In addition to honoring the best films of 2019 at its annual awards dinner on December 14th, the Chicago Film Critics Association will be paying tribute to three colleagues and members who passed away over the past year. The Breakthrough Filmmaker Award, given annually to a newly emerging talent, will be renamed the Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker in honor of Milos Stehlik, who championed the careers of countless new talents as the founder of the internationally renowned Facets Multimedia and who died in July. In addition, the ceremony itself will be dedicated to the memories of Andrea Gronvall and David Schultz, two long-standing Chicago critics who passed away in September.

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The Chicago Film Critics Association is saddened to report that two members of our organization have died. David Schultz, film critic for the North Lawndale Community News, passed away last week, reportedly of an apparent heart attack. Andrea Gronvall, who wrote about film for the Chicago Reader and the Movie City News website, died on September 4th. The CFCA extends its most sincere condolences to their loved ones and friends for their loss.

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It is impossible to understate the importance of Milos Stehlik on Chicago’s film community and its influence throughout the world. The Czechoslovakian-born Stehlik passed away on July 6 at his home in Lincoln Park. Having lived in the city since the early 1960s, along with stage director Nicole Dreiska (whom he later married for a time), he established Facets Multimedia in 1975, first in a church with projectors placed where the choir once stood, and eventually in a permanent home on Fullerton Avenue, where it continues to thrive today.

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The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, today announces the Audience Award winners following the 7th Chicago Critics Film Festival. Audiences selected Opening Night feature presentation Saint Frances as winner of the Audience Award for narrative features…

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With a line-up including the Chicago premiere of Danny Boyle’sYesterday, about a young Brit who discovers he’s the only one who’s ever heard of The Beatles, and a 40th Anniversary screening of Alien with actor Tom Skerritt scheduled to attend, the 2019 edition of the only film festival curated by critics promises to be the most impressive yet.

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With these initial selections, festival programmers (all CFCA members) present some of the most acclaimed yet-to-be-released films of the year, making Chicago a must-screen destination for films that audiences will be talking about for months to come.

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