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![Three teenaged friends sit next to each other. One girl stares at another, unbeknownst to them.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_SpaceCoast_1200x600-1024x512.jpg)
Odysseys: Drama
- Canada | France | United States
Follow along on the eclectic journeys of vibrant characters as they face the trials and tribulations of their lives. Travel back to 1940’s France, race alongside a fugitive teen, or come of age with a crew of misfit girls in this selection of bold and inventive works by the next generation of narrative storytellers.
Please note: Films in this program contain themes, images, and language that may not be suitable for all ages.
Films
![CY24 Thedampseason 1200x600 Two young women peer curiously into a fish tank.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_thedampseason_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
The Damp Season
In this drama about family ties, a young girl comes across the teenaged version of her immigrant mother from whom she has long been estranged. A newfound empathy for her mother leads them to reconnect.
![CY24 CaterpillarsHouse 1200x600 A group of young girls sit in a large, otherwise empty grassy field.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_CaterpillarsHouse_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Caterpillars House (Lou, notre maison s’envole)
A young girl, soon to move away from her hometown, runs away with her best friends. But as each friend slowly abandons the plan, the girl is forced to accept her reality and the heartbreak of losing friendships.
![CY24 Recollect 1200x600 A boy peers nervously out a window, light reflecting across his face.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_Recollect_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Recollect
A boy wakes up in a desert with no recollection of what happened to him. He hitchhikes back to town and comes to a horrifying realization as he begins to remember the actions that led him to this car.
![CY24 SpaceCoast 1200x600 Three teenaged friends sit next to each other. One girl stares at another, unbeknownst to them.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_SpaceCoast_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Space Coast
A group of friends come to terms with the end of childhood in a dying tourist town home to the former space program.
![CY24 OnthePathsAwakened 1200x600 Two boys in 1940s clothing sit against a tree, reading a pamphlet.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_OnthePathsAwakened_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
On the paths awakened (Sur les sentiers éveillés)
In WW2 France, two teenagers are employed to deliver messages for the Resistance. Their journey will be long and arduous and not without moral dilemma, but they must push on, for liberty’s sake.
Event Information
Saturday, April 20, 2024
2:30pm
-   5 shorts | 63 minutes
Facets
1517 W Fullerton Ave
Chicago, IL 60614 United States
Tickets
Accessibility
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