We are continuing to bring the "Chicago-based" part of the festival into focus, and this year is the first time every featured filmmaker is from Chicago or nearby. That means plenty of local filmmaker guests will be there to meet and discuss their work live and in person, making it a special, one-of-a-kind experience!
Not only that, but we have a wide variety of films---just within our short film showcases we feature sci-fi, stop-motion animation, fictional-hybrid documentary, coming-of-age story and more.
And to top it all off, our feature film finale is a horror film, just in time for the season! The surreal horror-drama Compression, a dreamlike psychological film about grief and distorted reality, will close out the festival with director Jakob Bilinski as well as cast and crew members in attendance.
This year we will be screening in the beautiful historic Chicago Hope Academy chapel at 2189 W Bowler Street on the west side of Chicago and, as always, all of our programs are free and open to all to promote our mission of mental health awareness and empathy.
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