Big Damn Film Festival Comes to Chicago From Sept. 8 to 9

The Big Damn Film Festival makes a stop in Chicago from Sept. 8 to 9 at the Wyndham O’Hare in Rosemont, Ill. It pitches itself as unique with these words:

With the Big Damn Film Festival, every film submitted [is] screened in an audience-judged competition with real cash prizes.

The Big Damn Film Festival is a one-of-a-kind, touring five-day film festival appearing once a month in 12 cities across the U.S.

I first heard about this festival from being approached by Scott Beehner. He’s an actor and filmmaker whose independent feature film “Bert” will screen in Chicago at this festival.

He describes his film with these words:

The film is a 90-minute comedy about a man who bumps into his old high school girlfriend while he is being forced to rob a bank.

With a cast of [more than] 105 actors and a fast-paced comedic storyline, the film aims to satisfy even the most jaded moviegoer.

It is the first feature Beehner has directed. It gave him the first opportunity to work with his grandfather, Arthur Gasior, who is a Chicago-based actor working extensively in community theatre.