61st Chicago International Film Festival
October 17–26 at the Gene Siskel Film Center
The Chicago International Film Festival (ChicagoIFF) returns to the Gene Siskel Film Center this October 17–26 to celebrate their 61st year. The Chicago International Film Festival is North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, showcasing films from an impressive selection of new and established talent and celebrating the best that cinema has to offer. The festival will take place from October 15–26 at various venues around the city, with over 40 films and shorts programs showing right here at the Siskel Film Center.
Tickets are available for purchase through the ChicagoIFF website. For support with ChicagoIFF tickets, including technical support, please visit the ChicagoIFF FAQ page or contact ticketing-info@chicagofilmfestival.com.
Festival Films at the Siskel Film Center
Festival Films
ARCO
Ugo Bienvenu / France / 89 mins
Saturday, October 18, 12:30 p.m.
THE BEAUTY OF THE DONKEY
Dea Gjinovci / Switzerland, Kosovo, France, USA / 76 mins
Monday, October 20, 2:00 p.m.
BEFORE THE CALL
James Choi / South Korea / 61 mins
Saturday, October 25, 5:00 p.m.
THE BOOK OF SIJJIN AND ILLIYYIN
Hadrah Daeng Ratu / Indonesia / 98 mins
Wednesday, October 22, 2:30 p.m.
BOUCHRA
Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani / Italy, Morocco, USA / 83 mins
Friday, October 17, 2:45 p.m.
BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE
Danzuka Yuiga / Japan / 115 mins
Thursday, October 23, 7:30 p.m.
BREATHLESS 35mm
Jean-Luc Godard / France / 90 mins
Sunday, October 19, 12:00 p.m.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHASING STORMS
Curtis Miller / USA / 70 mins
Saturday, October 25, 12:00 p.m.
CALLE MALAGA
Maryam Touzani / Morocco, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium / 116 mins
Sunday, October 19, 5:30 p.m.
CHRISTY
Brendan Canty / Ireland, UK / 94 mins
Friday, October 17, 8:30 p.m.
THE CONDOR DAUGHTER
Álvaro Olmos Torrico / Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay / 109 mins
Monday, October 20, 7:45 p.m.
COVER-UP
Laura Poitras, Mark Obenhaus / USA / 117 mins
Friday, October 24, 5:15 p.m.
THE CURRENTS
Milagros Mumenthaler / Switzerland, Argentina / 104 mins
Monday, October 20, 5:30 p.m.
DRY LEAF
Alexandre Koberidze / Germany, Georgia / 186 mins
Wednesday, October 22, 8:00 p.m.
EMI
Ezequiel Erriquez Mena / Argentina, Uruguay / 93 mins
Thursday, October 23, 5:00 p.m.
THE EYES OF GHANA
Ben Proudfoot / USA / 90 mins
Monday, October 20, 8:15 p.m.
THE HOLY BOY
Paolo Strippoli / Italy, Slovenia / 120 mins
Friday, October 24, 2:00 p.m.
ISH
Imran Perretta / UK / 90 mins
Wednesday, October 22, 5:30 p.m.
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Jafar Panahi / Iran, France, Luxembourg / 103 mins
Sunday, October 19, 5:00 p.m.
JAY KELLY 35mm
Noah Baumbach / UK, USA, Italy / 132 mins
Friday, October 17, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 24, 8:30 p.m.
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
Hlynur Pálmason / Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, France / 109 mins
Saturday, October 18, 6:00 p.m.
THE MASTERMIND
Kelly Reichardt / USA / 110 mins
Wednesday, October 22, 7:30 p.m.
MIROIRS NO. 3
Christian Petzold / Germany / 86 mins
Sunday, October 26, 12:00 p.m.
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO
Diego Céspedes / Chile, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium / 110 mins
Saturday, October 18, 8:15 p.m.
NEW GROUP
Yûta Shimotsu / Japan / 82 mins
Monday, October 20, 2:45 p.m.
NOUVELLE VAGUE 35mm
Richard Linklater / France / 105 mins
Sunday, October 19, 2:30 p.m.; Sunday, October 26, 7:45 p.m.
OLD JOY 35mm
Kelly Reichardt / USA / 74 mins
Thursday, October 23, 3:00 p.m.
ORPHAN 35mm
László Nemes / Hungary, UK, France, Germany / 132 mins
Saturday, October 18, 12:00 p.m.; Sunday, October 19, 7:30 p.m.
PALESTINE 36
Annemarie Jacir / Palestine, UK, France, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan / 118 mins
Thursday, October 23, 8:00 p.m.
THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE
Hasan Hadi / Iraq, USA, Qatar / 105 mins
Saturday, October 18, 5:30 p.m.
PRIMAVERA
Damiano Michieletto / Itaily, France / 110 mins
Sunday, October 19, 2:45 p.m.
PUT YOUR SOUL ON YOUR HAND AND WALK
Sepideh Farsi / France, Palestine / 112 mins
Wednesday, October 22, 2:00 p.m.
REEDLAND
Sven Bresser / Netherlands, Belgium / 111 mins
Friday, October 17, 5:30 p.m.
RESURRECTION
Bi Gan / China, France / 156 mins
Saturday, October 25, 7:00 p.m.
SHORT SUMMER
Nastia Korkia / Germany, France, Serbia / 101 mins
Monday, October 20, 5:00 p.m.
SHORTS 2: ANIMATION
Various directors / Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, Portugal / 90 mins
Wednesday, October 22, 5:00 p.m.
SOUND OF FALLING
Mascha Schilinkski / Germany / 149 mins
Saturday, October 18, 8:45 p.m.
SPILT MILK
Brian Durnin / Ireland, UK / 91 mins
Thursday, October 23, 5:30 p.m.
THE TALE OF SILYAN
Tamara Kotevska / North Macedona / 81 mins
Saturday, October 18, 3:15 p.m.
TRUE NORTH
Michèle Stephenson / USA, Canada / 96 mins
Saturday, October 18, 3:00 p.m.
TWO TIMES JOÃO LIBERADA
Paula Tomás Marques / Portugal / 70 mins
Thursday, October 23, 2:30 p.m.
A USEFUL GHOST
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke / Thailand / 130 mins
Sunday, October 19, 8:00 p.m.
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Kaouther Ben Hania / Tunisia, France / 89 mins
Friday, October 17, 5:00 p.m.
WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU
Hong Sangsoo / South Korea / 108 mins
Friday, October 17, 2:00 p.m.
WIND, TALK TO ME
Stefan Djordjevic / Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia / 100 mins
Sunday, October 19, 12:15 p.m.