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The Chicago Feminist Film Festival was founded in 2016 by Michelle Yates and Susan Kerns at Columbia College Chicago. The festival showcases independent, international films, predominantly shorts, and spans the genres of documentary, fiction, and experimental. The festival aims to address issues of race, gender, sexuality, and other forms of inequality that mainstream media often omits. It is an inclusive space for artists to share their work, especially women, people of color, queer, and transgender folks, given their struggle for visibility in mainstream television and film.

Another goal of the festival is to forge connections between local, national, and international film and filmmakers. The overarching belief of the festival is that art plays a vital role in bringing people together to think about equality and social justice. The festival takes place in late winter to early spring.