
Documentary
Acts of Love
Filmmaker Isidore Bethel mixes fiction and documentary in this tender exploration of hookup culture, gay sexuality, and universal questions about what it means to love and be loved.
Any Given Day
Babi Yar. Context
BabyBangz [short film]
A New Orleans hair salon becomes a place for communal reflection.
The Beauty President [short film]
An examination of Joan Jett Blakk’s historic bid for the White House in 1992.
Blind Body [short film]
A delicate, empathic portrait of a survivor of the Khmer Rouge who is now visually impaired.
A Broken House [short film]
This film follows artist and architect Mohamad Hafez as he recreates—and attempts to understand—scenes from his native Syria to which he can no longer return.
By the Time I Reach Him [short film]
A filmmaker grapples with her father’s early stages of Alzheimer’s.
Citizen Ashe
A Cop Movie (Una película de policías)
An inventive and imaginative interrogation of the troubling double bind of those trying to enforce the law within a dysfunctional system in which morality has no sway.
Cow
Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma [short film]
A view into the Black identity through twenty-six vignettes representing the letters of the alphabet.
Exposure
In the face of precarious ice floes and punishing frostbite, an expedition of 11 women from across Arab and Western countries join together with the audacious goal of reaching the North Pole before it becomes impossible to do so.
Flee
For the Left Hand
Golden Jubilee [short film]
Relationships to personal history, geography, and familial lineage layer and merge.
Greetings From Myanmar [short film]
In the shadow of genocide, unsuspecting tourists enjoy a peaceful holiday.
The Hairdresser [short film]
A cosmetologist reflects on her experiences as we bear witness to her unusual work.
In Flow of Words [short film]
Examines the experiences of three interpreters of the Yugoslavia Tribunal in the Hague.
Julia
The Last Forest (A Última Floresta)
Brazilian filmmaker Luiz Bolognesi returns to the rainforest of his homeland to tell the bewitching yet tragic story of Indigenous culture under threat from outside forces.
The Last Shelter (Le Dernier Refuge)
Listen to the Beat of Our Images [short film]
This film chronicles the archive of the establishment of the Guyanese Space Center.
Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter
Mayor Pete
The Night [short film]
Director Tsai Ming-Liang paints a nighttime scene with his camera of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay.
Oscar Micheaux – The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Oslavia – The Cave of the Past Future [short film]
A group of filmmakers is invited to search a cavern-esque treasure trove left by futurist Italian artist Giacomo Balla.
The Other Side of the River
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
Radical Love [short film]
An attorney couple breaks the law to help their good friends and clients, The Weather Underground.
Shorts 1: Expanding Sensibilities (City and State)
This eclectic showcase highlights the vibrancy of the Chicago and Illinois filmmaking communities across an array of forms and genres.
Shorts 4: Abstract Reflections (Documentary)
These non-fiction films include intimate portraits and daring confrontational works that exhibit the myriad textures of everyday life. Autobiographical memories and reimagined histories shape new perspectives.
Shorts 7: Illuminating Gazes (Black Perspectives)
This suite of shorts offers nuanced approaches to storytelling, delving into self-discovery, cultural legacies, and the creation of safe spaces.
Shorts 9: Site-Specific (Architecture)
Reacting to architecture, manufactured public spaces, and psychogeographies, this program, ranging from abstract cinema to emotive documentary, unpacks the ways that the buildings, cities, and spaces where we live ultimately affect every facet of our lives.
Skál
Speck of Dust [short film]
Older generations are forced to question their worth while facing unmet emotional needs.
The Story of Film: A New Generation
Strangers [short film] (Chute)
A surreal cloud of anxiety hovers over a city and its citizens.
The Velvet Underground
The Year I Went Looking for Birds [short film]
This film explores a precious archive of collected materials.