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Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 201920182017201620152014

    Monica Vitti Award

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    Best Actress

    • Susan Sarandon
      • Susan Sarandon
      • American Mirror: Intimations of Immortality
      Da Vinci Films
      • Ashley James
      • Mother's Day
      Maenad Productions
    • Rome Brooks - THE WAKE OF LIGHT
      • Rome Brooks
      • The Wake of Light
    • Radha Mitchell
      • Radha Mitchell(actress)
      • Celeste
    • Janet Travis
      • Janet Travis
      • Mother's Day
      Maenad Productions

    John Alcott Award

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    Best Cinematography

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      American Mirror: Intimations of Immortality

      8.3 (38)
      Arthur Balder
      Da Vinci Films

    • David

      Jenni Suitiala(director of photography)
    • [object Object]

      Donkeys

      Amirhossein Khoshbin

    Lumière Bothers Award

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    Best Short Documentary

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      Winner

      The Kaleidoscope Guy at the Market

      Russell Brown(director)
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      Back Home

      Haruka Motohashi(director)
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      Black Sheep

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Ed Perkins(director)
      Jonathan Chinn(producer)

    Dziga Vertov Award

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    Best Documentary Feature

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      Winner

      J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius

      7.0 (193)
    • [object Object]

      Unschooled

      Wavelength
      Semi-Finalist
    • [object Object]

      American Mirror: Intimations of Immortality

      8.3 (38)
      Arthur Balder
      Da Vinci Films
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      Factory Cowboys: Working with Warhol

      7.0 (11)
      Ulli Lommel
      Hollywood Storybook
      Medea Film
      Storz Medienfabrik

    Antonioni Award

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    Best Feature Film

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      Celeste

      5.6 (241)
      Lizzette Atkins([producer)
      Unicorn Films
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      In Full Bloom

      5.5 (5K)
      Adam VillaSeñor(director)
      Reza Ghassemi(director)
      Jacob Stein(producer)
      Ehud Bleiberg(producer)
      Nicholas Donnermeyer(producer)
      Kyle Stroud(producer)

    Best International Feature Film

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      Ronco rumor remoto

      6.9 (8)
      Jorge López Navarrete(director)
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      Stray

      5.6 (375)
      Dustin Feneley
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      Queen of Rio

      3.9 (15)
      Ulli Lommel
      Hollywood Storybook
      Reprodutora
      Storz Medienfabrik
    • [object Object]

      Crossing the Line

      5.6 (8)
      Anar Azimov

    Charlie Chaplin Award

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    Best Narrative Short

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      Winner

      Mother's Day

      Elizabeth Tabish
      Janet Travis
      Ashley James
      Maenad Productions
    • [object Object]

      In the Land of Moonstones

    Best Short Film

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      Qué Hago Yo Aquí

      La Caja Teatro, C.A.
      Cooperativa Procine
      35mm
    • [object Object]

      The Ivory Gate

      9.0 (10)
      Joshwa Walton
      Jared Prima
      Jazmin Nicole Rivera
      Audrienne Shifflette
      FSU Film

    Marcello Mastroianni Award

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Christopher Piccione
      • Mr. Sam
    • Kieran Charnock
      • Kieran Charnock
      • Stray
      • Oliver Exley(actor)
      • David

    Honorable Mention

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    Best Feature Film

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      Winner

      Ruth Weiss: the Beat Goddess

      8.2 (26)
      Melody C. Miller
      Elisabeth P. Montgomery
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      Bathroom Stalls & Parking Lots

      5.2 (1.3K)
      Thales Corrêa

    Semi-Finalist

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      Kommando 1944

      7.1 (55)
      Derek Quick

    Special Award

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    Best Student Film

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      Frankie Teardrop

      Timothy N. Heinrich(director)

    Tonino Guerra Award

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    Best Screenplay

    • Winner

      David

      Scott Kovacs(Writer)
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      Stray

      5.6 (375)
      Dustin Feneley
    • [object Object]

      Lift

      7.7 (56)
      Alexander Kaminer
      Kaminer Studios
    • [object Object]

      The Lyric Project: Season Two How to Say Goodbye

      Ezekiel Brown

    Norman McLaren Award

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    Best Animation

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      Winner

      We Can't Live Without Cosmos

      7.6 (2.1K)
      Konstantin Bronzit(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Bird & The Whale

      6.7 (328)
      Carol Freeman(writer/director)
      Paper Panther Productions

    Eisenstein Award

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    Experimental (International)

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      Chairs

      Avner Pinchover

    Festival Award

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    Best Windy City Production

    • Winner

      Two Dum Micks

      6.3 (18)
      D.B. Sweeney

    Best Windy City Short Film

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      Winner

      Altruist

      Darren James
      Stop the Bomb Productions

    Finalist

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      Winner

      The Closure Center

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      Winner

      The Closure Center

      Chelsey d'Adesky(Director)
      Jacopo Rosso Ciufoli(producer)
      Joey Fitzsimmons(Producer)
    • [object Object]

      Blue Pig

      Yaxiong Shao(producer)
    • [object Object]

      2030

      5.5 (37)
      Johnny Boston(director)
    • [object Object]

      Who Let the Taxidermy Out?

      Laurence Unger(director)
    • [object Object]

      Segunda-Feira

      6.9 (10)
      Sebastião Salgado(director)
      Bro
    • [object Object]

      Blue Pig

      Yaxiong Shao(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Fish Head

      8.7 (10)
      Marcos Durian(director)
      Cinetagm
    • [object Object]

      Brindisi

      7.6 (21)
      Alessandro Marino
      Nika Burnett
      Oh!Pen Italia
    • [object Object]

      A Castle in Brooklyn, King Arthur

      Tyler A. Chase(director/producer)
      L'ORAGE Productions
    • [object Object]

      Blue Pig

      Leann Lei

    Best Student Film

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      8

      8.0 (27)
      Gabriele Fabbro

    Documentary Feature

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      Mexican Wave

      7.2 (31)
      Judson Vaughan
      Marisa Polin
      Dragon Egg Media
      FilMar3

    Narrative Short (USA)

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      Ghosts in the Ink

      7.5 (21)
      Phil McCarron
      Igor Lewicki
      Alexandra Miller

    Narrative Short (us)

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      The Wetback

      8.1 (11)
      A.P. Gonzalez(director)
      Jeff Vibes(producer)
      Beisbol Productions

    Andy Warhol Award

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    Experimental (USA)

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      Winner

      Virtual Memory

      Julie Goldstein(Director)
    • [object Object]

      Mother

      Ewan Gotfryd(director)
      Yue Wang(producer)
      Tianlu Lumi Niu(producer)
      Qiquan Jiang(producer)
      Siyue Rui(producer)
      Alexandra Margot(producer)

    Blowup Award

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    Best Experimental Short International

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      Dada on Vacation

      9.6 (10)
      Errkaa(director)

    Stanley Kubrick Award

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    Best Feature (USA)

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      Winner

      The Berlin Bride

      5.9 (516)
      Michael Bartlett
    • [object Object]

      Once Upon a River

      5.8 (300)
      Haroula Rose
    • [object Object]

      THR/\SHERS

    Luis Buñuel Award

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    Best Experimental Short

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      A Study on Behaviour: Sequences of an Ordinary Day

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      Waiting

      Anthony Cally
    • [object Object]

      Mellow Yellow

      Jessica Danielle Batson(director)
      Atomic 79

    Tarkovsky Award

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    Best Director

    • Renji Philip
      • Renji Philip
      • The Wake of Light
      Axis Pacific Filmworks
    • picture one
      • Ben Hackworth
      • Celeste
      Unicorn Films
    • Alexander Kaminer
      • Alexander Kaminer
      • Lift
      Kaminer Studios
    • Elizabeth Tabish
      • Elizabeth Tabish
      • Mother's Day
      Maenad Productions

    Founder's L'Eclisse Award

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    Outstanding Arthouse Film

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      Winner

      A Day in June - a song cycle in 5 portraits

      Peter Sieben
      Orphic Film

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