15 LOCAL FILM SCREENINGS IN 8 NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS FROM AUGUST 28 – SEPTEMBER 2.
The Chicago Park District is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase in eight parks citywide. Our tenth season of films made by Chicagoans and/or featuring homegrown talent will return to parks August 28 - September 2, 2023. In addition to the fifteen official film selections, the weeklong movie festival in our parks will also feature partnerships with other Chicago film organizations and festivals.
The theme of this year’s fifteen film selections is looking towards the future, while reflecting on the ten years of local films spotlighted during the film festival.
To date, Chicago Onscreen has brought 163 Chicago-made films to Chicago Parks with 84 free, public screenings in 54 parks across Chicago for 5,045 local film lovers and counting! This film festival gives Chicagoans an opportunity to get excited to see their city, their neighborhood and their lives onscreen - and to experience the many sides, sites and stories of Chicago in ways only Chicagoans could tell them.
Selected from nearly 60 submissions from across the city, 2023’s Official Selections feature the work of dozens of Chicago filmmakers and film workers. Featuring animated films, short films, feature-length films, narratives and documentaries, the Chicago Onscreen Local Film Showcase brings together professional Chicago filmmakers, amateur filmmakers and student filmmakers to share and present park screenings.
Screening schedule and details are as follows:
Monday, August 28
Promontory Point (5491 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive) – 8:00 p.m.
MARIAS (dir. Salvador Salazar and Andres Aurelio)
MR. BULLOCH: CHICAGO'S DONUT KING (dir. Claude Fethiere)
SYMBIONIC (dir. Jack Tenbusch)
TEAM DREAM (dir. Luchina Fisher)
STRAPHANGER (dir. Martin Mulcahy)
MASTERPIECES (dir. Ronan Morrissey and Bridget Johnson)
YELLOW POLKA DOT (dir. Tin Nguyen)
KISS 'N' RIDE (dir. Olivia Jensen)
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 82 minutes
Tuesday, August 29
Lincoln Park Cultural Center (2045 N. Lincoln Park West) – 8:00 p.m.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS (dir. Maxime Chudeau)
YELLOW POLKA DOT (dir. Tin Nguyen)
SYMBIONIC (dir. Jack Tenbusch)
STRAPHANGER (dir. Martin Mulcahy)
THE FRONT LINES (dir. Ethan Herman)
LIFETIMES (dir. Amber Love)
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes
Palmer Park (201 E. 111th St.) – 8:00 p.m.
DOCUMENTING OUR STORY VOL. 1, TRQPITECA (dir. Sandra Vanessa Oviedo)
MASTERPIECES (dir. Ronan Morrissey and Bridget Johnson)
KISS 'N RIDE (dir. Olivia Jensen)
ROADKILL (dir. William Angelico)
MARIAS (dir. Salvador Salazar and Andres Aurelio)
MR. BULLOCH: CHICAGO'S DONUT KING (dir. Claude Fethiere)
TEAM DREAM (dir. Luchina Fisher)
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 65 minutes
Wednesday, August 30
Blackhawk Park (2318 N. Lavergne) – 8:00 p.m.
DOCUMENTING OUR STORY VOL. 1, TRQPITECA (dir. Sandra Vanessa Oviedo)
MASTERPIECES (dir. Ronan Morrissey and Bridget Johnson)
KISS 'N' RIDE (dir. Olivia Jensen)
ROADKILL (dir. William Angelico)
MARIAS(dir. Salvador Salazar and Andres Aurelio)
MR. BULLOCH: CHICAGO'S DONUT KING (dir. Claude Fethiere)
TEAM DREAM (dir. Luchina Fisher)
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 65 minutes
Washington Park (5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr.) – 8:00 p.m.
DOCUMENTING OUR STORY VOL. 1, TRQPITECA (dir. Sandra Vanessa Oviedo)
YELLOW POLKA DOT (dir. Tin Nguyen)
KISS 'N' RIDE (dir. Olivia Jensen)
i-3:BLACKOUT (dir. Ladu Pearson and Eugene Robinson)
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 110 minutes
Thursday, August 31
Wicker Park (1425 N. Damen Ave.)– 8:00 p.m.
CIRCVS MAXIMVS (dir. Maxime Chudeau)
YELLOW POLKA DOT (dir. Tin Nguyen)
SYMBIONIC (dir. Jack Tenbusch)
STRAPHANGER (dir. Martin Mulcahy)
THE FRONT LINES (dir. Ethan Herman)
LIFETIMES (dir. Amber Love)
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 75 minutes
Willye B. White Park (1610 W. Howard St.)– 8:00 p.m.
MARIAS (dir. Salvador Salazar and Andres Aurelio)
SYMBIONIC (dir. Jack Tenbusch)
NUESTRA HERENCIA (dir. Erin Babbin)
APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 105 minutes
Friday, September 1 – Saturday, September 2
Douglass Park (1401 S. Sacramento Dr.) – 7:30 p.m.
The Chicago Onscreen Local Film Festival returns with two evenings of multi-screen programming in North Lawndale's beautiful Douglass Park Cultural and Community Center. Featuring a three-screen “multiplex” screening all 15 of 2023’s Official Selections and curated content from other Chicago film organizations.
Chicago Onscreen is a part of the Chicago Park District’s Movies in the Parks and the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks initiative. Movies in the Parks is supported by San Pellegrino. Night Out in the Parks is a year-round event series features more than 1,200 citywide cultural and arts activities, including 160 movie screenings this summer.
Visit www.chicagoonscreen.com for more information and a complete schedule of screenings.
Click here for the full Movies in the Parks 2023 schedule. Admission is free, and all movies begin at dusk, weather permitting. Patrons can call the Movies in the Parks hotline for daily listings and updated weather-related cancellations at 312-742-1134. Information is also available on the Chicago Park District: Movies in the Parks Facebook page.