Grace Place Stage (1st floor)
Saturday, Sept. 7th at 1pm

Barbara Scharres is a film curator, film journalist, and lecturer. She is currently the artistic director for the Donald M. Ephraim Sun & Stars International Film Festival, having formerly served as the longtime Director of Programming for the Gene Siskel Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been named a “Chicagoan of the Year in the Arts” three times by the Chicago Tribune. In 2006, the French government awarded Scharres one of its highest honors by designating her a Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, for advancing French culture through cinema.