Film Studies Center

Happening TONIGHT at 7pm in the Logan Center Screening Room! HIGHLANDERS WEDDING premieres on 16mm with English subtitles.

Highlanders Wedding was screened only a handful of times in Chicago in the 1960s, exclusively within the Highlander community. Recently, the original reels were discovered in a private collection. In 2025, with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation, the film was digitized in 4K and a new 16mm print was struck. The May 15 screening will mark the premiere of the new 16mm print, presented with live English subtitles – the first, and possibly only, opportunity to see this film in English! (Ludwina Ról-Łuszczkowa, Antonina Błazończyk & George DeBelina, USA, 1961, 88 minutes, 16mm)

Presented in partnership with Chicago Film Archives, the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America, and Agata Zborowska’s Not-So-Ordinary project, with support from the Department of Slavic Languages & Literature and the Department of History.

The screening of Highlanders Wedding will be followed by a reception. This event is free and open to the public. Doors will open thirty minutes prior to showtime. For more information: http://bit.ly/4uDBlTs

Beginning TONIGHT with HORSE FEATHERS at 7pm and LADIES MUST LOVE at 9pm! Arrive early for a Pre-Code Pizza Party reception.

THIS WEEKEND MAY 1-MAY 3! The Film Studies Center and the Chicago Film Society are thrilled to present PRE-CODE PICTURE PARTY, an entire weekend of early talkies, all on film.

$10 tickets will be available at the door, or in advance at chicagofilmsociety.simpletix.com. For more information about the lineup: https://bit.ly/4eOi6SC