Free admission; acquire tickets online or at the box office.
Thursday, May 14–Saturday, May 16
Featuring the work of 55 School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students from the class of 2026, this festival includes unique works of animation, documentary, sound, narrative, as well as feature-length projects by the next generation of moving image and sound artists. The 2026 festival is produced by the Department of Exhibitions in collaboration with the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation, coordinated by Emily Eddy, curated by Amy Beste, with support from Student Assistants Emma lu Sarkissian and Oskar Johannisson Gonzalez. Learn more and view full program details here.
Participating artists:
Lydia Ahn, Toojan, Abdullah Arif Alghamdi, Nora Ashrifeh, Riya Bansal, Gren Bee, Xuanting Chen, Justin Cross, Rowan Davis, Ana Dias, Abdulrahman, Chloe Eum, Dominic Genovese, Tahjá Gresham, Joia Griffin, Trairat Harntaweesompone, Soren Ngọc Hsu, Katrina Hurley, Kamilla Ismailova, Tatiana Ivanova, Junho Jeon, AJ, Monet-Chanel Khanyahl, Katherine King, Paige King, Hailey Lee, Wonyoung Lee, Joey Maben, Percy Malinois, Janhvi Marwah, Nitya Mehrotra, LILLIA., Jo So Neiza, Garrett Parish, Songyi Park, Shravani Pawar, Maaran Ramakrishnan, Mehraneh Salimian, Beatriz Schlogl Barini, Farhan Ahmed Showmik, Adelina Silva, Jack Snelling, Isaiah Sugar, Veronica Timble, Vy, Danielle Vishlitzky, Nicole Wah, Qifan Wang, Keira Kingsley Wright, Syd Wrigley, Ruoyi Wu, Kexin Yin, Yunju You, elaine yue, Leah Yun.
Free admission; acquire tickets online or at the box office.
The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu