Talking Pictures Festival

04/29/2015

Get free passes to an advance screening of FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD! http://ymlp.com/zCcoZH

04/28/2015

An unprecedented speed-dating event for 70- to 90-year-olds serves as the backdrop for THE AGE OF LOVE, an alternately poignant and funny look at the search for love among the senior set. Presented by Percolator Films & Evanston's Aging Well Conference: Wed, May 6, 7pm, Evanston Public Library. FREE admission! http://ymlp.com/zhZt5a

03/16/2015

Independent documentaries are struggling to maintain a presence on PBS. If you live in the Chicago area, here is a unique chance to speak with PBS leadership directly about the need to support independent voices on PBS. The event is free, but RSVPs via Eventbrite are required. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pbs-listening-tour-chicago-registration-15979967513

Make your voice heard on the last stop of the PBS Listening Tour in Chicago. This is your chance to help set priorities and share ideas around strengthening viewership, distribution, and community engagement of independent film. It's our final chance to be heard. We need YOU to be there and to speak…

11/06/2014

If you missed our screening of Spilled Water last week, you can catch it on WTTW Channel 11 tonight and tomorrow afternoon! Congratulations to Evanston filmmaker May May Tchao! http://schedule.wttw.com/episodes/308998/Spilled-Water/

10/23/2014

Meet Evanston filmmaker May May Tchao next week at Percolator Films' screening of Spilled Water! May's documentary explores how the economic transformation of China is changing the roles, rights and social status of its women. Wed, Oct 29, 7:30pm, venue: Lake Street Church of Evanston http://www.percolatorfilms.org/percolatorfilms/Percolator_Films_Presents.html

From the urban hustle of Beijing to the desolate beauty of rural provinces, Tchao's SPILLED WATER weaves intimate stories to show us why gender equality in China is so hard-earned, and worth the struggle.

09/30/2014

Check out our October newsletter at http://ymlp.com/zdzYAN and join us on Sunday, Oct 5, 3pm for a free screening of , the acclaimed new documentary by Kindling Group With Director Susanne Suffredin in person!

05/07/2014

Don't forget to join us TONIGHT for a free screening of I Never Said I Wasn't Happy – with Chicago artist Sara Peak Convery in person! http://ymlp.com/z0ZuzH

04/30/2014

Meet Chicago painter and filmmaker Sara Peak Convery next week at our screening of her provocative personal documentary I Never Said I Wasn't Happy. Wed, May 7, 7pm - FREE event at the Evanston Public Library. http://www.percolatorfilms.org/percolatorfilms/Reeltime.html

I NEVER SAID I WASN'T HAPPY is Chicago painter and filmmaker Sara Peak Convery's candid personal examination of complex family dynamics and her parents' difficult marriage. Through a lively mix of interviews, paintings, home movies and family photographs dating back to the late 1950s, the film paint…

03/07/2014

Meet Academy-Award nominated director Bill Siegel and producer Rachel Pikelny at our screening of Kartemquin Films' The Trials of Muhammad Ali next week! Tue, March 11, 7pm at the Evanston Public Library http://ymlp.com/zdEfvv

03/04/2014

Tired of the snow & cold? Come inside and watch two free documentaries that are coming up in Evanston in March: The Trials of Muhammad Ali and Beneath the Blindfold – read more in Percolator Films' latest newsletter: http://ymlp.com/zUgYFo

11/22/2013

We are pleased to co-present the Robert Reich documentary "Inequality for All" on Sunday, Nov 24, 2pm at Evanston's Lake Street Church. More in our November newsletter...http://ymlp.com/zL0YDB

06/13/2013

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a public defender? Find out more on on Tue, June 18, 7pm, when we team up with Human Rights Watch-Chicago to show Dawn Porter's award-winning Gideon's Army, which follows three passionately dedicated young public defenders in the Deep South, who choose to represent the disenfranchised, some of whom are indisputably guilty. Porter delves into the agonies, perils, and triumphs of careers that offer few rewards beyond the satisfaction of fighting tirelessly for the equal rights of all under the law.

This screening is part of Percolator Films' free Reeltime film and discussion series, hosted at the Evanston Public Library