News Archive

Film Country: Austria

A woman with blonde hair and bangs walks away from stone ruins on a hill. She wears a blue button-up shirt and has a backpack slung over her shoulder. Dry hills and a dirt road expand beyond her, a dusty sky over the horizon.

September 17, 2026

The Dreamed Adventure

A seemingly sleepy Bulgarian border town is expertly excavated when Said (a local worker reacclimating to an old life) and Veska (an archaeologist home to initiate a dig near the Turkish border) return home after extended time away. When Said mysteriously vanishes, Veska takes it upon herself to ...

Two women, one older, sit closely together in a dimly lit room. The younger woman wears blue and her hair down, sadly speaking as the older woman in a brown blouse holds a drink and listens.

September 17, 2026

Gentle Monster

From director and writer Marie Kreutzer (Corsage), Gentle Monster tells the story of concert pianist Lucy (Léa Seydoux), who has just relocated her family to a country house hoping to ease her husband Philip’s (Laurence Rupp) severe burnout. Before they have a chance to set up their new home, an ...

A woman and two young people sit on a mountian overlook above a rugged coastline, gazing at the landscape as the young girl hugs the woman from behind.

September 17, 2026

Everytime

Nine-year-old Melli, her mother, and 17-year-old Lux find themselves tenuously united in grief in the wake of a sudden and incomprehensible tragedy. One year later, the unlikely trio sets out for an island vacation they had postponed following their loss. Over aimless days wandering the sunny sho...

A man stands alone, facing away, in a simply decorated yet elegant room. He has gray hair and wears a blue checkered suit and stares into his reflection in a distant standing mirror.

September 17, 2026

The Loneliest Man in Town

Austrian blues legend Al Cook spends his twilight years in a state of reflection. Surrounded by his treasured possessions—mostly music ephemera assembled over the course of a life in the scene—the widower’s collection brings quiet comfort in a world that seems to have left him behind. When a merc...

A person in black-and-white wears a large hat and a burlap collared shirt, they have their necklace in their mouth as they stare into the distance, tall grasses and an empty sky behind them.

September 17, 2026

Rose

Early 17th century, rural Germany: a mysterious soldier, soft-spoken and marred by a battle scar across his face, arrives in a Protestant village. The odd stranger claims to be the heir to an abandoned farmstead, yet the document he provides to support his claim doesn’t quite convince the suspici...

Tickets on sale now!

See your most-anticipated screenings at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival.

GET YOUR TICKETS
close-link
Scroll to Top