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Festivals/Programs: Chicago Intl Film Festival
September 17, 2026
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
A decade after his death, genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves has one last trick up his sleeve with the most important event he captured on film: a 1972 party he masterminded with the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. This extraordinary group—many of whom had not seen each other in...
September 17, 2026
Will You Still Be My Friend
Jun and Jasper, a pair of 13-year-old boys living in southern Taiwan, are inseparable. When Jasper’s family moved into town from Singapore, it was Jun who reached out to help him feel like less of an outsider. The boys’ special bond is threatened, however, when a conflict erupts between Jasper’s ...
September 17, 2026
While We Are Here
Through a tapestry of letters, journals, and artworks, Chicago-based artist and filmmaker Reveca Torres engages in dialogue with celebrated painters Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri Matisse. Bridging time and space, she intertwines the lives and works of the venerated masters with those o...
September 17, 2026
Wild Horse Nine
Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris (John Malkovich) and Lee (Sam Rockwell) are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ (Steve Buscemi). Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present consp...
September 17, 2026
What Belongs to Others
Kasia is adrift. She makes her living as a petty thief—she and her boyfriend break into people’s apartments and sell their finds at a pawn shop. The two live job-to-job, struggling to make ends meet and in constant fear of the law. When her boyfriend is suddenly arrested and jailed, Kasia is left...
