Siskel Film Center
Movies and Sound RecordingIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
The Siskel Film Center is a nonprofit public program affiliated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, located at 164 North State Street in Chicago, Illinois 60601. It operates in the Movies and Sound Recording industry, offering film programming and related events to the public. The organization has 11-50 employees and maintains its online presence at siskelfilmcenter.org. It engages in partnerships and festival programming, such as the collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Chicago on the Democracy at Risk festival held at its venue in September 2024, and it has coordinated events like the Black Harvest Film Festival. The center has received industry recognition, including the Renaissance Award in 2019, and has experienced leadership changes in its programming staff in recent years, such as the appointment of Rebecca Fons as director of programming in 2021, following the retirement of Barbara Scharres in late 2020.