BWiFF 2024 Beyond Begins May 4
BWiFF 2024 continues with our Beyond competition! Fire Department Inc. starts off the program on May 4 with a sold out screening at Chicago Filmmakers. Tickets are now available for purchase online for Park Life on Tuesday, May 28 at the Music Box Theatre.
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Tune-in on Wednesday, May 1 at 7:00pm/c for the 2024 Blue Glass Awards, where the festival judges will announce the winners of the 14th annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival!
BWiFF 2024 • Fire Department, Inc.
Chicago Filmmakers 1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IllinoisSOLD OUT | A suburban firefighter’s labor union finds itself under a different kind of fire when the Village Mayor announces he’s privatizing their department to save money. What results is a five year long legal battle with the potential to change labor law for the entire country.
BWiFF 2024 • Fire Department, Inc.
Chicago Filmmakers 1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IllinoisSOLD OUT | A suburban firefighter’s labor union finds itself under a different kind of fire when the Village Mayor announces he’s privatizing their department to save money. What results is a five year long legal battle with the potential to change labor law for the entire country.
BWiFF 2024 • Park Life
Music Box Theatre 3733 N Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesA cynical consultant from New York and a dispirited writer from Los Angeles randomly meet on a Chicago park bench, beginning a memorable, trajectory-changing night together.
Summer ’94 Film Series: Speed
Durty Nellie's 180 N Smith Street, Palatine, ILLos Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who’s after major ransom money. First it’s a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it’s a rigged bus–if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that’s still not the end.
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