Chicago Intl Film Festival

An elderly man sits at a desk littered with legal pads. He looks at the camera, holding a sheet of paper with unseen text.

Cover-Up

From the Oscar-winning director of CitizenFour comes a film about Chicago journalist Seymour Hersh and the need to hold those in power to account.
A young boy stands in the middle of a dry and empty field. He is wearing a cowboy hat and chaps.

The Cowboy

Shot over 10 years, this intimate family story charts the path of an aspiring cowboy’s coming-of-age struggle in the American heartland.
A woman wearing bright red lipstick stands facing a mirror, her reflection staring back at her.

The Currents

A woman's near-death experience unravels her psyche and the perfect life she has built, sending her on a surreal journey through trauma and memory.
An elderly man in a feathered headband stands in front of a mirror, putting in vampire teeth.

Dracula

A vampire hunt, an AI-generated Vlad the Impaler, a vulgar folktale, and much more collide in this unforgettable retelling of the Dracula myth.
A field shown in low resolution with strange dark spots, with one spindly tree in the middle.

Dry Leaf

A man traverses Georgia’s vast countryside in search of his missing daughter in this bold, meditative landscape film shot entirely on an outdated cellphone.

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