PROGRAM 

Chicago Filmmakers is delighted to present the Chicago Premiere of TOURISTS written and directed by veteran filmmaker Jon Jost (SURE FIRE, ALL THE VERMEERS IN NEW YORK). Jon Jost is scheduled to attend in-person for a post-screening Q&A moderated by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.

TOURISTS is an exploration of many things – the writer Raymond Carver, the town of Port Angeles, WA, the nature of writing stories and poetry, the interplay between writing and acting, and the nature of fiction and truth. All of this is addressed obliquely and poetically, in the form of a fragmented kind of narrative. (USA, 2021, 100 mins)

Jon Jost, director of SURE FIRE (1990) and ALL THE VERMEERS IN NEW YORK (1990), began making films in the early 1960s. His films, made independently and on low budgets, demonstrate a creative imagination and seriousness of purpose which have earned him an important place in the history of American independent cinema. Jost has won numerous awards including the Caligari Film Prize at Berlinale in 1991, Los Angeles Critics Award for Best Independent Film in 1992, as well as the John Cassavetes Lifetime Achievement Award for independent filmmaking.

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. Masks are strongly recommended, but not required.