CineYouth Program
Odd, Very Odd
Screenings & Events
In-person Screening
Sun, Apr 21 @ 3:30pm CDT
at Facets
Virtual Screening
Available to stream globally April 22 @ 12:00pm CT through April 28 @ 11:59pm CT for a 48-hour watch window.
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
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.
The Pilot
A man enters a vaguely familiar sitcom apartment… with extremely unfamiliar results.
A Little Strange
Increasingly unsettling changes disrupt Ernest’s idyllic, repetitive life.
Academy
A disgraced dancer returns to her former academy to set the record straight…and settle a score.
The Hive Wedding
Socialite Mizzy summons a host of eccentric friends and strangers to her family’s dilapidated nightclub for her wedding.
CineYouth Program
Time and Texture: Experimental
Screenings & Events
In-person Screening
Sun, Apr 21 @ 2:00pm CDT
at Facets
Virtual Screening
Available to stream globally April 22 @ 12:00pm CT through April 28 @ 11:59pm CT for a 48-hour watch window.
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
Scared
A group of young people share their deepest fears using paper dolls and masks.
From the Void of Time
Two jailed men conjure hazy, summery renderings of time and memory.
After Love
In city apartments, an 18-year old and a middle-aged man form an intimate bond amid shared isolation.
The Shadow Puppet
A static, black and white window into the interior world of a man who believes himself to be a murderer.
Diegesis
Aimless on an empty beach, a wandering man tends to the bird in his pocket.
Misophonia
A multimedia representation of the daily overwhelm of living with a sensory-processing disorder.
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.
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
Tribute to Holly WaddingtonThis 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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Media
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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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
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Synopsis
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