Facets Multi-Media is a film organization in Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1975. Besides its facilities in Chicago, Facets Multi-Media also runs Facets Video, one of the largest distributors of foreign film in the United States.

Facets Video

The most well-known division of Facets Multi-Media is Facets Video, which distributes films by renowned directors such as Bela Tarr

Béla Tarr

-Life:Tarr was born in Pécs, but grew up in Budapest. Both of his parents were close to theatre and film: his father was a scenery designer, while his mother has been working as a prompter at a theater for more than 50 years now...

, Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....

, Věra Chytilová

Vera Chytilová

Věra Chytilová is an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovakian government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave film, Sedmikrásky...

, Amos Gitai

Amos Gitai

Amos Gitai , born 11 October 1950 in Haifa, Israel, is an Israeli filmmaker and director. He is mainly known for making documentaries and experimental / minimalist feature films...

, and Miklos Jancso

Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.Jancsó achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s onwards, with works including The Round Up , The Red and the White and Red Psalm .Jancsó's films are characterized by visual stylization,...

. Facets also releases American independent, experimental, and documentary films.

Facilities

Facets maintains facilities in Chicago, where it was originally founded as a non-profit community film organization. These includes a single-screen movie theater (referred to as Facets Cinémathèque

Cinematheque

A cinémathèque is a French word used to refer to a film archive with small cinemas that screens particularly classic and art-house films.- History :...

), a video retail and rental store, and a non-accredited film school

Film school

The term film school is used to describe any educational institution dedicated to teaching aspects of filmmaking, including such subjects as film production, film theory, digital media production, and screenwriting. Film history courses and hands-on technical training are usually incorporated into...

. Since the earliest days of home video, customers around the world have been able to rent videos from Facets by mail.