Welcome to North America’s longest-running competitive film festival. With more than 100 feature films and 60 shorts films from around the world, ranging from moving, life-affirming dramas to eye-opening documentaries to midnight shockers, this year’s festival will leave you with plenty talk about!

Schedule of Film Screenings:

Pre-Festival Screenings:

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

6:30pm -- So Damn Easy Going @ Chicago Cultural Center

Friday, September 22, 2023

6:30pm -- Community Screening: Huesera @ Harrison Park Fieldhouse

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

7:00pm -- Members’ Screening: Flora and Son @ AMC Newcity 14

Friday, September 29, 2023

5:00pm to 6:00pm: How To Pitch Your Project, with Mary Jane Skalski @ Gene Siskel Film Center   

Festival Screenings:

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

5:00pm - Opening Night Block Party @ Music Box Theatre

7:00pm - Opening Night: We Grown Now @ Music Box Theatre

10:00pm - Departing Seniors @ Music Box Theatre

Thursday, October 12, 2023

5:00pm - Four Daughters @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - Goodbye Julia @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Nyad @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:00pm - All Happy Families @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:30pm - Depot – Reflecting Boijmans @ Museum of Contemporary Art

7:30pm - Joram @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:45pm - The Echo @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:00pm - The Hypnosis @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:15pm - Anatomy of a Fall @ AMC NEWCITY 14

Friday, October 13, 2023

2:30pm - Four Daughters @ AMC NEWCITY 14

4:00pm - Community Cinema: Animated Shorts @ Harrison Park Fieldhouse

5:00pm - Silver Dollar Road @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - Holly @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Solitude @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:45pm - Through the Night @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:45pm - All Happy Families @ Gene Siskel Film Center

6:30pm - Community Cinema: The Echo @ Harrison Park Fieldhouse

6:30pm - Eric LaRue @ Music Box Theatre

7:30pm - La Chimera @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:45pm - The Taste of Things @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:45pm - Shorts 6: Comedy – Awkward Laughs @ Gene Siskel Film Center

8:00pm - Club Zero @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:15pm - A Happy Day @ Gene Siskel Film Center

8:15pm - Joram @ AMC NEWCITY 14

10:30pm - The People’s Joker @ AMC NEWCITY 14

Saturday, October 14, 2023

11:00am - CineYouth: Best of the Fest @ AMC NEWCITY 14

11:45am - The Hypnosis@ AMC NEWCITY 14

12:00pm - Tótem: Digging Deeper Into Movies With Nick Davis @ AMC NEWCITY 14

12:00pm - The Promised Land @ Gene Siskel Film Center

12:30pm - Goodbye Julia @ Gene Siskel Film Center

1:00pm - Tótem @ AMC NEWCITY 14

1:30pm - The Beautiful Summer @ AMC NEWCITY 14

1:30pm - Shorts 1: City & State – Revelations @ Chicago History Museum

2:15pm - Club Zero @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:30pm - A Happy Day @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:45pm - Pictures of Ghosts @ Gene Siskel Film Center

3:15pm - Family Portrait @ AMC NEWCITY 14

3:15pm - Solitude @ Gene Siskel Film Center

4:00pm - The Love Stories of Liv S. @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:00pm - Bike Vessel @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - The Taste of Things @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - The Teachers’ Lounge @ Gene Siskel Film Center

5:30pm - Foremost By Night @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - The Burdened @ Gene Siskel Film Center

6:00pm - Firedream @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:00pm - Dream Scenario @ Music Box Theatre

7:45pm - About Dry Grasses @ Gene Siskel Film Center

7:45pm - Concrete Utopia @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:00pm - Only the River Flows @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:00pm - Through the Night @ Gene Siskel Film Center

8:15pm - Fingernails @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:30pm - The Delinquents @ AMC NEWCITY 14

Sunday, October 15, 2023

11:00am - Shorts 9: Family Friendly Animation – Better Together @ AMC NEWCITY 14

11:30am - The People’s Joker @ Gene Siskel Film Center

12:00pm - Fallen Leaves @ AMC NEWCITY 14

12:15pm - Holly@ AMC NEWCITY 14

1:00pm - Shorts 5: Drama – Breaking Points @ Gene Siskel Film Center

1:15pm - The Burdened @ AMC NEWCITY 14

1:30pm - Because We Have Each Other @ AMC NEWCITY 14

1:45pm - Bad Living @ Gene Siskel Film Center

2:00pm - The Space Race @ Chicago History Museum

2:15pm - Limbo @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:45pm - In the Rearview @ AMC NEWCITY 14

3:00pm - The Boy and the Heron @ Music Box Theatre

3:30pm - Shorts 8: Architecture – Versions of Home @ Gene Siskel Film Center

3:45pm - After Work @ AMC NEWCITY 14

4:30pm - Living Bad @ Gene Siskel Film Center

4:45pm - The Universal Theory @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - The Teachers’ Lounge @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:45pm - The Love Stories of Liv S. @ Gene Siskel Film Center

6:30pm - About Dry Grasses @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:45pm - Bye Bye Tiberias @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:15pm - The Delinquents @ Gene Siskel Film Center

7:30pm - Monster @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:45pm - Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:00pm - Foremost By Night @ Gene Siskel Film Center

9:15pm - Late Night With the Devil @ Music Box Theatre

Monday, October 16, 2023

1:00pm - Living Bad @ Gene Siskel Film Center

1:00pm - Concrete Utopia @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:30pm - The Space Race @ Gene Siskel Film Center

2:45pm - Bye Bye Tiberias @ AMC NEWCITY 14

3:45pm - Bad Living @ Gene Siskel Film Center

5:00pm - In the Rearview @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:00pm - Only the River Flows @ Gene Siskel Film Center

5:15pm - La Chimera @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Limbo @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:45pm - Shorts 2: Animation – Desires @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:15pm - Family Portrait @ Gene Siskel Film Center

7:30pm - Explanation for Everything @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:30pm - Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry @ Gene Siskel Film Center

7:45pm - The Battle @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:00pm - Monster @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:15pm - After Work @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:15pm - Firedream @ Gene Siskel Film Center

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

2:00pm - Housekeeping for Beginners @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:15pm - The Echo @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:30pm - The Beautiful Summer @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:00pm - Paradise Is Burning @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - Alien Island @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Black Box @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:45pm - The Persian Version @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:30pm - Solo @ Chicago History Museum

6:30pm - The Killer @ Music Box Theatre

7:00pm - Rustin @ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

7:30pm - The Mission @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:45pm - Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:15pm - Sisterhood @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:30pm - The Universal Theory @ AMC NEWCITY 14

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

1:30pm - The Mission @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:00pm - Alien Island @ Gene Siskel Film Center

2:30pm - Solo @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:00pm - Explanation for Everything @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - Fallen Leaves @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Banel & Adama @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Depot: Reflecting Boijmans @ Gene Siskel Film Center

5:45pm - Sisterhood @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:00pm - Stamped From the Beginning @ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

6:00pm - Black Perspectives Special Program – Beyond the Frame @ Gene Siskel Film Center

6:30pm - May December @ Music Box Theatre

7:45pm - All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:45pm - Sweet Dreams @ Gene Siskel Film Center

8:00pm - The Crime Is Mine @ Gene Siskel Film Center

8:00pm - The Zone of Interest @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:15pm - Lost Country @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:30pm - Paradise Is Burning @ AMC NEWCITY 14

Thursday, October 19, 2023

1:00pm - Because We Have Each Other @ AMC NEWCITY 14

1:15pm - Late Night With the Devil @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:30pm - Pictures of Ghosts @ AMC NEWCITY 14

3:30pm - Shorts 2: Animation - Desires @ Gene Siskel Film Center

5:00pm - Sweet Dreams @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - The Crime Is Mine @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Banel & Adama @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Here @ Gene Siskel Film Center

6:00pm - Terrestrial Verses @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:00pm - Evil Does Not Exist @ Gene Siskel Film Center

6:00pm - Anselm @ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

6:30pm - Festival Centerpiece: Saltburn @ Music Box Theatre

7:00pm - All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt @ Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts

7:45pm - The Nature of Love @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:45pm - The Bride @ Gene Siskel Film Center

8:00pm - Black Box @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:15pm - All of Us Strangers @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:30pm - Food Roots @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:30pm - In water (with The Daughters of Fire) @ Gene Siskel Film Center

9:45pm - Raging Grace @ Music Box Theatre

Friday, October 20, 2023

1:30pm - Raging Grace @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:45pm - Terrestrial Verses @ AMC NEWCITY 14

3:00pm - Here @ AMC NEWCITY 14

3:30pm - Shorts 5: Drama – Breaking Points @ Gene Siskel Film Center

4:00pm - Community Cinema: Black Perspectives Shorts @Harrison Park Fieldhouse

5:00pm - And the Party Goes On @ Gene Siskel Film Center

5:00pm - Carnal Sins @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - Kidnapped @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - Lost Country @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:45pm - Robot Dreams @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:30pm - Community Cinema: Bike Vessel @ Hamilton Park Cultural Center

7:30pm - The Taste of Things @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:30pm - Tótem @ Gene Siskel Film Center

8:00pm - Evil Does Not Exist @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:15pm - The Holdovers @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:30pm - Pet Shop Days @ AMC NEWCITY 14

10:30pm - Shorts 3: After Dark – Twisted Tales & Shadows of Innocence @ AMC NEWCITY 14

Saturday, October 21, 2023

11:45am - Green Border @ Gene Siskel Film Center

12:00pm - The Bride @ AMC NEWCITY 14

12:15pm - Pet Shop Days @ AMC NEWCITY 14

12:15pm - Shorts 3: After Dark – Twisted Tales & Shadows of Innocence @ Gene Siskel Film Center

12:30pm - In Water (with The Daughters of Fire) @ AMC NEWCITY 14

12:45pm - Bike Vessel @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:15pm - Carnal Sins @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:45pm - Shorts 4: Documentary – In Motion @ AMC NEWCITY 14

2:45pm - They Shot the Piano Player @ AMC NEWCITY 14

3:00pm - Housekeeping for Beginners @ Gene Siskel Film Center

3:15pm - Kidnapped @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:00pm - Shorts 7: Black Perspectives – Resonance @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:00pm - Hard Miles @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:15pm - The Nature of Love @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:30pm - The Promised Land @ Gene Siskel Film Center

5:45pm - And the Party Goes On @ AMC NEWCITY 14

6:00pm - Food Roots @ AMC NEWCITY 14

7:30pm - Shayda @ AMC NEWCITY 14

8:00pm - Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World @ Gene Siskel Film Center

8:15pm - Lubo @ AMC NEWCITY 14

10:30pm - Infested @ AMC NEWCITY 14

Sunday, October 22, 2023

11:00am - Occupied City @ AMC NEWCITY 14

11:30am - Shorts 9: Family Friendly Animation – Better Together @ AMC NEWCITY 14

12:00pm - Hard Miles @ AMC NEWCITY 14

1:30pm - Infested @ AMC NEWCITY 14

1:30pm - Shorts 1: City & State – Revelations @ AMC NEWCITY 14

3:30pm - Black Perspectives Special Program – Beyond the Frame @ Chicago History Museum

4:00pm - Lubo @ AMC NEWCITY 14

4:15pm - Shorts 6: Comedy – Awkward Laughs @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:00pm - Perfect Days @ AMC NEWCITY 14

5:00pm - Closing Night: The Bikeriders @ Music Box Theatre

7:00pm - Green Border @ AMC NEWCITY 14

Dates: October 11 - 22, 2023

Venue: Various Locations in Chicago, IL

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