The Chicago International Film Festival, taking place October 12-23, 2022, is accepting entries for feature length fiction and documentary films.
The festival is one of the oldest international festivals in the United States and this year will celebrate its 58th edition.
As usual, Cinecittà organizes the Italian selections of the festival and will host the festival director Mimi Plauché in Rome from Monday July 25 to Wednesday July 27.
Elegibility: the films must have been completed after 1 August 2021 and the U.S. premiere is a requirement for the New Directors and Documentary Competitions and given a priority for other competitions and non-competitive programs of the Festival. More information about the programs and rules and regulations can be found >at this link<.
Submissions: 
For the Chicago selections it is not necessary to register online and/or pay submission fees if you participate in the selections we organize but you are kindly requested to send us asap an e-mail with title and director of the film (please specify if it’s a feature film or a documentary). Afterwords you should send us a link of the film with Eng subtitles within Friday, July 22.
Contacts:
Feature Films
Monique Catalino m.catalino@cinecittaluce.it 
Griselda Guerrasio g.guerrasio@ cinecittaluce.it
Documentaries:
Alessio Massatani a.massatani@cinecittaluce.it 
Cecilia Spano c.spano@cincecittaluce.it