The Oak Park Illinois Film Festival enjoyed its inaugural year in 2024. Created as a celebration of cinema connected to the titular affluent western suburb of Chicago, the OPILFF brought together audiences and filmmakers at a gala opening at the Classic Cinemas Lake Theatre and a full-day program of over 15 films. The distinctive and valuable festival returns for its second year in 2025 with another excellent kick-off event and a two-day schedule of feature-length and short film selections
Read MoreThis past fall, the eclectic western Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois put on their inaugural film festival. The Oak Park, Illinois Film Festival. Divided into five thematic programming blocks, the festival organizers and leading board members curated a total of 17 films. Three of them were feature-length, and two of those were documentaries. Holding firm to local roots, each film entry had to have an Oak Park connect in front of or behind the camera to be eligible.
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