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Festivals/Programs: Chicago Intl Film Festival
September 18, 2025
Sound of Falling
An eerie, unsettling century-spanning saga, Sound of Falling collages together the stories of four generations of farmworking women living on the banks of Germany’s Elbe River. In a region historically defined by decades of turmoil—two world wars and Germany’s East-West divide—the film’s ghostly ...
September 18, 2025
Spilt Milk
On a public housing estate in 1984 Dublin, eleven-year-old Bobby aspires to be a detective like his TV hero, Kojak. Recruiting best friend Nell as his sidekick, the pair are ready to find clues and follow leads, wherever they appear. Hints of a far more sinister mystery draw them in once items go...
September 18, 2025
Strange River
It’s summertime on the Danube River, and teenager DÃdac and his tight-knit family are enjoying the pastoral beauty on a bicycle trip together. Memories swirl in the river’s waters, as DÃdac’s parents reminisce over their first trials with love in their youth. DÃdac’s own curiosity around romance ...
September 18, 2025
The Stranger
Algiers, 1938. Meursault, a quiet and unassuming office worker, attends his mother's funeral without shedding a tear. The following day, he begins a casual affair with Marie, an old acquaintance, effortlessly slipping back into his daily routine. An emotional detachment from the people closest to...
September 18, 2025
Sugar Cane Alley
Set in 1931 French-colonized Martinique, this poignant coming-of-age story follows eleven-year-old José. A bright, curious boy, he is being raised by his grandmother, M’man Tine, who dreams of a better future for him beyond the harsh realities of life working on the sugar cane plantation. As José...
