Chicago Underground Film Festival

The longest running underground film festival in the world.
"The Chicago Underground Film Festival, The reigning champion of all underground film festivals is still going strong as it nears in on two decades in operation...There’s a reason why CUFF has been so successful for so many years: The fierce dedication of festival Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, who’s been running things since the very beginning. However, the truly astounding thing that Wendorf has done is that he’s allowed the fest to grow over the past 19 years.Since the fest abandoned its transgressive leanings many moons ago, CUFF has always allowed the notion of what an “underground film” is to grow and adapt. For that reason, it’s always difficult to pin down exactly what Wendorf and his crew are looking to program every year, but when they announce their annual lineup it always seems to make sense.What they program is a little different, off-beat in varying ways, still embracing a punk aesthetic, intelligent, sometimes smart-ass, sometimes raucous, experimental in concept although not always in form and always challenging.” - Mike Everlith, Badlit.com

"The Chicago Underground Film Festival is the city's most eclectic yet best curated fest. Director and co-founder Bryan Wendorf has a knack for uncovering work that startles, upsets and spellbinds." - Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times

"The hottest and most ambitious festival on the local scene" --John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune

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