF30.org
“Hello Dankness” is a...
- 9/12/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – The one great off-the-beaten-track cinema festival remains the Chicago Underground Film Festival (Cuff). Like all festivals around 2020, Cuff 27 will be virtual and online from November 9th-22nd, 2020, with special Drive-In events.
Virtual/Online Programming
’Ghost of the Golden Groves’ at Cuff 27
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The 27th Chicago Underground Film Festival opens on November 9th, 2020, and runs through Sunday, November 22nd. The films will be available virtually and online worldwide but on a specific schedule. For complete details and ticket information, click here.
Special Drive-In Presentations
‘Flannery’ at the Drive-In on November 12th, 2020
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For two nights, Cuff 27 goes to the Drive-In, the popular destination in Chicago in 2020, the ChiTown Movies Drive-In (location details below). On Thursday, November 12th, the documentary “Flannery” – about literary giant Flannery O’Connor – will begin at 6pm, followed by Chicago Shorts Program 1. On Friday, November 13th, Chicago Shorts Program 2 begins at 6pm,...
Virtual/Online Programming
’Ghost of the Golden Groves’ at Cuff 27
Photo credit: Cuff.org
The 27th Chicago Underground Film Festival opens on November 9th, 2020, and runs through Sunday, November 22nd. The films will be available virtually and online worldwide but on a specific schedule. For complete details and ticket information, click here.
Special Drive-In Presentations
‘Flannery’ at the Drive-In on November 12th, 2020
Photo credit: Cuff.org
For two nights, Cuff 27 goes to the Drive-In, the popular destination in Chicago in 2020, the ChiTown Movies Drive-In (location details below). On Thursday, November 12th, the documentary “Flannery” – about literary giant Flannery O’Connor – will begin at 6pm, followed by Chicago Shorts Program 1. On Friday, November 13th, Chicago Shorts Program 2 begins at 6pm,...
- 11/9/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Filmmaking is a collaborative art, the melding of technical skill and creative energy. Proving that collaboration on a very high level is the new film “Rendezvous in Chicago,” written and directed by Michael Glover Smith. This passion project, shot in eight days, brought together a production crew and cast who perfectly meshed to create the “romance-in-the-Windy-City movie the world has been waiting for.” For the rest of the 5-Star review from HollywoodChicago.com, click here.
On Monday, February 11th, 2019, “Rendezvous in Chicago” was screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center on State Street in its hometown. Patrick McDonald of this outlet was the moderator for an audience Q&A afterward. with a cast member (represented by Rashaad Hall) and the production crew, producer Layne Marie Williams, cinematographer Alex Halstead, production designer Haley McCormick, editor Eric Marsh and writer/director Michael Glover Smith. The main feature was preceded by the short film “Dancer,...
On Monday, February 11th, 2019, “Rendezvous in Chicago” was screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center on State Street in its hometown. Patrick McDonald of this outlet was the moderator for an audience Q&A afterward. with a cast member (represented by Rashaad Hall) and the production crew, producer Layne Marie Williams, cinematographer Alex Halstead, production designer Haley McCormick, editor Eric Marsh and writer/director Michael Glover Smith. The main feature was preceded by the short film “Dancer,...
- 2/13/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Chicago – Even though the definition of “underground” changes at lightning speed in the digital age, the perennial Chicago Underground Film Festival (Cuff) is presenting it’s 25th edition, and it grows in influence every year.
The 2018 fest kicks off on Wednesday, June 6th with “Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records.” The opening night screening is sold out, but for more information on all screenings, after parties and ticket availability, through the run of the festival on Sunday, June 10th, click here.
The 25th Cuff runs from June 6th through 10th, 2018
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For the whole history of the festival, beginning when it began in 1993, Bryan Wendorf has been leading Cuff and working in many capacities, and currently is the Artistic Director and Programmer. Wendorf has shepherded the festival through all of its eras, including the last six years at Cuff’s home base of the Logan Theatre in Chicago,...
The 2018 fest kicks off on Wednesday, June 6th with “Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records.” The opening night screening is sold out, but for more information on all screenings, after parties and ticket availability, through the run of the festival on Sunday, June 10th, click here.
The 25th Cuff runs from June 6th through 10th, 2018
Photo credit: Cuff.org
For the whole history of the festival, beginning when it began in 1993, Bryan Wendorf has been leading Cuff and working in many capacities, and currently is the Artistic Director and Programmer. Wendorf has shepherded the festival through all of its eras, including the last six years at Cuff’s home base of the Logan Theatre in Chicago,...
- 6/5/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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