Company type | Private 501(c)(3) organization |
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Industry |
Media education Independent movie theater Video rental Motion-picture video distribution |
Founded | 1975 |
Founder | Milos Stehlik |
Headquarters | 1517 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. [1] |
Key people | Karen Cardarelli (Director)
[2] Charles Coleman (Programmer) [3] |
Divisions | Facets Cinematheque, Facets Film School, Facets Children's Programs, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Facets Videotheque, Facets DVD Label |
Website | facets.org |
Facets Multi-Media founded in 1975, is a non-profit, 501(C)3 organization, and a media arts organization. [4] Its mission is to preserve, present, distribute, and educate about film. [5] Besides its facilities at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Illinois, Facets Multi-Media also runs Facets Video, one of the largest distributors of foreign film in the United States. [6] Facets has been described as a “temple of great cinema” [7] by film critic Roger Ebert and "a giant in the rarefied world of art-house films and cultural education." [4]
Facets maintains facilities in Chicago, where it was founded by Milos Stehlik as a non-profit film organization. The brick-and-mortar space includes a single-screen movie theater (referred to as Facets Cinémathèque), which screens "interesting" independent films [8] and "obscure" features. [9] It also houses a video rental store that offers home delivery with over 65,000 titles, [4] described as "a stunningly deep archive of every kind of experimental, avant-garde, foreign and children's film you could hope to find." [10] There is also a non-accredited film school, consisting of classes for the general public. [8]
Facets runs the annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival, a Kids Film Camp for ages 7–14, [11] Facets Film School for Chicago-area cinephiles, Facets Night School for cult film connoisseurs, and a Summer Film Institute for K-12 teachers. [12]
Facets is a nationally recognized conservator, publisher and distributor of films on DVD, including independent, art-house, classics, documentaries, and experimental films. [13] Facets has distributed films by directors such as Bela Tarr, Jean-Luc Godard, Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Amos Gitai, Alexander Kluge, Andrzej Zulawski, and Miklós Jancsó. Since the late 1980s, Facets has released over 800 films on VHS and DVD. [6]
Company type | Private 501(c)(3) organization |
---|---|
Industry |
Media education Independent movie theater Video rental Motion-picture video distribution |
Founded | 1975 |
Founder | Milos Stehlik |
Headquarters | 1517 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. [1] |
Key people | Karen Cardarelli (Director)
[2] Charles Coleman (Programmer) [3] |
Divisions | Facets Cinematheque, Facets Film School, Facets Children's Programs, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Facets Videotheque, Facets DVD Label |
Website | facets.org |
Facets Multi-Media founded in 1975, is a non-profit, 501(C)3 organization, and a media arts organization. [4] Its mission is to preserve, present, distribute, and educate about film. [5] Besides its facilities at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Illinois, Facets Multi-Media also runs Facets Video, one of the largest distributors of foreign film in the United States. [6] Facets has been described as a “temple of great cinema” [7] by film critic Roger Ebert and "a giant in the rarefied world of art-house films and cultural education." [4]
Facets maintains facilities in Chicago, where it was founded by Milos Stehlik as a non-profit film organization. The brick-and-mortar space includes a single-screen movie theater (referred to as Facets Cinémathèque), which screens "interesting" independent films [8] and "obscure" features. [9] It also houses a video rental store that offers home delivery with over 65,000 titles, [4] described as "a stunningly deep archive of every kind of experimental, avant-garde, foreign and children's film you could hope to find." [10] There is also a non-accredited film school, consisting of classes for the general public. [8]
Facets runs the annual Chicago International Children's Film Festival, a Kids Film Camp for ages 7–14, [11] Facets Film School for Chicago-area cinephiles, Facets Night School for cult film connoisseurs, and a Summer Film Institute for K-12 teachers. [12]
Facets is a nationally recognized conservator, publisher and distributor of films on DVD, including independent, art-house, classics, documentaries, and experimental films. [13] Facets has distributed films by directors such as Bela Tarr, Jean-Luc Godard, Miloš Forman, Věra Chytilová, Amos Gitai, Alexander Kluge, Andrzej Zulawski, and Miklós Jancsó. Since the late 1980s, Facets has released over 800 films on VHS and DVD. [6]