Filmmaking Events in Chicago

Check out happening filmmaking events all around Chicago, IL

RSVP: SUWA and Live to Play: Banff Mountain Film Festival - Chicago, IL

 Wed, 18 Mar at 06:00 pm Music Box Theatre Free

Stand By Me: The Film and Its Stars 40 Years Later

 Sat, 13 Jun at 06:00 pm The Chicago Theatre

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Festival Opening Night: PASS AND GOAL (逆轉上半場) Hong Kong

 Fri, 20 Mar at 07:30 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 108

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Festival Closing Night Film: THE SPECIALS (スペシャルズ)

 Sun, 12 Apr at 02:30 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 65

WWE Illinois: Women's Adventure Film Tour

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:30 pm First Ascent Avondale Free

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Horror Movie Screening: Mudborn (泥娃娃) Taiwan

 Sat, 21 Mar at 09:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Free Film Screening: LITTLE AMELIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN

 Sat, 21 Mar at 01:30 pm Alliance Française de Chicago Free

Film Screening: Yo No Soy Guapo

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:30 pm Co-Prosperity USD 15

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Film Festival: Halo (후광) South Korea - Special Guests

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

APUC Film Festival: The Last Woman on Earth (지구 최후의 여자) South Korea

 Fri, 27 Mar at 07:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Film Festival: Shorts Series #1 Iranian Perspectives

 Sun, 29 Mar at 04:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Film Screening: Good Game (觸電) Hong Kong

 Sat, 04 Apr at 07:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Festival Centerpiece Film: APRIL (丟包阿公到我家)

 Thu, 02 Apr at 07:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 86

APUC Film Festival Screening: 404 Still Remain (너와 나의 5분) South Korea

 Sat, 04 Apr at 02:30 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Comedy Horror Film Screening: Mag Mag (禍禍女) Japan

 Fri, 10 Apr at 08:30 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Film Screening: Another World (世外) Hong Kong

 Sun, 05 Apr at 06:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Film Screening: Sisterhood (시스터후드) South Korea

 Sun, 05 Apr at 02:30 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

APUC Film Festival Screening: A Useful Ghost - U.S. Premiere

 Fri, 10 Apr at 09:30 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Film Screening: A Story About Fire (燃比娃) China

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:30 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

Asian Pop-Up Cinema Film Festival: Shorts Series #3: Diasporic Perspectives

 Sat, 11 Apr at 08:00 pm AMC NEWCITY 14 USD 0 to 17

For Jerry Lewis Fans Only

 Sat, 28 Mar at 07:00 pm Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago Ill

Into The Shadow: A Femme Fatale Lab

 Fri, 27 Mar at 08:00 pm Theatre Momentum USD 37

SWAN DAY CHICAGO 2026

 Sat, 28 Mar at 03:30 pm AMC River East 21 Free

Exclusive Screening: No One Cares About Crazy People by Gail Freedman

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm Film Row Cinema USD 0 to 10

Earths Greatest Enemy Screening

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:30 pm The Lincoln Lodge USD 15

The Production Crew, film documentary

 Sat, 28 Mar at 04:00 pm ACX Harper Theater- Hyde Park USD 0 to 29

the first hngout

 Fri, 08 May at 06:30 pm 3001 W Peterson Ave USD 67

New Growth

 Sat, 30 May at 07:00 pm Public Works Gallery USD 14 to 31

Activating the Legacies of Invisible Giants

 Sat, 28 Mar at 01:00 pm Green Line Performing Arts Center Free

Spike Lee's School Daze: Audience participation cosplay viewing fundraiser

 Sat, 25 Apr at 06:00 am NEIU Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS), East Oakwood Boulevard, Chicago, IL, USA USD 55

Independent Film Club

 Fri, 20 Mar at 06:00 pm Vjosa Cafe & Events USD 10

BLUE FILM

 Mon, 30 Mar at 07:00 pm FACETS

Special Delivery Movie Premiere

 Sat, 16 May at 06:00 pm 2153 W 111th St USD 23

"Criminalized for My Survival "

 Fri, 27 Mar at 05:30 pm Women's Justice Institute Free

We Are Each Other’s Harvest Screening and Conversation

 Wed, 15 Apr at 06:00 pm Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Free

"Sankofa Story" Documentary Premiere Screening

 Sat, 11 Apr at 02:00 pm First Church of the Brethren Free

Making Your DIY Indie Film In Chicago

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm Camera Ambassador Free

EARTH'S GREATEST ENEMY - Chicago Earth Day Screening

 Wed, 22 Apr at 06:00 pm 5456 N Ashland Ave USD 0 to 10

Group 312 Films Monthly Meeting/Screening

 Sun, 05 Apr at 08:00 pm Weegee's Lounge

IN-PERSON: Film Screening and Discussion with Derek Spencer

 Fri, 31 Jul at 06:00 pm The Arts Club of Chicago USD 8 to 26

Empowering Movie Night: for Survivors & Abuse-Prevention Leaders

 Thu, 16 Apr at 06:30 pm 4801 W Peterson Ave suite 608 USD 13

Documentary Thursdays presents "Falling Leaves From the Family Tree"

 Thu, 19 Mar at 07:00 pm Third Space Chicago Free

Labyrinth Film Series: Tom Palazzolo Chicago Docs from the 60s and 70s

 Tue, 28 Apr at 07:00 pm 3658 N Pulaski Rd USD 15

All That's Left Of You

 Fri, 16 Jan at 07:30 pm Uprising Theater and Cafe USD 18

Windy City Shorts: An Open Mic Night for Chicago Short Movies!

 Wed, 31 Jan at 07:00 pm The Lincoln Lodge USD 15