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SUMMARY:Lake County Film Festival Opening Night Feature: COLOR BOOK
DESCRIPTION:The Lake County Film Festival returns for its milestone 15th edition\, bringing an exciting and diverse slate of films to local audiences from September 4–7 and September 12–15\, 2025. The festival will screen more than 134 films\, including 17 feature-length films and over 120 short films from around the world. \nGorton Center and First Thursday Series is proud to be hosting the opening night feature film\, “Color Book”! \nA devoted single father adjusts to life after his wife’s passing while raising his son with Down Syndrome. They embark on a journey through Metro Atlanta to attend their first baseball game. \nDirector: David Fortune\nWriter: David Fortune\nStars: Lynne Ashe\, Joseph Curtis Callender\, William Catlett \nWe are especially grateful to the Sheffield Foundation for sponsoring this screening. Their support allows us to bring this inspiring story to Gorton Center\, creating a memorable evening for all who attend.
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/color-book/
LOCATION:Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater\, 400 E. Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Independent
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SUMMARY:Lake County Film Festival: PAPER MARRIAGE
DESCRIPTION:The Lake County Film Festival returns for its milestone 15th edition\, bringing an exciting and diverse slate of films to local audiences from September 4–7 and September 12–15\, 2025. The festival will screen more than 134 films\, including 17 feature-length films and over 120 short films from around the world. \nGorton Center is proud to be one of the screening venues for “Paper Marriage”! Filmmaker Jeff Man will be in attendance for a post-show Q & A!\nA desperate Chinese immigrant and a wayward American strike a marriage pact\, navigating around each other to grow a connection for a green card. \nDirector: Jeff Man\nWriter: Jeff Man\nStars: Effy Han\, Yosilu Chen\, Will Dowsett
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/paper-marriage/
LOCATION:Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater\, 400 E. Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Independent
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SUMMARY:Lake County Film Festival Closing Night Feature: SPEAK.
DESCRIPTION:The Lake County Film Festival returns for its milestone 15th edition\, bringing an exciting and diverse slate of films to local audiences from September 4–7 and September 12–15\, 2025. The festival will screen more than 134 films\, including 17 feature-length films and over 120 short films from around the world. \nGorton Center is proud to be hosting the closing night feature film\, “Speak.”!\nABOUT THE FILM \nLOGLINE \nFive top-ranked high school oratory students spend a year crafting spellbinding spoken word performances with the dream of winning one of the world’s largest and most intense public speaking competitions. \nLONG SYNOPSIS \nSPEAK follows five of the nation’s top teenage speech competitors\, capturing the euphoria of victory and the devastation of defeat as they craft and perform original oratories over the course of a 9-month season. Their dream is simple: To win the Super Bowl of public speaking\, the NSDA Nationals. \nWe witness them\, their coaches and their parents as they fight to keep school speech programs alive amid budget cuts\, book bans and censorship efforts that reach a fevered pitch during the 2024 election year. \nThe film begins at the 2023 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) Championships\, introducing our eclectic orators: Noor\, Noah\, Sam\, Mfaz and Esther\, the two-time reigning national champion in Oratory. We follow them to the 2024 Nationals\, where Esther hopes to beat the record set by SPEAK’s Executive Producer\, Josh Gad\, in 1999. \nSPEAK captures the passion\, joy—and courage—of unforgettable teens using their voices to change hearts and minds. This film is the perfect antidote for these fraught times—intense\, funny\, and most of all\, hopeful. \nDirectorsJennifer Tiexiera\, Guy Mossman\nStars: Esther\, Mfaz\, Noah
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/lake-county-film-festival-closing-night-feature-speak/
LOCATION:Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater\, 400 E. Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Independent
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SUMMARY:MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2025
DESCRIPTION:The always-popular compilation of global short films returns to the John & Nancy Hughes Theater at Gorton—come watch and vote for your favorite! Film lovers unite during the same week across six continents to view and judge the work of the next generation of international filmmakers. \nThe ten Finalists will screen simultaneously across the world during a one-week period\, with the Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue. By virtue of their selection by MANHATTAN SHORT\, each short film is automatically Oscar-qualified. \nThe Ten MANHATTAN SHORT Finalists hail from seven countries with films from Spain\, Irael\, United Kingdom\, Norway\, The Netherlands\, Belgium\, and Mexico\, alongside three films from the USA. “These ten short films bring a much-needed positive energy to the world!” says Nicholas Mason\, founding director of Manhattan Short Film Festival. The program runs 2.5 hours with an 8 minute intermission. \nManhattan Short 2025 Finalists \n\n“Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting” (USA)\n“Al Fresco” (Spain)\n“Chasing the Party” (USA)\n“Paradise Man” (USA)\n“We Have Sinned Before You” (Israel)\n“I Have My Reasons” (United Kingdom)\n“Ovary-Acting” (Norway)\n“Beyond Silence” (The Netherlands)\n“Zodiak” (Belgium)\n“Passarinho” (Mexico)\n\nFor details about the short films\, visit the Manhattan Short website.
URL:https://gortoncenter.org/event/manhattan-short-film-festival-2025-2/
LOCATION:Gorton Center – John & Nancy Hughes Theater\, 400 E. Illinois Road\, Lake Forest\, IL\, 60045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Independent
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