Comunidad ILCC (Blog)

The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (ILCC) extends our deepest condolences to the people of Spain in the wake of the meteorological event locally known as a DANA (high-altitude isolated depression) devastating impact. Our hearts ache for the families...
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The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago will present the 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival, April 3-14, 2025. For over four decades, the Festival has featured the most representative and diverse selection of films from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain,...
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Submissions are now open for the 41st edition of the Chicago Latino Film Festival, which will take place April 3-14, 2025. The oldest Latino film festival in the United States, the Chicago Latino Film Festival Film showcases and introduces audiences...
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In a powerful transition from beloved television actor to compelling filmmaker, Joe Miñoso has made an impressive directorial debut with his short film “Paper Flower,” recently crowned with the Audience Choice Award for Best Short at the 41st Chicago Latino...
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Hey film friends! 👋 Looking for something beyond the usual blockbuster experience this summer? The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago is serving up major cultural immersion with their Reel Film Club Summer Lineup, and it’s giving everything a true...
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The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago announces the winners and runner-ups of the 41st Chicago Latino Film Festival’s Audience Choice Awards. The Audience Choice Award for Best Fiction Feature went to Dear Gentlemen, actor and novelist Patricia Castañeda’s directorial...
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Cuadrilátero (Quadrilateral), Daniel Rodríguez Risco’s sixth feature film, is perhaps the most unique, sui generis, out there film of this year’s Festival. It’s darkly humorous, visually inventive, and even perturbing. It’s about power and control and survival of the fittest....
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With a long-running Festival like ours, it is inevitable that you will run into some familiar faces and names. Many Latin American, Spanish, Portuguese and U.S. Latino filmmakers have trusted their first, second and third films with us with the...
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