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Festivals/Programs: Chicago Intl Film Festival
September 18, 2025
dipolar bipolar
The busy and whimsical visual world of dipolar bipolar stuffs each frame with elements to mirror the workings of an anxious mind. As the protagonist recounts their experience of bipolar disorder amid inventive transformations of animation styles, a solid metaphor of self acceptance and balance em...
September 18, 2025
Autokar
As eight-year-old Agata boards a full bus from Poland to Belgium by herself, she notices that those around her seem different. The magical realism of Autokar authentically recalls how strange and inscrutable the adult world can seem to children, lending the story a subtle humor and nostalgia. ...
September 18, 2025
Ordinary Life
Yoriko Mizushiri's gorgeous short lulls the viewer into a dreamy tactile world. A meditation on the beauty of simplicity led by a graphic design that seems at once exacting and soft, Ordinary Life calls attention to the present moment. This film screens as part of Shorts Program 2: Animation.
September 18, 2025
Shorts 3: Black Perspectives
Close ties abound in these short films spanning Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, and the U.S. These six shorts explore the complicated relationships between parents and children, aunts and nieces, artists and their craft, and even former lovers. In Breastmilk, first-time mother Aduke confronts societal...
September 18, 2025
Breastmilk
When new mother Aduke struggles to breastfeed, she encounters suggestions ranging from modern medical consultants to local folk remedies. As the women in her community rally in her corner, she gains the courage to turn an eye toward the negativity seeping into her family life. This film screen...
