OCFF 2024 OPENING NIGHT: TOUTE UNE NUIT by Chantal Akerman | IN-PERSON (4/4)
OCFF 2024 OPENING NIGHT: TOUTE UNE NUIT by Chantal Akerman | IN-PERSON (4/4)
The Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.) | April 4 at 8:15PM
A Special Program of the 34th Onion City Experimental Film Festival.
Presented in partnership with Cine-File & The Gene Siskel Film Center.
The 34th Onion City Experimental Film Festival opens at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.) with the newly restored TOUTE UNE NUIT (A WHOLE NIGHT) by Chantal Akerman, presented in partnership with Cine-File.
Chicago Filmmakers does not deny admission to those who do not have the ability to make a donation. Please email coop [at] chicagofilmmakers.org to inquire about free admission.
The 34th Onion City Experimental Film Festival (April 4 to April 7 at various venues across Chicago; April 8-14 online), opens with the newly restored TOUTE UNE NUIT (A WHOLE NIGHT), presented in partnership with Cine-File. On a sultry summer night in Brussels, various bodies in search of love collide: some succeed, others do not. Chantal Akerman’s rarely screened and recently restored urban nocturne, TOUTE UNE NUIT, foregrounds small gestures as it captures the shape of solitude itself. Locations criss-cross as characters meet and embrace, dance and split up, yank one another into cabs, or merely watch the action from doorways and stairwells. The choreography of indoors and out, upstairs and down, attraction and rejection distills the complex machinations of urban romance into a sweetly rhythmic dance. (Harvard Film Archives)
Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse Cinema
In-person screenings are held at Chicago Filmmakers’ Firehouse Cinema located at 1326 W. Hollywood Ave in the Edgewater neighborhood. Please be sure to arrive 15 minutes prior to showtime and be ready to present your order confirmation number for admission.