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Past Events

Still from SUPER UP (1966) December 7, 2019 ,  7pm Revulsion in the Grocery Aisle: Explorations of Consumer Culture

The supermarket is arguably the most “American” of inventions. One would be hard-pressed to find a more succinct representation of consumerist culture run amok than in the aisles of a nutritional wasteland.
Still from FLESH COLORED CRAYONS Wednesday, October 23, 2019 ,  6PM Light in Motion: The Influence of the New Bauhaus

Light in Motion: The Influence of the New Bauhaus brings together highly personal and experimental films made by Chicago-based artists who worked for design studios in the mid-1950s onward.
DameHMD Saturday, October 19, 2019 ,  1:30 PM - 5:00 PM Chicago Home Movie Day 2019

Once again, Chicago Film Archives and the Chicago Film Society join forces to present CHICAGO HOME MOVIE DAY at the Chicago History Museum.
cfa-workshop-eastman-graphic-web Saturday, September 21 – Sunday, September 22, 2019 ,  16mm Projection Workshop in Chicago

Chicago Film Archives is pleased to be hosting the Advanced 16mm Projection Workshop in collaboration with the Chicago Film Society, L’Abominable, and Process Reversal, under the banner of filmprojection21.org
mla-graphic July 24, 2019 ,  10:30 AM MLA International Symposium in Lisbon — “Remembering Voices Lost”

Chicago Film Archives is proud to announce that the JoAnn Elam Collection will be the subject of a paper presented at the MLA International Symposium.
CFA_OOTV_June_YoYo_1 Saturday, June 15, 2019 ,  7pm Out of the Vault: The Somersaulter-Moats & Somersaulter Super Premiere Film Event!

A selection of animated work by JP Somersaulter, Lillian Somersaulter Moats, and Michael Moats that showcases their interest in the creative process, storytelling, and the darkest recesses of the human mind.
CFAMediaMixer2019Blue-cropped Thursday, May 9, 2019 ,  8:30pm 2019 CFA Media Mixer!

Come see the premiere of three new works created by Chicago-based artists using footage from the Chicago Film Archives collection!
WhereDidYouGetThatWoman-s_01 Saturday, April 27, 2019 ,  7pm Out of the Vault: How We Work

This selection of films explores the struggles and hopes of women in the 1970s and 1980s as they reflect on the relationship between power, gender, and labor in their working lives.

Overton28_CitizenWithCamera Saturday, April 6, 2019 ,  1-3pm Citizen with Camera: South Side Civic Engagement Through Home Movies

Join CFA & the South Side Home Movie Project for an afternoon filled with DIY film preservation tips and home movies celebrating the residents and filmmakers of Chicago’s South Side.
CFA_BenefitLogo2018_Generic Friday, March 22, 2019 ,  6pm - 9:30pm 2019 Benefit with Tom Palazzolo & Rick Kogan

You are cordially invited to the Chicago Film Archives’ annual benefit at The Carlyle Ballroom on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.
CFA_OOTV_Feb2019_1 Saturday, February 23, 2019 ,  7pm Out of the Vault: Funny You Should Mention…

A selection of short films by Robert Flaxman and Don Klugman that capture a unique moment in Chicago’s history in which the music, comedy, and independent filmmaking scenes overlapped.
Janiak_LifeFilm_01 Saturday, January 26, 2019 ,  11AM–5PM Body + Camera 2019: The Un/Certain Body

CFA has programmed a selection of films from our collections that will screen as part of Mana Contemporary’s Body + Camera festival.