The documentaries are sure to shine at the 20/21 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival. We are very excited about the diverse, outstanding collection of short and feature-length documentary films in this year’s festival. The line-up includes films that delve behind-the-scenes for compelling insight into typically inaccessible subjects, while

Due to the ongoing global health crisis, the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) Board of Directors have made the decision to postpone the 10th annual festival until July 2021 at Chicago Filmmakers.

The 10th Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) was originally scheduled to be held at Chicago Filmmakers, located in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago’s North Side, in late July. Due to the current global health crisis, the festival will be postponed nearly eight weeks. “We’ve been fortunate to

In partnership with the independent streaming platform Theatrical At Home, Film Festival Alliance presents the inaugural Film Festival Day. Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival is thrilled to be participating in this special presentation event along with 29 other film festivals on Saturday, April 11 beginning at 5:00pm. When you

Now that BWiFF has successfully completed its first Cinema Centennial event, showcasing films from 1919, I think it’s about time for my first public confessional. So here it goes: I am not exactly what you would call a silent film aficionado. Prior to preparing for this year’s Cinema

Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival will host the 1919 Cinema Centennial at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Avenue in Chicago, on Wednesday, October 23 at 7:00pm. The special program celebrating films released 100 years ago will feature a collection of shorts followed by a feature with contemporary music

Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival will host their 10th annual festival at Chicago Filmmakers, located at 5720 N. Ridge Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side. Entries in a wide variety of categories are now being accepted online through April 10, 2020. Above all else, the

The 10th Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival (BWiFF) will be held at Chicago Filmmakers in the Edgewater neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side from July 17-23, 2020. Call for entries will be accepted exclusively through FilmFreeway beginning September 3, 2019. Since 2010, the festival has been held annually over the

Over 30 films were selected for exhibition and/or competition at the 2018 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival held at Foxhole Creative in Chicago from August 3-9. Of those films, the top award-winners were narrative short The Immaculate Misconception with 3 awards and narrative feature Die Beste Aller Welten (The

Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival has once again received the honor of being named one of the top 100 best reviewed festivals currently open on FilmFreeway, a standing owed to the fest’s incredibly talented and generous alumni filmmakers. Hundreds of films have been submitted for consideration to play at

Over 30 films were selected for exhibition and/or competition at the 2017 Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival held at Music Box Theatre, 3733 N Southport Avenue, in Chicago from August 3-10. Of those films, the top award-winners are narrative short Closer Than They Appear with 5 awards and narrative

Out of hundreds of submissions, Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival is pleased to announce the 35 short and feature-length films that have been officially selected for exhibition and competition. Feature Films * Across the River * Everything in the Song is True * Gold Star * I Am Still Here * Monkey * Shreelancer * September Morning