animated mother and daughter looking at each other with teary eyes

MFF Best of The Midwest Awards Winners Showcase

Various directors 2022
black woman wearing read shirt holding hands on face in fear

US

Jordan Peele 2019
five Black women sitting in back of van with one in middle smiling and holding young child

A WOMAN ON THE OUTSIDE

Zara Katz, Lisa Riordan Seville 2022
man, girl, and woman leaning over bridge pointing and looking into distance

ONE FINE MORNING

Mia Hansen-Løve 2022
black leather glove covering woman with terrified face

THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE

Dario Argento 1970
stop motion animation of group of children wearing winter gear in snow in front of cabin

MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI

Claude Barras 2017
two men tied to stake with bayonets pointed at them

WAR AND PEACE

Sergei Bondarchuk 1965
man with sunglasses on sitting in chair with young girl

THE CAT O' NINE TAILS

Dario Argento 1971
woman in white nightgown against black backdrop

FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET

Dario Argento 1971
two men on street with one holding rifle

THE FIVE DAYS

Dario Argento 1973
man and woman on hillside at a meal with man drinking from soup ladle

BACURAU

Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles 2019
young boy with blond curly hair holding bloody knife in front of face

DEEP RED

Dario Argento 1975
woman wielding knife with white curtains and colorful lights behind her

SUSPIRIA

Dario Argento 1977
pink and green organic digital shapes

ELECTRIC VISIONS: Chicago's Groundbreaking Video and Computer Art

Multiple artists 1975, 1985
man wearing glasses in bed reading book with flashlight

SEE YOU FRIDAY, ROBINSON

Mitra Farahani 2022
old building in woods with trail of blood at building door

KILLING THE EUNUCH KHAN

Abed Abest 2021
person running in barren background

THE RUNNER

Amir Naderi 1984
woman wearing hijab in the rainy street with couple holding umbrella in background

SUBTRACTION

Mani Haghighi 2022
two woman with hoods up on street with one woman wearing sunglasses looking down at phone

WITHOUT HER

Arian Vazirdaftari 2022
man in military uniform with bag over shoulder walking towards large smoke and fire

EBRAHIM GOLESTAN SHORTS: RADICAL ARTISTRY

Ebrahim Golestan 1961, 1965
three men outside looking at glass with one shirtless and one wearing a striped uniform

WORLD WAR III

Houman Seyyedi 2022
black and white photo of man and woman with woman holding baby closely

BRICK AND MIRROR

Ebrahim Golestan 1965
horse with smoke behind it

NIGHTINGALE PROJECTS: HORSEGIRL

Various directors 1967, 2023
woman in white collared shirt and jumper standing on grass with large monster lurking behind her

THE HOST

Bong Joon Ho 2006
painting with colorful feathers and skull

COLECTIVO LOS INGRÁVIDOS

Various directors 2017, 2022
four people sitting around a dinner table with greenery outside windows

PACIFICTION

Albert Serra 2022
Oscar Nominated Short Films

2023 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS

Various directors 2022
woman standing in middle of basement with four men leaning against walls in background

LEILA'S BROTHERS

Saeed Roustayi 2022
people protesting with signs, iranian flags and black and white poster of woman's face

ART, ACTIVISM & IRAN: A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION

Various 2023
Queen Elizabeth portrait

PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN

Fabrizio Ferri 2022
woman in green jacket looking sideways with grafitti wall behind her

LYNNE SACHS: A POET'S PERSPECTIVE

Lynne Sachs 2018, 2022
young girl jumping into pool with hands outstretched

FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO

Lynne Sachs 2020
couple dancing in dark club with green spotlights around them

ATLANTICS

Mati Diop 2019
black and white photo of blonde woman swirling hair around

A COLLECTION & A CONVERSATION

Lynne Sachs 2018, 2022
man in priest clothing walking on cloudy beach with large backpack and people behind him

GODLAND

Hlynur Pálmason 2022
mountainous desert background, woman in foreground, man on fire in background

ROBE OF GEMS

Natalia López 2022
three people sitting outside looking off into distance

BURNING

Lee Chang-dong 2018
blonde woman in red one piece swimsuit sitting on pink blow up pool raft in pool

PLEASURE

Ninja Thyberg 2021
woman laying on hood of car

TITANE

Julia Ducournau 2021
shadow of woman with large explosion lights behind her

ANNIHILATION

Alex Garland 2018
woman's face up close behind a fence

QUO VADIS, AIDA?

Jasmila Žbanic 2020
man in american flag jacket holding up two middle fingers

IDIOCRACY

Mike Judge 2006
man wearing all black on a motorcycle in front of tomato stand with explosion in backdrop

A TOUCH OF SIN

Zhangke Jia 2013
elderly woman in nightclothes standing in lush garden looking up at flowers

PERFUME DE GARDENIAS

Gisela Rosario Ramos 2021
woman sitting in living room in robe holding a glass

SAFE

Todd Haynes 1995
man facing away with hand on back of head looking out towards large crop field

MADALENA

Madiano Marchet 2021