2024 Blue Glass Awards
Virtual Event
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!
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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.
$15
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.
$15
BWiFF 2024 • Encore Screenings
Music Box Theatre 3733 N Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesBWiFF 2024 Encore
An encore presentation of award-winning films from the 2024 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival, featuring three (3) short films and one (1) feature documentary.
$12
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.
$12
Speed • 30th Anniversary Screening
Classic Cinemas Tivoli Theatre 5021 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, 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 below 50mph, it will blow up. The situation is bad enough anywhere, but in LA traffic: an impossible nightmare. And that’s just the beginning...
$7
BWiFF 2024 • Beyond Shorts #1
Classic Cinemas Tivoli Theatre 5021 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, ILThe first session of the BWiFF 2024 Beyond Shorts Program will consist of four (4) short films, including Exhale, Chicken, The Overlook, and Spirit of Place.
$12
BWiFF 2024 • Beyond Shorts #2
Classic Cinemas Tivoli Theatre 5021 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, ILThe second session of the BWiFF 2024 Beyond Shorts Program will consist of three (3) short films, including Swatted, Implosions, and The Last Drop.
$12
BWiFF 2024 • Love & Irony
Music Box Theatre 3733 N Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe search for an authentic life leads an existential bike mechanic to discover the universal truths and transformative powers of love.
$12
Imbibe Cinema | ‘Coasting’
Music Box Theatre 3733 N Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesTwo people, both in relationships, find love in the most unlikely place: a remote hotel bar in the small Midwest town of Stillwater. Now they'll have to deal with more than anyone's fair share of difficulty, including family issues, their current partners, and the distance, to try to make it work.
$12