News for October 2017

All The Queen's Horses plays two-week run at Gene Siskel Film Center beginning Nov. 10

October 24, 2017
All The Queen's Horses, the highly anticipated debut feature from director Kelly Pope Richmond, will come to the Gene Siskel Film Center for a two-week theatrical run beginning November 10. Purchase tickets here. This will be the Chicago theatrical (continued …)

Edith+Eddie earns AFI DOC Impact Grant; wins at #Tallgrass15

October 23, 2017
Edith+Eddie by Laura Checkoway has been announced as one of four recipients of an AFI DOCS Impact Grant awarded by NBCUniversal. The grant is intended to fund outreach and social action campaigns for the winning documentaries. In more Edith+Eddie (continued …)

'63 Boycott world premieres this weekend; Edith+Eddie has Chicago premiere!

October 20, 2017
54 years in the making, '63 Boycott world premieres this weekend at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 22 at 3:30PM, alongside Kartemquin short Edith+Eddie's Chicago premiere, in a program entitled Can't Turn Back at the fest. (continued …)

Edith+Eddie official selection of the Meet the Press Film Festival with AFI

October 19, 2017
The Meet the Press Film Festival in Collaboration with the American Film Institute (AFI) announced its full slate of official selections––including Edith+Eddie by Laura Checkoway. The inaugural film festival includes 16 short-length political (continued …)

'63 Boycott, Edith+Eddie, Abacus play Virginia Film Festival

October 18, 2017
The 30th annual Virginia Film Festival will include a slate of three Kartemquin Films including 63-Boycott, Edith+Eddie and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail. All three films will play on Sunday, November 12 at the fest. '63 Boycott - Sunday, Nov 12 5: (continued …)

Keep Talking comes to the Anchorage Museum, AIFF

October 13, 2017
Keep Talking, the directorial debut from Karen Weinberg, will travel to its home state to screen both at the Anchorage Museum for a special preview screening before its Alaska premiere at the Anchorage International Film Festival. The film will (continued …)

Edith+Eddie, Abacus head to DOC NYC

October 13, 2017
Edith+Eddie by filmmaker Laura Checkoway and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail by director Steve James continue their respectively successful and award-winning festival runs – both traveling to DOC NYC, America's largest documentary film festival, (continued …)

Abacus earns three Critics' Choice Documentary Awards nominations

October 9, 2017
A film as indefatigable as its subjects, Abacus:Small Enough to Jail has been nominated for three Critics' Choice Documentary Awards including Best Documentary and Best Political Documentary, and the Sung Family has been nominated for Most (continued …)

Edith+Eddie wins Best Documentary Short Jury Award at #HIFF25

October 9, 2017
Kartemquin is thrilled to announce that Edith+Eddie by director Laura Checkoway has earned the Best Documentary Short Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The film will have an encore screening today at 2PM preceding the screening of (continued …)

Keep Talking world premieres tonight at VIFF! Watch the official trailer.

October 3, 2017
Tonight is the world premiere of director Karen Lynn Weinberg’s debut documentary,, at the Vancouver International Film Festival, the film screens at 6:30PM, with an additional screening on October 5 at 10:45AM. The prestigious festival (now in its (continued …)