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The Brutalist

  Brady Corbet

  United Kingdom     215 minutes

Synopsis

Escaping postwar Europe, visionary architect László Toth (Adrien Brody) arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) after being forced apart by shifting borders and regimes during wartime. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce) recognizes his talent for building. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost.

This film will be screened in 35mm.

  

 English, Hungarian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Italian with subtitles

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Film Credits

  •   Trevor Matthews, Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, Andrew Lauren, D.J. Gugenheim
  •   Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
  •   David Jancso
  •   Lol Crawley
  •   Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola
  •   Daniel Blumberg
  •   Carter Stanton, Aaron Himmel, Joshua Horsfield
  •   Brookstreet Pictures, Kaplan Morrison, Andrew Lauren Productions

Sponsors

Film Patron

Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation

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Two small red creatures, with thin legs and arms and no face, lean into each other.

Butterfly Kiss [short film]

  Zohar Dvir

  Germany, Israel     11 minutes

Synopsis

Carol bristles at an unexpected proposal from her girlfriend Ray. Matters worsen as disturbing changes take hold of Ray, and Carol must decide how to respond.

This film screens as part of the Animated Shorts: Major Developments program.

 Hebrew with subtitles

Film Credits

  •   Amit Russel Gicelter, Fabian Driehorst
  •   Zohar Dvir
  •   Zohar Dvir
  •   Michal Porat, Carolina Lehan
  •   Hila Ruach, Max Gausepohl
  •   The Hive Studio, Fabian & Fred
  •   https://www.fabianfred.com/butterfly-kiss/

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A man lays on his side in a rocky field.

No Other Land

  Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor & Hamdan Ballal

  Palestine, Norway     95 minutes

Synopsis

Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from a small town on the West Bank, has been fighting the forceful expulsion of his community by Israeli authorities since he was a child. For decades, he has looked on as houses have been demolished and his family has been harassed, because, as he says, “we have no other land.” When he meets Yuval, an idealistic Israeli journalist who wants to document the ongoing brutality, an unlikely alliance develops between the two.

Compelling and inspiring, the film closely chronicles the devastating and heartbreaking day-to-day assaults against the Palestinian people, as well as their attempts to rebuild. It also explores the complicated relationship between Adra and Yuval, who — despite their differences in privilege and power — share an unwavering faith in the recorded image to make a difference. Extraordinarily empathic and moving, No Other Land is a stunning and all-too-relevant testament to resistance and resilience.

 English, Arabic, Hebrew with subtitles

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Film Credits

  •   Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
  •   Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
  •   Rachel Szor
  •   Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham
  •   Antipode Films

Sponsors

Documentary Program Partner

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Documentary Program Patron

Cynthia Stone Raskin

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A man and a woman, he looks down at her with kindness in his eyes.

Happy Holidays

  Scandar Copti

  Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar     123 minutes

Synopsis

A panoramic portrait of a patriarchal society, Happy Holidays chronicles the lives of a Palestinian family living in Israel. While studying far away from her home in Haifa, Fifi’s newfound sense of freedom is threatened when she gets into a minor car accident. Injured, but hoping to avoid confrontation with her headstrong mother, she must decide just how much to reveal to her family. Her decision creates a cascade of ripple effects, and a complex web of deceits and half-truths begins to crack the family’s foundations.

Told in four chapters, each from the perspective of a different character, the film intricately balances a bevy of narrative threads to create a swirling, kaleidoscopic drama. Featuring pitch-perfect performances and a shifting structure that subverts expectations at every turn, the film elaborates the clashing demands of tradition and progress.

 Arabic, Hebrew with subtitles

In Focus: Germany on Screen

the flag of GermanyThis film is part of the 60th Chicago International Film Festival’s In Focus: Germany on Screen collection highlighting the work of Germany’s most gifted auteur filmmakers.

Learn more about this collection

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Film Credits

  •   Tony Copti, Jiries Copti, Dorothe Beinemeier, Jean Bréhat, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco
  •   Scandar Copti
  •   Scandar Copti
  •   Tim Kuhn
  •   Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun, Meirav Memoresky, Toufic Danial
  •   Pascal Lemercier
  •   Fresco Films, Red Balloon Film, Tessalit Productions, Intramovies

Sponsors

New Directors Program Patron

Robert and Penelope Steiner Family Foundation

With Support From

Logo: German Film Office 141x125Logo: German Films - 315x100Logo: Goethe Institut 62x100Logo: Chicago Palastine Film Festival - 128x100

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A couple in a tiled pool. She holds him tendely as he floats on his back.

Bliss Hemda

  Shemi Zarhin

  Israel     125 minutes

Synopsis

In spite of the daily challenges they face – from physical to financial – married couple Sassi (Sasson Gabay) and Effi (Asi Levi) have found an emotional equilibrium in their relationship. Sassi’s son, who has escaped to Europe for safety, ran up an enormous gambling debt, which the two work assiduously to help him pay off. By day, Sassi drives a recycling truck, and Effi is employed at the local pool as a physical therapist. At night they join forces, cooking side-by-side for their prepared foods catering service. Even Sassi’s impotency (the result of prostate surgery) is something they approach with love and humor.

This delicate balance is threatened when two young men burst back into their lives – their grandson, who unexpectedly returns from Europe, and one of Effi’s former students – reopening past wounds and reawakening dormant desires. The ever-perceptive chronicler of human nature and relationships, Shemi Zarhin (Aviva My Love, ), returns to the Festival for the fourth time with this wry and empathy-infused story of love, forgiveness, and the possibility of bliss.

 Hebrew, Arabic with subtitles

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Film Credits

  •   Moshe Edery
  •   Shemi Zarhin
  •   Einat Glaser Zarhin
  •   Itzik Portal
  •   Sasson Gabay, Asi Levi, Maor Levi, Adi Alon, Shadi Mar'i, Lital Schartz, Roy Assaf
  •   Gal Lev
  •   United King Films