The Chicago International Film Festival showed five films that returned to screens as the 59th edition of North America’s longest-running competitive film festivals selected the winners of the Best of the Fest presentations. The films, which were honored with coveted Hugo Awards in their competitive categories, where shown on Sunday October 22, at Festival venues including AMC NEWCITY 14 and the Chicago History Museum. The Five films chosen for the esteemed award were.
Gold Hugo for Best Film and Silver Hugo for Best Screenplay winner EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING, Gábor Reisz‘s multilayered coming-of-age story which digs deeply into human nature when faced with the daunting challenges of making choices, screens.
Amr Gamal‘s THE BURDENED, winner of the Gold Hugo in the New Directors Competition for its strong, beautiful portrait of everyday lives in Yemen’s second-largest city, Aden.
International Documentary Competition Gold Hugo winner, Tatiana Huezo‘s poetic THE ECHO, with MONSTER, Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s Gold Q-Hugo winner.
Silver Hugo winner for Best Director, Aki Kaurismäki‘s FALLEN LEAVES, and Silver Hugo winner for Best Ensemble Performance and Best Cinematography, LA CHIMERA from director Alice Rohrwacher.
The 59th Chicago International Film Festival October 11 – 22, 2023 with film screenings and programs presented at venues across the city including AMC NEWCITY 14, the Music Box Theatre, the Gene Siskel Film Center, the Chicago History Museum, the Hamilton Park Cultural Center in Englewood, Harrison Park in Pilsen, the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago, and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Visit the website www.chicagofilmfestival.com.
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