Midwest Independent Film Festival


The Midwest Independent Film Festival is the USA’s only film festival solely dedicated to Midwest films. Only films from the eight-state Midwest region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin are considered for screening.
The festival is hosted every first Tuesday of the month at Chicago's Landmark Century Centre Cinema of Landmark Theatres. The festival is sometimes referred to as The Midwest Film Festival, The Midwest Indie, or simply The Midwest.

Festival Highlights

The film festival was founded by Chicago actor Mike McNamara and filmmaker Michael Kwielford in 2004. In November 2017 McNamara stepped down as director due to repeated and widespread incidents of sexual harassment and intimidation. In July 2018, Amy Guth was named the new executive director of the festival. In December 2019, Erica Duffy was named the festival's new executive director.