FACETS

Facets Multi-Media, located in Chicago, Illinois and founded in 1975, is a non-profit media arts organization which provides an extraordinary range of film and video programs.

facets video

Facets Video, a division of Facets Multi-Media, is one of the nation's largest distributors of foreign, classic, cult, art, and hard-to-find videos. We search the world for artistically important film on video - bypassing many mainstream releases to focus on the rare and the unusual. As a result, Facets' 40,000 (and growing ! ) title inventory is an astounding video collection unlike any in the world, famous for its breadth and diversity.

Here's what people say about the Facets video collection:

"A temple of great cinema" Roger Ebert, film critic

"A virtual cinematheque on video" Telluride Film Festival

To learn more about the depth of our collection, request one of Facets' many video catalogs.

Facets also has its own video label which has exclusive distribution rights to over 200 videos by cutting-edge American and international film and video makers.

To order : Call toll-free 1-800-331-6197 (for international orders call 1-773-281-9075), fax 773-929-5437, e-mail sales@facets.org, order on-line at www.facets.org, or mail your order to Facets Video, 1517 W. Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614. Institutional customers may contact our Director of Educational Services, Brian McCaskill, by at 1-800-331-6197 or brian@facets.org.

Facets Office Hours :

Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Central

Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central

Facets accepts the following forms of payment:

Credit Cards : MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover

Checks & Money Orders in U.S. funds

Purchase Orders : For institutions only. Please call for details.

facets rentals and rent-by-mail memberships

Facets video rental store is located at 1517 W. Fullerton Ave., in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. If you don't live near by, you can take advantage of our unique rent-by-mail membership. Facets rental library consists of over 20,000 videos, specializing in foreign, classic, experimental and independent films on video.

For more information on our video rentals programs please contact the rentals department at rentals@facets.org.

facets cinémathèque and vidéothèque

Besides mail-order videos and video rentals, the world of Facets includes daily screenings of artistically significant films and videos in our two theaters, including festivals, director retrospectives, premieres, re-discoveries and special programs. Several times during the year, we offer evening courses in cinema history which are challenging, informative and provocative.

For more information about the Facets Cinémathèque and Vidéothèque please contact Charles Coleman at 773-281-9075 or charles@facets.org.

chicago international children's film festival

Facets is also an international leader in positive programming for children. The Chicago International Children's Film Festival presents hundreds of the best films for kids from around the world in an exciting, world-class competition. The Festival involves children and parents from throughout the city, and filmmakers from around the world.

For more information about the "Kids Fest" please contact Becky Cowing at 773-281-9075 or kidsfest@facets.org.

Please direct all website-related concerns to webmaster@facets.org.