In collaboration with Experimental Sound Studio, CFA is proud to highlight a few of our past Media Mixer pieces as part of their Quarantine Concerts series.

Chicago Film Archives is proud to support the Gene Siskel Film Center’s Gordon Parks Retrospective as part of the 27th annual Black Harvest Film Festival.

How can we begin to imagine Chicago’s future? Sometimes, turning to the past can provide a clue to the way forward. In collaboration with the Chicago Film Archives, visual artist zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal, and composer Ayana Contreras, Chicago Humanities Festival presents a new film meditating on what’s to come for our city.

CFA is excited to bring The First Degree (1923) to the University of Wisconsin Cinematheque on October 24th at 2:00 PM.

Once again, Chicago Film Archives and the Chicago Film Society join forces to present CHICAGO HOME MOVIE DAY at the Chicago History Museum.

The Nightingale is thrilled to re-open its doors with an exciting screening of reels from the Chicago Film Archives. Each member of the Nightingale Cinema Programming Collective has selected a film from CFA to screen at this event. Both an exciting collaboration with our beloved local film archive, as well as a celebration of our […]

Chicago Film Archives is delighted to announce the world premiere of our new scan of  the recently rediscovered 1923 silent film The First Degree, on September 29 at 7PM at the Gene Siskel Film Center.

CFA partners with Anthology Film Archives and the Gordon Parks Foundation for a free streaming series, July 7-20!

On May 12th, CFA teams up with The Hideout for a virtual screening of Tom Palazzolo’s 1982 film Caligari’s Cure followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.

On April 28th, CFA teams up with The Hideout for a virtual program of 1950s wrestling matches from our Russ and Sylvia Davis Collection.

Tired of over-polished, over-long, soulless Hollywood fare? Long for something shorter, stranger and with more midwestern accents? On April 14, CFA teams up with The Hideout for a virtual screening of amateur and student films from our collection.