News Archive

Film Country: U.S.

A woman sits in a rehearsal room, she has auburn hair and a blue cardigan over a white collared shirt and a black skirt. She folds her hands in her lap with a nervous expression and sits alone as many other people work around her.

September 17, 2026

The Debut

When Mona Friedman (Julianne Moore) is cast in a small part in a community theater production of the musical Nosy Neighbors, she transforms from a shy, unassuming housewife into a zealous method actor willing to do anything to protect the artistic integrity of her marginal role—even if it means w...

A man stands in an energetic concert crowd as he stares knowingly into the camera, bathed in orange light.

September 17, 2026

Corpus

It’s a steamy summer in New York in 1998, and the club scene is thriving. Sayo is a nightlife photographer who makes ends meet by selling drugs, and his sometimes-lover, Vince, is a star on the rise. Together with a mutual friend, they hesitantly accept an invitation to a party upstate, but the r...

A person in head to toe camouflage stands in a forest, sunglasses placed over their face covering.

September 17, 2026

A City in the Forest

In 2021, in the wake of a racial reckoning in America, the city of Atlanta proposed the construction of a massive police training facility, known as “Cop City,” on 300 acres of urban forest southwest of downtown. Community members and activists quickly pushed back. This tense, vivid chronicle of ...

A man and woman stand outside at night dressed in upscale attire, the couple is smiling warmly and behind them is greenery and string lights.

September 17, 2026

Clarissa

Reimagining Virginia Woolf’s classic novel Mrs. Dalloway in modern-day Lagos, Nigeria, Clarissa tracks a high-society woman over the course of a single day as she prepares for an elaborate birthday celebration. But as the hours unfold, unexpected encounters with long-distant friends and former lo...

Two young girls play dress-up. One girl in a cropped red shirt wears earrings and necklaces, she looks into the distance. The other girl in a blue floral shirt examines one of the necklaces; she wears beaded bracelets, earrings, and a necklace of her own.

September 17, 2026

The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer

In 1999, acclaimed Argentine photographer Alessandra Sanguinetti met two inseparable cousins, Guillermina Aranciaga and Belinda Stutz, living in the farmlands outside Buenos Aires. She recorded and photographed them for over 25 years. The result of their collaboration—a series of photo books and ...

Tickets on sale now!

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

GET YOUR TICKETS
close-link
Scroll to Top