LISTEN: Before Sundance and Toronto, there was the Chicago International Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival
The marquee at the 58th Chicago International Film Festival Photo credit Lisa Fielding

We're back!

We're turning the lights up and opening the curtains wide for Backstage Chicago with Lisa Fielding. The podcast will continue on a monthly basis covering the arts scene around the Second City.

For our return episode, we talk with organizers of the Chicago International Film Festival and directors of films who have been featured there. Lisa does a proofread of the scripts to tell the impact of this festival in terms of cinema, Chicago culture and what it means for watching movies now.

Thanks to Michael Kutza, Mimi Plauche, Mercedes Kane, and Alex Thompson for talking with us for this episode.

Stay up to date the the Chicago International Film Fest on their Twitter & Insta.

Michael Kutza
Chicago International Film Festival founder Michael Kutza Photo credit Lisa Fielding
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WBBM's Jim Mulvaney and Lisa Fielding pose at the 58th annual Chicago International Film Festival. Photo credit Lisa Fielding

And follow:

-Mercedes Kane: Insta, Daisy May Films; "Art & Pep": Insta, FB

-Alex Thompson: Insta; "Rounding": Review

-Michael Kutza: Insta

Have an arts/culture/entertainment idea for us to cover in an upcoming Backstage episode? Tweet @Lisa_Fielding

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A showing at the 58th Chicago International Film Festival Photo credit Lisa Fielding
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