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The 62nd Chicago International Film Festival

Attending Artists

Connect with the artists and filmmakers at special talkbacks and Q&As during the Chicago International Film Festival. Note: All guests’ attendance are subject to change.

9 Temples to Heaven

Tue, Oct 20 @ 7:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Sompot Chidgasornpongse

Wed, Oct 21 @ 7:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Sompot Chidgasornpongse

Ana, en passant

Sun, Oct 18 @ 3:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Fernanda Salgado

Mon, Oct 19 @ 2:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Fernanda Salgado

Ana the Cleaner

Thu, Oct 15 @ 8:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Director Guy Bauer, writer Katie L. Fetting, cinematographer Ted Holmwood, actors Yana Roykhman & Mickey O'Sullivan, and more

Wed, Oct 21 @ 2:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Director Guy Bauer and actor Mickey O'Sullivan

Behemoth!

Sun, Oct 25 @ 5:00pm
Music Box Theatre

Composer Michael Abels

Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu

Sun, Oct 18 @ 11:30am
Music Box Theatre

Doc Participant Bob Odenkirk

Chocolate Babies

Sun, Oct 18 @ 3:30pm
Logan Center, Screening Room

Director Stephen Winter

City & State Shorts: Journey Within

Thu, Oct 15 @ 5:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Back Scratch director Jet Harris;
Choke directors Joelle Marie Velez, Kemi & Mayomi Cee Pham;
Closed Mouths director George Ellzey, Jr.;
Radiant Frost director Hannah Schierbeek;
Skin of Olives director Nick Leffel;
Structure director PJ Fishwick;
Three Days in Tlaquepaque director Duncan Analco;
Vespers director Charlie Schmidlin

Sat, Oct 24 @ 12:00pm
Chicago History Museum

Back Scratch director Jet Harris;
Choke directors Joelle Marie Velez, Kemi & Mayomi Cee Pham;
Closed Mouths director George Ellzey, Jr.;
Radiant Frost director Hannah Schierbeek;
Skin of Olives director Nick Leffel;
Structure director PJ Fishwick;
Three Days in Tlaquepaque director Duncan Analco;
Vespers director Charlie Schmidlin

Clarissa

Tue, Oct 20 @ 8:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Actor Sophie Okonedo

Wed, Oct 21 @ 8:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Actor Sophie Okonedo

Clementine Orange

Sat, Oct 17 @ 6:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Lisa Forslund

Sun, Oct 18 @ 1:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Lisa Forslund

Club Kid

Wed, Oct 14 @ 6:00pm
Music Box Theatre

Writer, director & actor Jordan Firstman

A Common Story

Tue, Oct 20 @ 5:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Director Anna Foglietta

Wed, Oct 21 @ 2:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Director Anna Foglietta

Corpus

Fri, Oct 23 @ 10:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 14

Director Corrin Evans and actor Michael Vlamis

Sun, Oct 25 @ 7:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Director Corrin Evans and actor Michael Vlamis

Dear Future Self

Sat, Oct 17 @ 4:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Nina Wesemann

Sun, Oct 18 @ 12:30pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 2

Director Nina Wesemann

Eight Bridges

Sun, Oct 18 @ 3:30pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 1

Director James Benning

Mon, Oct 19 @ 5:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director James Benning

Ever After

Mon, Oct 19 @ 6:00pm
Music Box Theatre

Director Frankie Nasso and participant Curtis Duffy

Thu, Oct 22 @ 7:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Frankie Nasso and participant Curtis Duffy

Far From the Trees

Mon, Oct 19 @ 7:45pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 1

Director Meritxell Colell

Tue, Oct 20 @ 12:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Meritxell Colell

Fatherland

Fri, Oct 16 @ 5:30pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 1

Writer Henk Handloegten

Sat, Oct 17 @ 2:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Writer Henk Handloegten

Finding Your Laughter

Thu, Oct 15 @ 7:00pm
Kennedy-King College

Directors Arlieta Hall & Brittany Alsot

Sat, Oct 17 @ 4:30pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Directors Arlieta Hall & Brittany Alsot

Forever Your Maternal Animal

Wed, Oct 21 @ 7:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Valentina Maurel

Thu, Oct 22 @ 11:45am
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Valentina Maurel

The Girl with the Leica

Thu, Oct 22 @ 5:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Alina Marazzi

Fri, Oct 23 @ 2:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Alina Marazzi

I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming

Thu, Oct 15 @ 8:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Isabelle Stever and writer Anna Melikova

Fri, Oct 16 @ 12:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Isabelle Stever and writer Anna Melikova

ICE OUT: Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon and A Month in Minnesota

Sat, Oct 24 @ 12:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon director Bill Morrison & A Month in Minnesota director Annie Sundberg

I’ll Be Gone in June

Thu, Oct 15 @ 5:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Katharina Rivilis

Fri, Oct 16 @ 8:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Katharina Rivilis

Isabel

Wed, Oct 21 @ 5:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Gabe Klinger

Sun, Oct 25 @ 12:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Gabe Klinger

The Liberation

Fri, Oct 23 @ 6:00pm
Music Box Theatre

Actor Carrie Coon

The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd

Sat, Oct 17 @ 7:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Director Tim Blake Nelson

Sun, Oct 18 @ 11:15am
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Director Tim Blake Nelson

Liz Here Now

Sat, Oct 24 @ 8:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

The Loneliest Man in Town

Fri, Oct 16 @ 8:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 14

Director Rainer Frimmel

Sat, Oct 17 @ 11:45am
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 14

Director Rainer Frimmel

A Long Winter

Wed, Oct 21 @ 7:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Director Andrew Haigh

Love is the monster

Thu, Oct 15 @ 7:45pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Neto Villalobos Brenes

Fri, Oct 16 @ 2:30pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 2

Director Neto Villalobos Brenes

Mariinka

Thu, Oct 15 @ 5:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Pieter-Jan De Pue

Fri, Oct 16 @ 1:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Pieter-Jan De Pue

Mouse

Wed, Oct 21 @ 6:00pm
Music Box Theatre

Directors Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson and actors Sophie Okonedo, Katherine Mallen Kupferer & Tara Mallen

Thu, Oct 22 @ 2:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Directors Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson and actors Katherine Mallen Kupferer & Tara Mallen

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

Tue, Oct 20 @ 5:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 14

Director David Greaves and producer Liani Greaves

Sad Girlz

Mon, Oct 19 @ 5:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Actor Darana Álvarez

Tue, Oct 20 @ 6:30pm
National Museum of Mexican Art

Actor Darana Álvarez

Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building

Sun, Oct 18 @ 2:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Bruno Santamaría Razo

Mon, Oct 19 @ 8:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Bruno Santamaría Razo

The Spiral

Tue, Oct 20 @ 5:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 04

Director Paolo Strippoli

Wed, Oct 21 @ 5:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Director Paolo Strippoli

Stand Up

Tue, Oct 20 @ 6:30pm
Chicago History Museum

Director Mari Sanders and actor Lucia Zemene

Wed, Oct 21 @ 5:30pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 1

Director Mari Sanders and actor Lucia Zemene

Summer Drift

Fri, Oct 16 @ 8:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Directors Céline Carridroit & Aline Suter

Sat, Oct 17 @ 1:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Directors Céline Carridroit & Aline Suter

SUMO: Spirit Weighs Nothing

Thu, Oct 15 @ 8:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 14

Director Erik Shirai

Fri, Oct 16 @ 2:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 14

Director Erik Shirai

Tell Everyone

Thu, Oct 22 @ 5:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 01

Director Alli Haapasalo

Fri, Oct 23 @ 2:45pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 2

Director Alli Haapasalo

The Man I Love

Tue, Oct 20 @ 5:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Director Ira Sachs

Wed, Oct 21 @ 5:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Director Ira Sachs

Tin Castle

Sat, Oct 17 @ 6:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Director Alexander Murphy

Sun, Oct 18 @ 11:15am
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 05

Director Alexander Murphy

Trash Mountain

Fri, Oct 23 @ 5:15pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 06

Director Kris Rey

Sat, Oct 24 @ 3:00pm
Chicago History Museum

Director Kris Rey

The Watermelon Woman

Fri, Oct 16 @ 7:00pm
Logan Center, Performance Hall

Director Cheryl Dunye

What Belongs to Others

Wed, Oct 21 @ 5:30pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 14

Director Grzegorz Dębowski

Thu, Oct 22 @ 5:00pm
AMC NEWCITY 14, Screen 14

Director Grzegorz Dębowski

While We Are Here

Wed, Oct 21 @ 6:30pm
Chicago History Museum

Director Reveca Torres

Fri, Oct 23 @ 5:15pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, Screen 1

Director Reveca Torres

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