Facets Multi-Media, Inc.
Company typePrivate 501(c)(3) organization
IndustryMedia education
Independent movie theater
Video rental
Motion-picture video distribution
Founded1975
FounderMilos Stehlik
Headquarters1517 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[1]
Key people
Karen Cardarelli (Director)[2]
Charles Coleman (Programmer)[3]
DivisionsFacets Cinematheque, Facets Film School, Facets Children's Programs, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Facets Videotheque, Facets DVD Label
Websitefacets.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]

Facilities

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]

Programs

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 Video

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]

References

  1. ^ Facets Multi-Media Incorporated from Hoover's
  2. ^ Facets Multimedia, Inc. from Chicago Tribune
  3. ^ Charles Coleman, the celluloid adventurist from Chicago Reader
  4. ^ a b c Reaves, Jessica (6 December 2009). "Digital Age Creates Bumpy Nights at a Video Store". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Facets Multimedia". www.facets.org. Archived from the original on 2009-11-15.
  6. ^ a b "Facets Multimedia: Facets Exclusives". www.facets.org. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09.
  7. ^ "Last Tango in Paris movie review (1972) | Roger Ebert".
  8. ^ a b "Chicagoist's 10 Favorite Movie Palaces: Chicagoist". Archived from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  9. ^ "Facets Cinematheque in Chicago, IL - Cinema Treasures".
  10. ^ "Chicago's Best Alt-Cinema Picks". HuffPost. 15 January 2013.
  11. ^ "FACETS KIDS FILM CAMP - CICFF". www.cicff.org/. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  12. ^ Loewus, Liana (15 August 2013). "Teachers Look to Film to Foster Critical Thinking". Education Week.
  13. ^ "Send Those Netflix Dollars to Facets: Chicagoist". Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 2013-08-27.

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