type private 501 c 3 organization industry media education independent movie theater video rental motion picture video distribution founded 1975 founder milos stehlik headquarters 1517 west fullerton avenue chicago illinois u.s. 1 key people milos stehlik director 2 charles coleman programmer 3 divisions facets cinematheque facets film school facets children s programs chicago international children s film festival facets videotheque facets dvd label website facets.org facets multi media founded in 1975 is a non profit 501 c 3 organization and a leading national media arts organization . 4 its mission is to preserve present distribute and educate about film . 5 besides its facilities at 1517 w. fullerton ave. chicago illinois facets multi media also runs facets video one of the largest distributors of foreign film in the united states . 6 facets has been described as a temple of great cinema 7 by film critic roger ebert and a giant in the rarefied world of art house films and cultural education . 4 contents 1 facilities 2 programs 3 facets video 4 references 5 external links facilities edit facets maintains facilities in chicago where it was founded by milos stehlik as a non profit film organization . the brick and mortar space includes a single screen movie theater referred to as facets cin math que which screens interesting independent films 8 and obscure features not shown anywhere else around chicago . 9 it also houses a video rental store with over 65 000 titles 4 described as a stunningly deep archive of every kind of experimental avant garde foreign and children s film you could hope to find . 10 there is also a non accredited film school consisting of classes for the general public . 8 since the earliest days of home video customers around the u.s. have been able to rent videos from facets s pioneering home delivery rental system . 4 programs edit facets runs the annual chicago international children s film festival a kids film camp for ages 7 14 facets film school for chicago area cinephiles facets night school for cult film connoisseurs and a summer film institute for k 12 teachers . 11 facets video edit facets is a nationally recognized conservator publisher and distributor of films on dvd including independent art house classics documentaries and experimental films . 12 facets has distributed films by renowned directors such as bela tarr jean luc godard milo forman v ra chytilov amos gitai alexander kluge andrzej zulawski and mikl s jancs . notable films released by facets include dekalog heimat satantango medea hamlet germany in autumn la bataille du rail germany pale mother valerie and her week of wonders the steamroller and the violin christ stopped at eboli keep walking love the joke three wishes for cinderella three brothers total balalaika show the house is black the fifth horseman is fear voyage in time and the murder of fred hampton . since the late 1980s facets has released over 800 films on vhs and dvd . 6 references edit facets multi media incorporated from hoover s facets multimedia inc. from better business bureau charles coleman the celluloid adventurist from chicago reader a b c d http www.nytimes.com 2009 12 06 us 06cncfacets.html http www.facets.org pages aboutus.php a b http www.facets.org pages exclusives index.php http www.rogerebert.com reviews last tango in paris 1972 a b http chicagoist.com 2013 03 06 chicagoists favorite movie palaces.php http cinematreasures.org theaters 4506 http www.huffingtonpost.com 2013 01 15 best chicago alternative n 2474849.html http www.edweek.org ew articles 2013 08 15 01film.h33.html http chicagoist.com 2011 07 14 we say send those netflix dollars t.php external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title facets multi media & oldid 743329795 categories film archivesfilm organizations in the united statescinemas and movie theaters in chicagofilm distributors of the united stateshome video linescompanies established in 1975home video companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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