2023 Lake County Film Festival

The 13th Lake County Film Festival will be held November 3-5 & November 10-12, with a special SECRET screening on Halloween Night.


All selected films will show in-person at The College Of Lake County in Grayslake, in rooms A011, C105, D100, B222, and T332. Selected films will have additional screenings at The Gorton Center in Lake Forest.

The full lineup and schedule is expected to be announced at our September 22nd free screening of Join Or Die at The College Of Lake County. This information, as well as ticket & pass sales will be online the following day at our 2023 Lake County Film Festival sub-site. (There are a few titles there now).

Tickets for short film programs are $5.
Tickets for feature films are $10.
Day passes for Saturdays & Sundays are $20.
Weekend passes are $35.
Full festival passes are $50.
Order full festival passes by October 13th and receive a collectorโ€™s plastic badge with your name on it.

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Lake County Film Festival

Lake County Film Festival

#LCFF2023 runs November 3-5 & 10-12 +Halloween Night at The College Of Lake County Grayslake

Lake County Film Festival

1 day ago

Lake County Film Festival
Today, I'm excited to announce the 2023 Lake County Film Festival Audience Winners for Best Short Film. This year we showed 76 short films at the festival. We normally announce the Top 10 Audience Rated Short Films, but we'd also like to highlight: The Edward Amet Audience Award for Best Short Film: The Food That Saves Us by Joe VellaBest Animated Short Film: Island by Michael FaustBest Documentary Short Film: Harvey by Janice NadeauThe complete Top 10: 1. Food That Saves You by Joe Vella *Top Short Film*2. Island by Michael Faust *Top Animated Short Film*3. Crack Shot by Alex Cohen4. Paper Planes by Michael Glover Smith & Alyssa Thordarson5. Non-Negotiable by Mike Doxford6. Shadow Brother Sunday by Alden Ehrenreich7. Harvey by Janice Nadeau *Top Documentary Short Film*8. Demon Box by Sean Wainsteim9. The Anne Frank Gift Shop by Mickey Rapkin10. Brother by Aleksei Borovikov ... See MoreSee Less

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Lake County Film Festival

2 days ago

Lake County Film Festival
Here are the 2023 Lake County Film Festival Jury Awards for Short Films! Congrats to all the winners! Narrative Short Films: JuryJustin Joseph Hall, filmmakerJosh Folan, filmmakerJosh Wolff, Director of Film at Gorton Center. "Such a beautiful array of genres in the mix this year. I was particularly astounded by the consistency in cinematography throughout the choices and complexity in animation. A visually pleasing set of films!" - Justin Joseph Hall. Best Overall Narrative Short Film: ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฑ by Sean WainsteimJury Statement: "I was absolutely floored by this film. The total disregard for the fourth wall on a film dealing in that subject matter, and while being that personal of a story, was an absolutely amazing and ballsy creative choice. If I didn't know the crushing economics of the short medium so well you'd never be able to convince me that this was made for any reasonable amount of money - the production value was off the charts and the tender loving care put into the art elements shines bright. A perfect short film, by my measure." - Josh FolanBest Directing In A Short Film: ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐”๐ฉ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž by Nathan MorrisBest Animated Short Film: ๐€ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐€ ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ค by Diane Catsburrow LinnetBest Acting In A Short Film: Beck Bennett & Jessy Hodges in ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ by Mac Eldridge & Tom DeanBest Cinematography In A Short Film: Freddie Whitman for ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ญ by Alex CohenBest Writing In A Short Film: Kylie Alesso for ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐ž ๐“๐จ ๐Œ๐ž by Kelly WalkerBest Sound Editing In A Short Film: Dillan Schmitz for ๐Œ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ by Thomas van KampenBest Music In A Short Film: Evan Roth for ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ by Logan JacksonBest Comedy Short Film: ๐๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ by Margaret MillerDocumentary Short Films: JuryKyle Anne Grendys, filmmakerJon Gann, filmmakerRaul Benitez, film programmerBest Documentary Short Film: ๐€ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ฌ by Gabriel VerasHonorable Mention: ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ by Camila MartinsStudent Short Films: JuryDan Jeremy Brooks, film podcaster & film programmerCindy Mich, film programmerJury Award For Best Documentary Student Short Film: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก by Thomas BrounsJury Award For Best Narrative Student Short Film: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ง๐ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ by Aleksandra Podziewska ... See MoreSee Less

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Lake County Film Festival

7 days ago

Lake County Film Festival
If everything goes well, we should be announcing our award winners tomorrow! ... See MoreSee Less
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Lake County Film Festival

3 weeks ago

Lake County Film Festival
** Please send me your festival pics**Well, it took a day longer to recoup than I thought it would, but I'm finally here saying THANK YOU to everyone for an amazing 13th Lake County Film Festival, absolutely our best festival since covid hit. I estimate we showed movies to at least 200 people that have never been to the festival before, helped greatly by the efforts of Lake County natives Craig Alan from Unicorn Training & Elizabeth from The Depths of My Despair, as well as the great marketing of Wine, Women, and Dementia: The Documentary. And obviously, our opening night secret screening. I want to thank all of staff and volunteers. Kat, for doing all of the wonderful art and design, thoughts and opinions, and continued training. Dan for lending us his music. Dan, Peter & Heidi, for running Q&A's. Cathy for any number of things, including crepes, and Dmytro from ะŸะตั€ัˆะพัะฒั–ั‚ for the awesome eye animation. Ed for the website work, and of course, Quentin for lugging things around, and playing piano for everyone. Of course, everyone at College of Lake County, without whom I wouldn't be able to pull off the festival. And last, but certainly not least, all the filmmakers who sent us their films, and let us show them. Most of these films started with one idea from one person, who then did whatever it took to get their vision on the screen. It's an honor to get to share you work with these audiences and discuss them. Thanks for everything, Nat ... See MoreSee Less

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Lake County Film Festival

4 weeks ago

Lake County Film Festival
#lcff2023 Weekend 2 - mailchi.mp/1db719b9635b/october-2023-newsletter-5428334 ... See MoreSee Less

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