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First Tuesdays: Two In The Bush: A Love Story - Oct. 2!
Don't miss the MIDWEST PREMIERE of TWO IN THE BUSH: A LOVE STORY, an unconventional romantic comedy from filmmaker Laura Madalinski, as part of our First Tuesdays screening series

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First Tuesdays at The Midwest Independent Film Festival

The Midwest Independent Film Festival takes place every First Tuesday of the month at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema in Chicago.

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SEPT 28: Submission Deadline for Advertising Community Shorts Night 2018

The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Midwest and The Midwest Independent Film Festival will present the 2018 Advertising Community Shorts Program this fall and we want your "non-work work" (the films you make when you're not making commercials) to be a part of it! BE SURE TO SUBMIT YOUR FILM(S) NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28!

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Sep. 27, 2018

Science In Film: Lessons from the movie Armageddon

Sep. 30, 2018

The Chinese Exclusion Act | The Chicago South Side Film Festival

Sold-out crowd for MIDWEST PREMIERE of HESBURG documentary

Q&A with Filmmaker Ashley S. Brandon

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Too Evil

The bumbling Demon King realizes his creepy daughter may just be too evil for her own good.

Screened as part of our Midwest Shorts Program on April 6, 2018.

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