Facets Multi-Media

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Facets Multi-Media is a film organization in Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1975. Besides its facilities in Chicago, Facets Multi-Media also runs Facets Video, one of the largest distributors of foreign film in the United States.

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[edit] Facets Video

The most well-known division of Facets Multi-Media is Facets Video, which distributes films by renowned directors such as Bela Tarr, Jean-Luc Godard, Věra Chytilová, Amos Gitai, and Miklos Jancso. Facets also releases American independent, experimental, and documentary films.

[edit] Facilities

Facets maintains facilities in Chicago, where it was originally founded as a non-profit community film organization. These includes a single-screen movie theater (referred to as Facets Cinémathèque), a video retail and rental store, and a non-accredited film school. Since the earliest days of home video, customers around the world have been able to rent videos from Facets by mail.

[edit] Programs

Facets runs the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.

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