Kartemquin Films

10/08/2025

10/08/2025

Join Full Spectrum Features for their 10-Year Anniversary Celebration! 🥂 A night honoring a decade of independent filmmaking with food, drinks, live music, and more. All tickets are pay-what-you-can and directly support their ongoing mission to create space for underrepresented voices.

🎟️ Grab your tickets: events.humanitix.com/fsf10

10/03/2025

No to kings, yes to arts and crafts! Come make protest signs with us before Saturday’s march. We’ll have supplies and snacks—bring your voice and imagination.

When: Tuesday, October 7th from 3–5 pm
Where: Kartemquin office, Kimball Arts Center

Let’s make art that can’t be ignored!

10/02/2025

Our friends at the Reva & David Logan Foundation are celebrating the life of Barbara Dane, a prolific Blues artist, with a screening of 'The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane' as a part of their Blues@Logan series.

The screening will take place on Sunday, October 5th at 3pm at the Logan Center.

Register here!: https://events.uchicago.edu/event/9-lives-of-barbara-dane

10/01/2025

🚨 Attention Chicago Film Community! 🚨

Reel Black Filmmakers, a program of the Community Film Workshop of Chicago (CFWC), will be celebrating its 13th anniversary with a screening of works by talented filmmakers Shahari Moore, Reginald Rice and David Weathersby on Saturday, October 11th from 3-5pm at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. All three filmmakers are alums of our Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) Program and we could not be prouder on how their careers have continued to blossom!

Join us in supporting them and register for this incredible event here: https://www.cfwchicago.org/event-details/reel-black-filmmakers-13th-anniversary-screening

09/29/2025

Applications for Round One of the Zhao-Chen Family AAPI Voices Fund are now CLOSED.

Thank you to all who applied! ✨ Round Two of the fund will open in 2026.

Stay in touch by subscribing to KTQ Progam's Newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/3270d77632cc/ktq-programs-newsletter-sign-up

09/25/2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Ian Robertson Kibbe as Kartemquin’s new Senior Staff Producer! brings a depth of experience in independent and impact filmmaking, as well as branded content and commercial producing — always grounded in justice, equity, and ethical storytelling. His credits include lead producer roles on 'Raising Bertie' (POV, 2017), and the Emmy Honor Award–winning 'Greener Pastures' (Independent Lens, 2024). Beyond his films, Ian is an active member of the Documentary Producers Alliance, where he founded and co-led the Equity and Inclusion Committee. We’re excited for him to help guide and support the next generation of Kartemquin filmmakers!

09/22/2025

Great news! The submission deadline for Round One of the Zhao-Chen Family AAPI Voices Fund has been extended for ONE WEEK!

📆 Applications will OFFICIALLY CLOSE on September 29th. 📆

Apply here!: bit.ly/AAPIVoicesApp

09/18/2025

🎥 STARTING TODAY: DIALOGUES FILM FESTIVAL 🎥

Presented by Milwaukee Film, the Dialogues Film Festival is a four-day celebration of the power of documentary storytelling. Running Sept 18–21 in two of Milwaukee’s beautiful historic theaters, the festival features 30+ films, filmmaker Q&As, and thought-provoking panel discussions.

🗓️ When: Thursday Sept 18th to Sunday 21st

📍 Where: and , both in Milwaukee, WI

🎟️ Tickets & info at mke.org

09/17/2025

Haymarket Books is proud to present the first installment in their community film series: Films for a Changing World. ✨

We envision this community film series to be a place for people to come together in community during this volatile political moment. In times like these, the struggle to change the world can feel even more difficult to sustain and we hope these events will be a space to share a collective cultural experience and connect with one another.

Join them tomorrow, September 18th at 6 PM for a screening of Estefanía Contreras and Silvia Del Carmen Castaños' 2023 documentary, 'Hummingbirds'. The film will be followed by a discussion led by Candice Ibaceta from Palenque LSNA. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to supporting the work of Palenque LSNA and refreshments will be served.

Learn more and register here!: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1839262

09/15/2025

Congratulations to KTQ’s own Pat Aufderheide, who has been named as one of the Fall 2025 Shorenstein Center Fellows! 🎉

One of the biggest champions of KTQ and author of the book, 'Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy', Aufderheide continues to blaze the trail in documentary leadership.

Read more about all of the Fall 2025 Fellows here: https://filmmakermagazine.com/131762-patricia-auferheide-jax-deluca-named-fall-2025-shorenstein-center-fellows/

09/13/2025

Have you started your application yet??

🗓 Applications CLOSE on September 22nd!🗓

✨ Apply HERE: bit.ly/AAPIVoicesApp