CHICAGO – Exclusive! Free festival 7-packs! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film [10], we have 50 pairs of guaranteed festival 7-packs up for grabs to the fourth-annual 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre from the Chicago Film Critics Association! Michael Peña and other stars will be in attendance at Q&As!
The festival runs from Friday, May 20, 2016 to Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the Music Box Theatre. Created by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2013, the CCFF offers a selection of films comprised of recent festival favorites. It also features as-yet-undistributed works from a wide variety of filmmakers ranging from award winners to talented newcomers chosen by members of the organization. The CCFF is the only current example of a major film critics group hosting its own festival. It brings together an eclectic array of films ranging from raucous comedies and foreign-made dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, midnight genre films and shorts programs. The full 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival schedule can be found here [20].
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Descriptions of the seven showings offered in this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup are below:
1) “Morris From America [23]”
Directed by Chad Hartigan (whose previous feature, “This is Martin Bonner,” was part of the first Chicago Critics Film Festival), this crowd-pleasing comedy follows the adolescent misadventures of a 13-year-old American boy (Markees Christmas) growing up in Germany while living with his father (Craig Robinson). This film was a hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award and a Special Jury Award for Individual Performance for Robinson.2) “War on Everyone [24]”
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he?3) “Little Men [25]”
A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents’ battle over a dress shop lease.4) Shorts Program 2 [26]
“The Send-Off,” “Pombo Loves You,” “Killer,” “Figure,” “Heila Ormur” and “Love Bite”.5) “Contemporary Color [27]”
In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center to celebrate the art of color guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles and sabers. Recruiting performers that include the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the U.S. and Canada, “Contemporary Color” is a beautifully filmed snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live event.6) “In a Valley of Violence [28]”
A mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drags a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.7) “First Girl I Loved [29]”
Seventeen-year-old Anne just fell in love with Sasha, the most popular girl at her Los Angeles public high school. But when Anne tells her best friend Clifton – who has always harbored a secret crush – he does his best to get in the way.
This HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple! Just get interactive in our social media widget above. We will award 50 pairs of festival 7-packs based on social entry numbers and/or randomly via e-mail for our 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival Hookup. Good luck! Our winners must print our e-mail award and bring it to the Music Box Theatre. The e-mail award authorizes our winners to redeem free will-call tickets for the showings listed above.
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