
Genre: Comedy
Adult Children
A sheltered Chicago 17-year-old looks to her older half-siblings for guidance on impending adulthood—only to discover they’re more mixed up than she is.
Anything That Moves
In this raucous exploitation thriller, a Chicago bike-courier/sex worker delivers whatever his clients desire—until they start turning up dead.
Autokar
Blue Violet
Bugonia
Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Debaters
Dog Alone (Cão Sozinho)
Dollhouse Elephant
Dummy!
Earworm (Öronmask)
Eternity
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between her husband and her first love.
Father Mother Sister Brother
A feature film in the form of a triptych. The three stories all concern the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other.
The Helsinki Effect
Starring Henry Kissinger and Leonid Brezhnev (among others), this witty film about a 1973 global security conference asks what diplomacy is good for.
Is This Thing On?
It’s Just a Fucking Opening
Jay Kelly
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly (George Clooney) embarks on a journey of self-discovery, accompanied by his devoted manager (Adam Sandler).
The Kidnapping of Arabella (Il rapimento di Arabella)
The chance meeting between an impish young girl and a superstitious millennial sends them on a riotous journey to author more meaningful lives.
Koki, Ciao
No Other Choice (Eojjeolsugaeopda)
In Park Chan-wook’s latest satirical thriller, an unemployed paper expert hatches a desperate plan to eliminate the competition for a coveted job.
Once in a Full Moon
Paradaïz
Pasa Faho
A Nigerian shoe salesman in Australia juggles fatherhood, fading traditions, and a changing world when his adolescent son comes to live with him full time.
Rental Family
Retirement Plan
Shorts 1: After Dark
Unfulfilled dreams, dark obsessions, and illicit desires take center stage in this program that transports viewers into the bold and blood-curdling world of genre film. From ventriloquist dummies to unrequited love, these shorts expose our darkest fears… and create new ones.
Shorts 2: Animation
Some worlds can only truly be conjured outside of physical reality. These eight thrilling shorts unfold in an inventive array of visual and narrative styles that come together to form a vibrant snapshot of contemporary animation.
Shorts 4: City & State
Chicago and Illinois-based filmmakers experiment with genre, topic, and form in this eclectic program by students, upcoming artists, and established directors.
Shorts 7: Documentary
These films showcase the richness of the documentary form. Through observation, testimony, and poetic reimagining, six different complex corners of the world come into view.
Shorts 10: Outré
The creators of these shorts unabashedly follow their own singular visions into wildly new and weird territories.
A Useful Ghost (Pee Chai Dai Ka)
Vengeful ghosts, possessed vacuum cleaners, and a supernatural sense of justice converge in this charmingly absurd fable of memory, loss, and grief.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
World-renowned detective Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.
Water Sports
We Are Pat
A whimsical and complex interrogation of “Pat,” the famously awkward, androgynous SNL character created by comedian Julia Sweeney in the early 1990s.
What Does That Nature Say to You (Geu jayeoni nege mworago hani)
A quixotic poet drives his girlfriend to her parents’ home on the outskirts of Seoul. As a lazy afternoon becomes a drunken evening, his ideals are tested.
What Marielle Knows (Was Marielle Weiss)
Julia and Tobias’ seemingly perfect marriage is threatened when their daughter Marielle develops telepathic powers in this hilarious and offbeat dark comedy.