ANDREW DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER ABBOTT,
JOSH MOND TO ATTEND OPENING NIGHT OF THE
JOSH MOND TO ATTEND OPENING NIGHT OF THE
51ST CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Chicago Premiere of Nanni Moretti's
"Mia Madre"
Opens the Festival on Oct 15
Opens the Festival on Oct 15
(CHICAGO, Oct 13, 2015) - The 51st Chicago International Film
Festival is set to open this week at the historic Auditorium Theatre on
Thursday, October 15, 2015 with a 6:30 pm presentation of the
critically acclaimed Italian film Mia Madre. Known
internationally as a "director's"
festival, the Opening Night red carpet beginning at 5:30 pm, will play
host to a slew of auteur filmmakers, esteemed cinephiles and celebrated
artists
including: International Features Competition Jury President Andrew
Davis (director, The Fugitive); International Features Competition Jury
Members and director general of the Guadalajara International Film
Festival Iván Trujillo;
writer/director Laura Astorga; actor/director Nawaf Al-Janahi
(The Circle, Sea Shadow); andactor/producer Jossie Harris (Mississippi Damned). The jury will also be joined on the carpet by
Festival Founder & Artistic Director Michael Kutza; Festival
Programming Director Mimi Plauche; actor Christopher Abbott (James
White); director Josh Mond (James White); and Chaz Ebert (Publisher
& Contributor,
RogerEbert.com), as well as French New Wave film director and professor at the European Graduate School
Agnès Varda. Additionally, in celebration of this year's Festival Spotlight: Architecture + Space + Design section, world-renowned architect Helmut Jahn will also be
in attendance.
General Admission tickets for Opening Night are $18 for Cinema/Chicago members and $23 for non-members. VIP Tickets are $150 each for premiere reserved seating at the Mia Madre plus admission to the Opening Night reception at theWit (201 N State St). Reception includes cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
CHICAGO PREMIERE
General Admission tickets for Opening Night are $18 for Cinema/Chicago members and $23 for non-members. VIP Tickets are $150 each for premiere reserved seating at the Mia Madre plus admission to the Opening Night reception at theWit (201 N State St). Reception includes cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
Mia Madre
CHICAGO PREMIERE
Country: Italy, FRANKCE
Director:Nanni Moretti
Synopsis: John Turturro provides madcap comic relief as a self-important American actor in master filmmaker Nanni Moretti's
latest autobiographical work. A director tries to complete her movie
while caring for her much-beloved
hospital-bound mother. Real life and art clash violently in this moving
personal drama about the heavy cost of artistic integrity.
Runtime: 106 min
- Screening 1: Thursday, October 15; 6:30pm
ABOUT CINEMA/CHICAGO
Cinema/Chicago is a not-for-profit arts and education organization
dedicated to encouraging better understanding between cultures and to
making a positive contribution to the art form of the moving image. The
Chicago International Film Festival is one
of the year-round programs presented by Cinema/Chicago, which also
include its Television Awards, CineYouth Festival, INTERCOM Competition,
International Screenings Program, and Education Program.
This year's Festival slate now includes six World Premieres, 15
North American Premieres, 45 U.S. Premieres, and counting! View the 2015
Festival lineup at
ChicagoFilmFestival.com/films. Individual tickets and multi-film passes are now available. The full festival schedule is available at ChicagoFilmFestival.com/schedule.
FESTIVAL PARTNERS
The 51st Chicago International Film Festival's sponsors include
Gold Festival Partners: TIAA-CREF, Columbia College Chicago, Wintrust
Community Banks; Official Airline: American Airlines; Headquarters
Hotel: JW Marriott Chicago; Silver Festival Partners:
Bloomberg, Intersites; Platinum Media Partners: National CineMedia
(NCM), JC Decaux, Michigan Avenue Magazine; Gold Media Partners: WTTW11,
Time Out Chicago, WBEZ91.5, WXRT-FM, WBBM Newsradio, and The Hollywood
Reporter; Bronze Festival Partners: Stella Artois,
AARP, Tribune Media; Participating Partners: SundanceNow Doc Club,
Whole Foods, Wansas Tequila, Cultivate Studios, Netrix, KIND, OtterBox,
Optimus, Sound Investment; Official Vehicle: Volvo; Participating
Hotels: Public Chicago, The Whitehall Hotel, theWit
and Loews Chicago Hotel; and Cultural Partners: Consulate General of
Argentina in Chicago, Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, Italian
Cultural Institute of Chicago, Italian Film Commission, Italian Trade
Agency, Polish Film Institute, Goethe Institut,
Austrian Cultural Forum New York, ANCINE National Cinema Agency of
Brazil, and Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest. With Foundation
and Government support from the National Endowment of the Arts,
Alphawood Foundation Chicago, the Illinois Arts Council,
and Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, and
the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Additional support provided by
Allstate, the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Dark Horse Wine, Effen
Vodka, Lavazza, and SkinnyPop.
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