Notes From The Festival Director Tim Hugh

It has been awhile, but as I sit here on the eve of our 25th opening night, I think back to the beginning of March 2020, the year when we were supposed to have our 25th anniversary. Our schedule was locked, the Gene Siskel Film Center Gazettes were just printed and about to be mailed / distributed. I was super excited to be having Lynn Chen’s I WILL MAKE YOU MINE (the last part of the SURROGATE VALENTINE, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS trilogy) as the opening night film, and to be closing our showcase with one of our most important documentaries, Rennee Tajima-Pena & Christine Choy’s WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN?, two films that we have history with, that are meaningful to us.

Then the world changed.

read the full blog here

Friday April 1st - OPENING NIGHT!

• 8 PM - FREE CHOL SOO LEE

Saturday April 2nd

• 3:00 PM - ASIAN AMERICAN SHORTS: RESILIENCE **

• 5:00 PM - TRY HARDER!

• 7:30 PM - MARVELOUS AND THE BLACK HOLE

Friday April 8th

• 8:00 PM - SILENT RIVER**

Saturday April 9th

• 8:00 PM - FINDING YING YING **

Sunday April 10th

• 1:30 PM - MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST

• 5:00 PM - LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE **

Wednesday April 13th - CLOSING NIGHT!

• 8:00 PM - DEALING WITH DAD **

(** Filmmaker(s) in attendance)

LOCATION

Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601

TICKET INFORMATION

General Admission: $12

• Students: $7

• Youth (under 17): $7

• Gene Siskel Film Center Members: $6

• Current students and faculty of the School of the Art Institute, and staff of the Art Institute: $5

More information: https://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/tickets

PARKING

Validated parking is available at the InterPark Self-Park at 20 E. Randolph, which is across the street from Macy's (there's also an entrance on Wabash near the corner of Randolph). Parking is $20 for 16 hours with a validation ticket, which can be obtained from the box office. There is also limited street parking after 6:00 PM on Lake Street and Wabash Avenue.

COVID PROTOCOLS

Masks must be worn at all times even inside the theater and you will need a valid photo ID and one of the following items to gain entry to the Film Center:

• Physical vaccination card

• A legible photo, copy, or scan of your card; an image on your phone will be acceptable provided that it is legible

• Printed vaccination records, or an electronic vaccination record (e.g. bar code available from IDPH)

*Full vaccination means any vaccine for COVID-19 which has received full or emergency use approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or World Health Organization (WHO). Individuals are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they have received the second dose in a two-dose series or a single dose from a one-dose series of a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use by the FDA or WHO.  You will need to show proof of vaccination status as you enter the theater.   

More infomation: COVID PROTOCOL