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Festivals/Programs: Chicago Intl Film Festival
September 18, 2025
Only Heaven Knows
Set in Chicago’s Kyrgyz community, this tense drama follows a Kyrgyz family thrown into turmoil as they try to find their footing in the U.S. Eric, the prodigal son, is a working truck driver trying to save enough money to buy a house for his wife Mira and his mother. This plan is complicated, th...
September 18, 2025
Orphan
Budapest, 1957. In the aftermath of a quelled uprising against the ruling Communist party, a young Jewish boy named Andor and his mother are struggling to make ends meet. Both work at a local general store, living in fear of the regime’s violent reprisals against friends and coworkers involved in...
September 18, 2025
Palestine 36
Palestine 1936: Rising numbers of Jewish immigrants are arriving to escape persecution in Europe just as Palestinian villages are uniting in the largest and longest uprising against Britain’s 30-year colonial rule. The region is reaching a breaking point, spiraling toward an inevitable collision ...
September 18, 2025
Pasa Faho
In the heart of suburban Melbourne, a quiet Nigerian shoe salesman named Azubuike leads a humble life, selling soles while attempting to stay connected with his sister and their close-knit Igbo Christian congregation. Experiencing a recent waning of faith, fueled by an unexpected financial setbac...
September 18, 2025
The Plague
At an all-boys water polo camp, anxious twelve-year-old Ben tries to find his niche amid the social hierarchy. The pecking order quickly becomes clear: At the top, the charismatic camp veteran Jake; at the bottom, Eli, an awkward misfit shunned by the others for being allegedly afflicted with a c...
