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Festivals/Programs: Chicago Intl Film Festival
September 17, 2026
All of a Sudden
Acclaimed Academy Award-winning director Rysuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car, Evil Does Not Exist) returns to the Festival with a compassionate contemplation of human connection in our fractured, modern world. All of a Sudden follows Marie-Lou (Virginie Efira), the impassioned director of a Paris-b...
September 17, 2026
Ana, en passant
Ana, a third-generation Afro-Brazilian in Paris, must navigate the aftermath of her grandmother’s death. Guided by fragmented clues, Ana journeys to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where she unexpectedly encounters Alice—a woman who appears to be her exact double, living in her late grandmother’s apartme...
September 17, 2026
Ana the Cleaner
Ana, a Ukrainian immigrant and true crime junkie, spends her days cleaning the homes of Chicago's elite, while listening to her favorite podcasts about unsolved killings. When one of her clients' wives suddenly disappears, Ana becomes convinced she's uncovered the perfect murder. As she embarks o...
September 17, 2026
Behemoth!
A gifted cellist, Alex Serian (a phenomenal Pedro Pascal), returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever. As he works on a series of film projects, the ...
September 17, 2026
Being Heumann
They wouldn’t take Judy Heumann’s phone calls, so she took their building. In 1977, a young disabled woman (Ruth Madeley) and a scrappy coalition of outsiders decide they’ve had enough. What begins as one impulsive act becomes the longest occupation of a federal building in American history, as h...
