Festival Film List
Explore all of the films that this year’s festival has to offer, from thrilling dramas to outrageous comedies. Use the filter controls to find just the films you’re looking for, screening exactly the way you want to experience them.
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Because We Have Each Other
This wondrous and warm-hearted documentary follows a neurodivergent Australian family as they experience the joys, misfortunes, and traumas of everyday life.
Bike Vessel
A father and son embark on an epic bike ride from St. Louis to Chicago in this stirring documentary that takes a hard look at health disparities in the Black community.
Shorts 1: City & State – Revelations
The six shorts in this program represent distinct modes of storytelling through film, while reflecting the diversity and creativity of our region.
Shorts 2: Animation – Desires
These animated shorts create an idiosyncratic mosaic of the difficulties, joys, enigmas, and triumphs of the human experience.
Shorts 3: After Dark – Twisted Tales & Shadows of Innocence
These tense and terrifying shorts reflect how everyday life can turn into horror.
Shorts 4: Documentary – In Motion
These short documentaries offer singular looks into lives that have been transformed by pivotal events.
Shorts 5: Drama – Breaking Points
These powerful shorts reflect on life’s twists and turns, exploring what we do in moments of profound impact.
Shorts 6: Comedy – Awkward Laughs
The works in this program muck around the dark corners of human experience, bringing forth the darkly comedic, can’t-help-but-laugh moments that arise in difficult times.
Shorts 7: Black Perspectives – Resonance
Vibrant cultural legacies come to life, hidden histories are unearthed, everyday life is illuminated, and resonant stories unfold in captivating splendor in this collection of shorts.
Shorts 8: Architecture – Versions of Home
In celebration of this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial, this program tracks how we establish strong connections to a place, and the complications of staying in it.
Shorts 9: Family Friendly Animation – Better Together
All ages are welcome in this family-friendly program, full of colorful films that celebrate play, encourage curiosity, and emphasize the importance of communal bonds.