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2021 Official Selections

Revival, Rest, and Renewal



Official Shorts



A Message from Artists


GEORGE FLOYD: SAY THEIR NAMES


Black Mama Sable


Mary Did You Know


Not Supposed To Be Here


Kaotic Drumline: Drumming With a Difference


DREAMS FROM THE EDGE



Official Long Form



Proof of Life


Of Endings and Beginnings


¿Que Haces Aqui? A Documentary About Karen


Desert Lights


Winston Fleary and the Big Drum Nation Dance


The Life We Know



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2021 schedule



FREE Outdoor Kickoff

August 30th, 2021!


Weekly Screenings Online

September 1st- October 30th, 2021!



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2020 winners


Winner Best Fiction:
Strange Fruit, Dir. Shay Riddick

Winner Best Documentary:
You Name It, Dir. Hasan Demirtas

Best Emerging Filmmakers:
12 Ingredients, Dir. Sam Hampton
Barbershop: The Makings of the Black Male Identity,Dir. Maiya Shackelford

Best Student Film:
Whole, Dir. Ryonn Gloster
Nita, Dir. Melissa Pratt

Best Fiction Runner up:
When Dinosaurs Come, *Best Director
Dir. Terrian Williams
Bark *Best Editor
Dir. Laura Coleman

Best Documentary Runner up:
Horror in the Andes *Best Director
Dir. Martha-Cecilia Dietrich
The Last Run, *Best Editing
Dir. Anirban Dutta
The Healer and the Psychiatrist *Best Cinematography
Dir, Mike Poltorak


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The University of Chicago

Studio Movie Grill

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Community Film Workshop

The Dojo

The Silver Room

The Phantom Gallery

Chicago Art Department

The Comfort Station

Hamburger Marys

Catalyst Ranch

DePaul University

Transistor Chicago

Chicago Filmmakers

The Jane-Addams Hull House

The Nightingale

AMFM Gallery


Collected Voices is supported by community engagement and donations from people just like you!

Community Film Workshop serves as fiscal agent for

Freedom Lover Films/ Collected Voices Film Fest and is a registered 501C3. ​

All contributions are fully tax deductible and receipts are provided upon request.



our story



Started in 2015 by Visual Anthropologist, Ife Olatunji with a grant from Chicago Artists Month, Collected Voices is Chicago's first and only Ethnographic film fest, blending together fiction and documentary media from diverse Chicago filmmakers in academia and art.


In 2016, CV received more great films from Chicago and around the world, about real life everyday experiences. Our festival grew in our second year from 4 venues to 10! We showed more than 40 never before screened films across Chicago, Il.


In 2017 we screened over 30 original films with more than 75% from Chicago filmmakers. More than 50% of our films were women made and from filmmakers of color. Each screening was sold out, including our Awards party at AMFM Gallery filled to capacity, with more than 200 viewers our final night!




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