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Perfect 10
Synopsis
Troubled at home and bullied at school, 15-year-old Leigh is struggling to focus on her upcoming gymnastics competition. When Joe, her previously unknown half-brother, shows up at the front door in need of a place to stay, she finds a much-longed-for sense of connection and belonging. As the two form a friendship, Leigh finds herself drawn into Joe’s dangerous world.
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CineYouth Program
Odd, Very Odd
Synopsis
Expect the unexpected in these colorful, wildly offbeat shorts. In this utterly unique showcase, a cast of eccentric characters (both on camera and behind it) will dash every expectation of tone, performance, and good taste– and you’ll be all the better for it.
Please note: Films in this program contain themes, images, and language that may not be suitable for all ages.
Films
![CY24 PicnicintheClouds 1200x600 A young man and an older woman sit on the shore of a river beside a picnic basket.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_PicnicintheClouds_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Picnic in the Clouds
After decades of marriage, Connie is ready to be rid of her husband George. She plans a special anniversary picnic accordingly.
![CY24 ThePilot 1200x600 A bearded man in a gray suit stands ominously behind a couch.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_ThePilot_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
The Pilot
A man enters a vaguely familiar sitcom apartment… with extremely unfamiliar results.
![CY24 ALittleStrange 1200x600 A man in old-timey clothes stands with a cardboard box in his hands under the awning of a house.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_ALittleStrange_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
A Little Strange
Increasingly unsettling changes disrupt Ernest’s idyllic, repetitive life.
![CY24 Academy 1200x600 Old pictures and a ballet trophy sit on the shelf of a dance studio.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_Academy_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Academy
A disgraced dancer returns to her former academy to set the record straight…and settle a score.
![CY24 Hivewedding 1200x600 A young woman watches an opulently-dressed elderly woman from afar in the reflection of a mirror.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_hivewedding_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
The Hive Wedding
Socialite Mizzy summons a host of eccentric friends and strangers to her family’s dilapidated nightclub for her wedding.
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CineYouth Program
Time and Texture: Experimental
Synopsis
Some rules are made to be broken. Singular and diverse experiences of identity, sensation, isolation, and time are translated into stunning images and sound. The resulting seven films play like something of a dream, capturing the feeling of being alive as only cinema can.
Please note: Films in this program contain themes, images, and language that may not be suitable for all ages.
Films
![CY24 Scared 1200x600 Figures dressed in black wear masks made with brown paper bags and marker. One with a frightening, smiling face is centered.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_Scared_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Scared
A group of young people share their deepest fears using paper dolls and masks.
![CY24 FromtheVoidofTime 1200x600 A hazy, black-and-white still shows a remote road lined by foliage disappearing into fog.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_FromtheVoidofTime_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
From the Void of Time
Two jailed men conjure hazy, summery renderings of time and memory.
![CY24 AfterLove 1200x600 In an apartment living room, a man kicks his feet up and plays with a cat on the couch.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_AfterLove_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
After Love
In city apartments, an 18-year old and a middle-aged man form an intimate bond amid shared isolation.
![CY24 TheShadowPuppet 1200x600 Centered in a grayscale still of trees by residential buildings, the flag of the United Kingdom stands out in full color.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_TheShadowPuppet_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
The Shadow Puppet
A static, black and white window into the interior world of a man who believes himself to be a murderer.
![CY24 Diegesis 1200x600 A crossfade centers a hand squeezing a jacket pocket within the lens of a camera.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_Diegesis_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Diegesis
Aimless on an empty beach, a wandering man tends to the bird in his pocket.
![CY24 Misophonia 1200x600 Viewed from behind, a student sits at a classroom desk in front of a blackboard and presses on her headphones.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_Misophonia_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Misophonia
A multimedia representation of the daily overwhelm of living with a sensory-processing disorder.
![CY24 Buildmethroughtheimage 1200x600 A person falls through space, superimposed beween a pair of black-and-white eyes. Subtitles read "Look at me" and "Mirenme."](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_buildmethroughtheimage_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
build me through the image (constrúyanme a través de la imagen)
Mutliracial identity, queerness, and the construction of both are explored through archival footage and family artifacts.
![A pale woman in a yellow dress looks over her shoulder, her black hair cascading down her back. A man stands behind her.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/FF59_PoorThings1_1200x600.jpg)
Poor Things
Synopsis
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Tribute to Holly Waddington
This screening includes an in-person tribute to costume designer Holly Waddington and presentation of the Chicago International Film Festival’s Tour de Force Award.
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Film Credits
- Ed Guiney p.g.a., Andrew Lowe p.g.a., Yorgos Lanthimos p.g.a., Emma Stone p.g.a.
- Tony McNamara
- Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE
- Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC
- Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbot, Suzy Bemba, Jerrod Charmichael, Kathryn Hunter, Vicki Pepperdine, Margaret Qualley, Hanna Schygulla
- Jerskin Fendrix
- Element Pictures
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The Pigeon Tunnel
Synopsis
Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War) pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of former British spy David Cornwell — better known as John le Carré, author of such classic espionage novels as The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Constant Gardener. Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Cold War leading into present day, the film spans six decades as le Carré delivers his final and most candid interview, addressing, among others, the pivotal role of his con-man father. Punctuated with rare archival footage and dramatized vignettes, The Pigeon Tunnel is a deeply human and engaging exploration of le Carré’s extraordinary journey and the paper-thin membrane between fact and fiction.
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Film Credits
- Errol Morris, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Steven Hathaway, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell
- Errol Morris
- Steven Hathaway
- Igor Martinovic
- David Cornwell
- Philip Glass, Paul Leonard-Morgan
- Hossein Amini, P.J. Van Sandwijk, Michael Lesslie, Arthur Wang, Joe Tsai, Michele Wolkoff, Katherine Butler
- Ink Factory Films, Fourth Forth Floor, Jago Films, Storyteller Productions, 127 Wall