Events

BWiFF 2024 • Fire Department, Inc.

Chicago Filmmakers 1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, Illinois

SOLD 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 States

BWiFF 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 States

A 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, IL

Los 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, IL

The 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, IL

The 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 States

The 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 States

Two 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

2024 Best of Beyond Blue Glass Awards

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Tune-in on Sunday, November 17 at 7pm/c for the 2024 Best of Beyond Blue Glass Awards, where the festival judges will announce the winners of the BWiFF 2024 Beyond Competition!

Special Screening | ‘Darren & Abbey’

Classic Cinemas Elk Grove XQ 1050 Elk Grove Town Center, IL, Elk Grove Village, IL

Experience a special anniversary screening of 'Darren & Abbey,' a story set around the Holidays about two teenagers who spend an unexpectedly engaging evening with one another discussing five major human desires: power, money, family, sex and time.

$12