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50 Years! Since 1965, the International Film Festival has brought you thousands of groundbreaking, highly acclaimed and thought-provoking films from around the globe.

In 2014, our mission remains the same: to bring Chicago the unique opportunity to see world- class cinema, from new discoveries to international prizewinners, and hear directly from the talented people who’ve brought them to us. This year is no different, with filmmakers from Scandinavia to Mexico and to our backyard, joining us for what is Chicago’s most thrilling movie event of the year. And watch out for this year’s festival guests, including , , Michael Moore, , , , , , and many others you will be excited to discover.

To all of our guests, past, present and future—we thank you for your continued support, excitement, and most importantly, your love for movies!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Michael Kutza, Founder & Artistic Director

When October 9 – 23, 2014

Now in our 50th year, the Chicago International Film Festival is North America’s oldest What competitive international film festival. Where AMC River East 21* (322 E. St.) *unless otherwise noted Easy access via public transportation! CTA Red Line: Grand Ave. station, walk five blocks east to the theater. CTA Buses: #29 (State St. to Navy Pier), #66 (Chicago Red Line to Navy Pier), #65 (Grand Red Line to Navy Pier). For CTA information, visit transitchicago.com or call 1-888-YOUR-CTA.

Festival Parking: Discounted parking available at River East Center Self Park (lower level of AMC River East 21, 300 E. Illinois St., $19 up to 8 hours). Please pick up the discounted parking voucher at the Festival Information Table on the Theater Level.

Tickets start at $5/film and vary depending on the category. How Much? For complete ticketing information, see page 46.

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Miss Julie , UK • Dir. Liv Ullmann A country estate, Ireland 1890. Over the course of one midsummer night, the haughty () and her father’s lowly valet John () charm and manipulate each other. By turns seductive and bullying, savage and tender, their intimate relationship leads to a desperate plan, culminating in a final act as sublime and devastating as anything in Greek tragedy. Past Chicago Festival honoree and veteran collaborator Liv Ullmann brings renewed vitality and emotional resonance to ’s classic play of class, power and seduction. 130 min.

Scheduled to attend: Director Liv Ullmann

evening program ticket information The Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph Dr. Balcony (film only), EFOPEN 6:00 PM: Red carpet arrivals $45* FOR memberS • $50* for non-members 7:00 PM: Guest presentations followed by Main Floor (film only), EFOPEN $55* FOR memberS • $60* for non-members premiere of Miss Julie VIP ticket (includes premium main floor seat and reception) EFOPENP: $150 All seating is reserved. RECEPTION Sidney Yates Gallery, The Chicago Cultural Center Tickets can be purchased: 77 E. Randolph Dr., 4th Fl. IN PERSON: Festival Office (30 E. Adams, Suite 800) 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM: Photo: Dan Duverney Dan Photo: Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres. ONLINE**: chicagofilmfestival.com Featuring a performance by the multifaceted, PHONE**: 312.332.FILM vocal powerhouse Terisa Griffin. Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM **subject to $4.00 handling fee per order Cocktail attire. Wristband and ticket required for entry.

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evening PATRONS Jeanne Randall Malkin Family Foundation, Penelope R. and Robert M. Steiner John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation TOURISM Official headquarters PARTNER Airline hotel

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5 Centerpiece Films Wednesday, October 15

The Last 5 Years USA • Dir. Richard LaGravenese Based on the beloved Off-Broadway hit perspectives, exclusively through striking that originated at Chicago’s Northlight and heartrending , this uplifting and Theatre in 2001, this rousing adaptation melancholy gem is a musical love story for from writer-director Richard LaGravenese a new generation. 94 min. (The Fisher King) tells of the tumultuous five-year relationship between Cathy Scheduled to attend: (Anna Kendrick), a struggling actress, Director Richard LaGravenese and Jamie (Jeremy Jordan), a rising novelist. Told separately from each of their Wed 10/15 6:00 PM EFlast

St. Vincent USA • Dir. Ted Melfi In this winning comedy starring Illinois Watts), Vincent brings the boy along on natives and Melissa McCarthy, his daily routine, from racetrack to strip a single-mother (McCarthy) must leave club to dive bar. While Vincent helps her 12-year-old son Oliver in the care Oliver grow to become a man, Oliver of their neighbor, Vincent (Murray), a begins to see Vincent as a misunderstood retired curmudgeon with a penchant man with a good heart. 103 min. for gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Wed 10/15 8:15 PM EFSTVI Together with a pregnant stripper (Naomi

Closing Night Thursday, October 23

Wild USA • Dir. Jean Marc Vallée In Wild, director Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club), () and screenwriter Nick Hornby (An Education) bring bestselling author Cheryl Strayed’s extraordinary adventure to the screen. After years of reckless behavior and haunted by memories of her mother (Laura Dern), Strayed sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail on her own. Wild powerfully reveals her terrors and pleasures—as she forges ahead on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her. 120 min.

7:00 PM Premiere of Wild. thu 10/23 7:00 PM EFwild 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM Cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres. (EFWILDP) See p. 46 for ticketing information. Check website for additional information: chicagofilmfestival.com

7 Film Guide main competition new directors competition

Representing a wide variety of styles and , these works This selection of first and second feature films receiving their compete for the Festival’s top honor, the Gold Hugo, in North US premiere in Chicago celebrates discovery and innovation, America’s longest-running competitive film festival. introducing the next generation of the world’s great filmmakers.

program John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum program Partner Family Foundation Partner

50th Anniversary docufest

Award-winners, memorable masterpieces, enduring classics, From political to personal stories, vérité to hybrid docs, this these revivals from the last five decades of the Festival and collection of non- from around the world presents the diverse beyond remain as relevant and powerful as ever. and vibrant state of contemporary documentary filmmaking. program Jeanne Randall Malkin Partner program Family Foundation Partner spotlight scandinavia out-look

Far from its frigid reputation, this selection of highly acclaimed From the edgy to the tender, these bold LGBTQ-themed films films from , Norway, , Finland and exhibit new artistic perspectives on sexuality and identity, sizzles with tales of passion and murder, family breakdowns and competing for the Q Hugo Award. childhood adventures.

program Partner cinema of the americas

With films from Cuba and Colombia to Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, this program spotlights the fresh and vibrant work of special presentation emerging and established filmmakers from South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. From thrilling action films to searing emotional dramas featuring bravura performances, some of the year’s most anticipated films from Hollywood and abroad are featured in this section. city & state

Join the Festival in celebrating Illinois’ rich filmmaking tradition with black perspectives this showcase of the best features, documentaries, and short films with their roots right here in the Festival’s home state. Celebrating its 17th anniversary, Black Perspectives showcases program the richness and diversity of black cultures around the world and Partners the filmmakers behind them.

program Partner reelwomen

Spotlighting the integral contribution that women continue to after dark make to world cinema, this program features films as diverse as the directors who made them. Flesh-eating zombies, bloodthirsty vigilantes, mysterious program maladies, and more – this line up of the best new horror and Partner Penelope R. and Robert M. Steiner extreme films is guaranteed to titillate and terrify!

world cinema Make ‘Em Laugh A mix of classical narratives and stylish new innovations, this Bawdy, black, sarcastic and slapstick, humor comes in all shapes program offers a snapshot of the contemporary cinematic landscape. and sizes. These comedies from around the world will have you program knee-slapping in your seats. Partner

Short Films p.36 Panels & events p.38 Schedule Grid p.47 Film Index p.54 9 Films A-Z Don’t be overwhelmed by the sheer number of fantastic films we have in store! Here’s a helpful guide to navigate our film schedule and to build your Festival film list. Visit chicagofilmfestival.com for new additions, a list of visiting filmmakers, and announcements of our “Best of the Fest”.

The 100 Year Old Man Who 101 Reykjavík Action4Climate AlexandeR: Ultimate Edition Algren TITLE Climbed Out the Window Iceland • Dir. Baltasar Kormákur Award Winners USA, Germany USA • Dir. Michael Caplan COUNTRY and Disappeared Dir. Oliver Stone DIRECTOR Hundraåringen A highlight of the 36th Chicago Bob Rafelson, the celebrated producer, As a passionate chronicler and champion ® som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann International Film Festival’s New Directors director (Five Easy Pieces) and a jury Academy Award -winning filmmaker Oliver of the underclass, Chicago author Nelson Sweden • Dir. Felix Herngren Competition, Icelandic Baltasar member for the Action4Climate short Stone returns to the Festival to present the Algren (The Man with The Golden Arm; Kormákur’s sharp-witted breakout centers definitive version of his 2004 controversial Chicago, City on the Make) was second Hilarity ensues when an elderly man discovers documentary competition, will present on a young Icelandic man who has an epic. Starring Colin Farrell as Alexander only to William Faulkner, according to SUMMARY a suitcase full of money and embarks on these provocative award-winning affair with his mom’s Spanish girlfriend, the Great, the film chronicles his decade- ardent fan Ernest Hemingway. Illuminated LANGUAGE a fantastic adventure, involving a frozen films and their directors. Hosted by Lola, a fish-out-of-water lesbian (played long quest to avenge the death of his hated by interviews with artists inspired by RUNTIME corpse, a circus elephant, and a biker gang. Connect4Climate, a global partnership exuberantly by Pedro Almodóvar regular father (). No stranger to violence his work and embellished with a trove Meanwhile, episodes from his past reveal dedicated to raising awareness for climate ). With the same droll wit and and politics, Stone infuses the battles of Art Shay photographs, Algren is a his decades-long proclivity for changing change, the competition was open to ribald energy as compatriot Fridik Thor with gut-wrenching detail and provides long overdue celebration of an under- the course of history. This crowd-pleasing aspiring directors between the ages of 14- Fridriksson, Kormákur gives insight not yet another provocative portrait of an appreciated literary icon. 87 min. Swedish take on combines 35. Out of 230 entries from more than 70 only into his winning characters, but a historic leader. Also starring sidesplitting comedy with genuine tenderness. countries, the jury awarded three prizes. Tue 10/14 6:00 PM EFALGR1 unique youth culture. Icelandic, and . Oliver Stone, IN Swedish, English with subtitles. 114 min. Come see these inspiring films! 90 min. Mon 10/20 12:15 PM EFALGR2 English with subtitles. 89 min. PERSON. 207 min. Tue 10/21 8:00 PM EFALGR3 Fri 10/10 4:00 PM EF1HUND1 SCREENING DATES, sat 10/11 12:15 PM EFREYK This is a free event! Tickets must be Sun 10/12 7:00 PM EFALEX SHOWTIMES & TICKET CODES Sun 10/12 8:00 PM EF1HUND2 obtained from box office. Docufest 50th Anniversary 50th Anniversary city & State world cinema wed 10/15 6:15 PM EFCONN spotlight scandinavia COMPETITION / PROGRAM spotlight scandinavia Make ‘Em Laugh Make ‘Em Laugh

1001 Grams 1001 Gram ABCs of Death 2 Ablations Alleluia The Alley Cat Ártico Norway • Dir. Bent Hamer Various • Various Directors , Belgium • Dir. Arnold de Parscau France, Belgium • Dir. Fabrice Du Welz USA • Dir. Marie Ullrich • Dir. Gabriel Velázquez Anna, a scientist specializing in weights Provocative, shocking, funny and at After waking up to discover one of When pathologically shy Gloria and Jasper, a brusque bike messenger, A prizewinner at this year’s Berlin Film and measures, lives a life of precision, times confrontational, this sequel to the his kidneys has been removed, a professional hustler Michel are set up on anxiously waits for the much-anticipated Festival, this slow-burning, exquisitely rigidity and solitude. But when her father, widely popular horror anthology is another pharmaceutical salesman sets out on a a blind date, the sparks between them “alleycat,” her friends’ annual booze- photographed drama follows Simón a fellow scientist, suffers a heart attack, global celebration of next generation strange and unsettling journey to piece ignite into an almost otherworldly torrent soaked bike race across Chicago’s South and Jota, a pair of tightly wound young Anna’s world falls out of perfect alignment. filmmaking. With productions together what happened. Like a mix of of passion that culminates in a gruesome, Loop. When the big night finally arrives, criminals, who each crave what the other Wry and winsome, this beautifully told and spanning from Nigeria to UK to Brazil and and Park Chan-Wook, this chaotic killing spree. A blistering, anxious Jasper starts off with a formidable lead, one has. Gritty, bleak and breathtaking, thoughtful story—and Norway’s official everywhere in between, ABCs of Death 2 surrealist shows how one man’s fever-dream based on the disturbing true yet quickly finds herself caught in the web and featuring intensely physical submission for the ®— features 26 individual segments, each one obsessive quest leads to his own undoing. story of the Lonely Hearts Killers, Alleluia of her fellow racers’ longstanding secrets. performances from its nonprofessional follows Anna on a journey from Norway to loosely defined by a different letter in the Virginie Ledoyen co-stars, along with marks the long-awaited return of Belgian A thrilling micro-budget , The cast, Ártico contrasts the picturesque France and back, as she attempts to find alphabet, directed by over two dozen of Philippe Nahon (Gaspar Noe’s I Stand maven Fabrice Du Welz Alley Cat is also a heartrending portrait of natural landscapes of the Spanish province the right balance in her life. Norwegian, the world’s leading talents in contemporary Alone) as a menacing senior citizen. (Calvaire). French with subtitles. 95 min. a young woman coming to terms with her of Salamanca with the dire circumstances French with subtitles. 88 min. genre film. Various languages with French with subtitles. 93 min. own family life. 68 min. of these disaffected youths. Spanish with Sat 10/11 9:30 PM EFALLEL1 subtitles. 122 min. subtitles. 78 min. Tue 10/14 5:45 PM EFGRAM1 EXPLICIT Mon 10/13 5:45 PM EFABLA1 Wed 10/22 5:30 PM EFALLEL2 Sat 10/18 9:15 PM EFACAT1 Thu 10/16 6:15 PM EFGRAM2 Sat 10/11 10:30 PM EFABC CONTENT Wed 10/15 6:15 PM EFABLA2 Mon 10/20 4:45 PM EFACAT2 Fri 10/17 2:00 PM EFART1 Wed 10/22 2:30 PM EFGRAM3 Thu 10/16 3:00 PM EFABLA3 After Dark Tue 10/21 3:00 PM EFACAT3 Sat 10/18 2:45 PM EFART2 After Dark Mon 10/20 5:00 PM EFART3 main competition new directors competition world cinema reelwomen spotlight scandinavia reelwomen world cinema Make ‘Em Laugh city & State 10 11 August Winds Ventos de Agosto The Babadook Beloved Sisters Black Coal, Thin Ice Black Panther-The story The Boss, Anatomy of a Brazil • Dir. Gabriel Mascaro Australia • Dir. Jennifer Kent Die geliebten Schwestern Bai ri yan huo of Emilie and Jacob Crime El Patron, radiografia de un crimen Germany, Austria • Dir. Dominik Graf , Hong Kong • Dir. Diao Yinan Shirley and Jeison are young lovers in an Sundance’s breakout horror hit, The Schwarzer Panther Argentina, Venezuela isolated seaside community. After severe Babadook tells the story of a troubled The aristocratic Lengefeld sisters, fiery Winner of the top prize at this year’s Berlin Germany, Switzerland Dir. Sebastián Schindel Dir. Samuel Perriard thunderstorms, a meteorologist arrives single mother, still grieving the sudden, and pragmatic Caroline and shy, doleful Film Festival, this stark and wintry Chinese A hard-working man is allowed to run his to record the sound of the wind. When violent death of her husband, who sees her Charlotte, see their close-knit relationship thriller has all the ingredients of a classic In this skillfully controlled drama, Emilie and own butcher shop, but his sleazy boss his corpse washes up a few days later, already shattered world plunge deeper into profoundly tested when they become 1940s : a distraught ex-cop; a her estranged brother Jacob are reunited subjects him to a series of escalating Jeison becomes obsessed with giving the madness when a two-dimensional monster entangled in a ménage à trois with famed gruesome crime that is slow to unravel; at their family’s holiday home in the Swiss exploitations and abuses that build to body a proper burial. Recalling the work of from a mysterious picture book comes poet and philosopher . and a mysterious at the Alps. Their parents have passed, and as the a violent climax. Assured new director filmmakers as strikingly different as Vittorio to life and relentlessly terrorizes her and Set during the 18th and 19th centuries in center of it all. But more than , twenty-something siblings reconnect, their Sebastián Schindel expertly captures De Sica, and Terrence her unruly son. Equal parts emotionally a Europe undergoing immense Black Coal, Thin Ice is a penetrating look former desire for one another permeates beautifully understated performances with Malick, Gabriel Mascaro’s narrative debut resonant and deeply horrifying, The transition, Beloved Sisters presents a into the dark heart of contemporary China. their every interaction. Within the solitude of a naturalistic, unobtrusive camera, while beautifully captures the essence of a Babadook represents a promising, self- sprawling yet intimate portrait of people Mandarin with subtitles. 106 min. the lush, remote terrain, the sexual tensions detailed close-ups of meat being ground particular place out of time. Portuguese assured debut. 95 min. seized by the implacable forces of love, Sat 10/11 8:00 PM EFTHIN1 rise and Emile and Jacob reluctantly revive up underscore this incisive story about with subtitles. 77 min. politics, and history. German, French with Fri 10/10 11:00 PM EFBABA1 Mon 10/13 8:00 PM EFTHIN2 their most hidden secret, now complicated the unfair treatment of the working-class. subtitles. 170 min. Wed 10/15 6:00 PM EFAUG1 Tue 10/21 8:30 PM EFBABA2 Fri 10/17 12:00 PM EFTHIN3 by adulthood and the passing of time. Spanish with subtitles. 98 min. Thu 10/16 8:30 PM EFAUG2 German, French with subtitles. 79 min. Sat 10/11 8:15 PM EFBELOV1 Thu 10/16 5:45 PM EFBOSS1 After Dark Sun 10/12 7:15 PM EFBELOV2 main competition Sun 10/19 5:15 PM EFBLACK1 Fri 10/17 8:15 PM EFBOSS2 world cinema reelwomen Mon 10/20 9:00 PM EFBLACK2 Tue 10/21 12:00 PM EFBOSS3 cinema of the americas world cinema black perspectives world cinema new directors competition

Birdman Buzzard Camera USA • Dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu Denmark, Sweden, France USA • Dir. Joel Potrykus Hong Kong, Singapore Dir. Dir. James Leong In this from Alejandro Not since 2007’s G. Iñárritu (), Riggan Heralded as one of the best films of the Frownland has the American cinema In this futuristic neo-noir, Ming, a Thomson () hopes that by ‘90s, Lars von Trier’s emotionally ravaging created such a fascinatingly unlikeable surveillance expert, films everything that spearheading an ambitious new Broadway breakthrough stars , in her creature as Marty Jackitansky, a happens to him—a compulsion linked to a play he will revive his moribund career. Academy Award® -nominated debut, as an disaffected serial cheater. When his boss childhood accident, which left him blind in BLACK PERSPECTIVES GALA Though a foolhardy move, the former innocent Scottish girl who goes to sexual gives him a stack of undeliverable checks, one eye. Thanks to advanced technology, Beyond the Lights cinema superhero has high hopes that extremes to prove her unwavering love for Marty embarks on his biggest swindle Ming gets a new digital eye, which USA • Dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood this creative gambit will legitimize him Jan (Stellan Skarsgård), an oil-man who yet, propelling him on a downward spiral functions as both camera and hard-drive. Noni (Belle’s Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the music world’s latest superstar, is feeling the as an artist and prove to everyone—and is paralyzed on the job. Balancing the raw of transgressions. Blistering, provocative, But his latest case, involving the beautiful pressures of fame—until she meets Kaz Nicol (Nate Parker), a young cop and aspiring himself—that he is not just a Hollywood and the sublime, Breaking the Waves is and outrageously funny, Buzzard depicts daughter of a ruthless corporate boss, politician who’s been assigned to her detail. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall has-been. Also starring Zach Galifianakis, a magnificent tour-de-force whose epic one of the most repellent millennials you’ll will reveal to him more than he is ready to fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them. Writer-director Gina Prince- Edward Norton and . 119 min. intimacy powerfully translates best on the ever meet. 97 min. capture. Cantonese with subtitles. 95 min. big screen. 159 min. Bythewood (Love & Basketball) tells this inspirational story about a young woman learning Sat 10/18 7:30 PM EFBIRD EXPLICIT Sun 10/12 7:30 PM EFBUZZ1 Fri 10/17 9:00 PM EFCAM1 to find her own voice. Gina Prince-Bythewood and Nate Parker, IN PERSON. 116 min. Sat 10/18 5:00 PM EFBREAK CONTENT Mon 10/13 8:00 PM EFBUZZ2 Sun 10/19 12:15 PM EFCAM2 special presentation Fri 10/10 7:00 PM EFBEY See p. 46 for ticketing information. Make ‘Em Laugh 50th Anniversary world cinema world cinema 7:00 PM Guest presentation and screening. spotlight scandinavia 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM Cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres. (EFBEYP) Check website for additional information: chicagofilmfestival.com 12 13 Art Paul

Centenary of the Tramp The Circle Der Kreis Clouds of Sils Maria Sils Maria Creep cRU Dear White People Switzerland • Dir. Stefan Haupt Switzerland, Germany, France USA • Dir. Patrick Brice USA • Dir. Alton Glass USA • Dir. Justin Simien Meet authority David Dir. Olivier Assayas Robinson, who will celebrate the centenary Founded in early 1940s Switzerland and A cash-strapped filmmaker heads to Winner of five awards at this year’s Dear White People follows the stories of the first appearance of Chaplin’s famous exploding in the post-war era, “The Circle” stars in this mesmerizing a cabin in the woods (wink, wink) in American Black Film Festival, including Best of four black students at Winchester Tramp costume. Robinson will explore the was Europe’s grandest underground gay psychological drama about an actress who response to a cryptic online ad promising Film, CRU follows a group of four formerly University, where a riot breaks out over a origins of the costume and the character, publication, which hosted a private club agrees to re-stage the play that launched $1,000 for a day of “filming services.” tight-knit high school athletes meeting up 15 popular ‘African American’ themed party taking a fresh look at the first film in which offering refuge for homosexuals at the her career long ago—only this time, not His cinematic subject, Josef (indie film years after graduation. The reunion opens thrown by a white fraternity. With tongue the character was seen, 1914’s Kid’s Auto time. It was also the site of a budding as the alluring ingénue, but as the ill-fated multi-talent Mark Duplass), seems sincere up old wounds and long hidden secrets, planted firmly in cheek, the film explores Races at Venice, as well as his landmark romance between shy teacher Ernst and older woman. Co-starring Kristen Stewart enough at first, but it rapidly becomes including the lingering effects of a car crash racial identity in ‘post-racial’ America while 1917 short The Immigrant, a masterpiece flamboyant drag star Röbi, still together and Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass), this All apparent that his agenda is far more they experienced on the way back from weaving a universal story of forging one’s of farcical comedy, sentiment and social to this day. Through lavish recreations, About Eve update is a nuanced inquiry into sinister in this bizarre and quietly terrifying winning a state championship. CRU is a unique path in the world. Winner of the commentary. David Robinson, IN the film brings the world of “The Circle” to the nature of performance and the perils of debut film. 82 min. nuanced portrait of friendship, forgiveness Sundance Film Festival’s Breakthrough PERSON. 90 min. life, as the present-day couple reminisces aging in an industry that worships youth. and redemption. 85 min. Talent Award. 108 min. Fri 10/17 10:30 PM EFCREEP1 about the joys and tragedies of the past. German, English with subtitles. 123 min. thu 10/16 6:00 PM EFDAVID Sun 10/19 8:30 PM EFCREEP2 Fri 10/17 6:00 PM EFCRU1 Mon 10/20 6:00 PM EFDEAR German with subtitles. 102 min. Thu 10/16 8:15 PM EFCLOUD1 Sun 10/19 12:15 PM EFCRU2 50th Anniversary Sat 10/11 4:00 PM EFCIRC1 Sat 10/18 4:30 PM EFCLOUD2 After Dark world cinema Make ‘Em Laugh Sun 10/12 8:00 PM EFCIRC2 black perspectives world cinema world cinema Make ‘Em Laugh Docufest black perspectives out-Look

Concrete Night Betoniyö El Cordero Corn Island Simindis kundzuli The Deep Djúpið Doctor Proctor’s Fart A Dream of Iron Cheol-ae-kum Finland, Sweden, Denmark Chile • Dir. Juan Francisco Olea Georgia, Germany, France Iceland • Dir. Baltasar Kormákur Powder Doktor Proktors prompepulver South Korea, USA Dir. Pirjo Honkasalo Dir. George Ovashvili Dir. Kelvin Kyung Kun Park When Domingo, a mild-mannered, highly Based on a true story, this harrowing Norway • Dir. Arild Fröhlich In Helsinki’s feverish twilight hours, devout Catholic, accidentally kills his In this exquisite and resonant fable, an old survival tale recounts the events When young Lisa and her new neighbor Winner of a special prize at this year’s impressionable 14-year-old Simo traverses secretary, he suffers... from a lack of Abkhaz man and his granddaughter set out surrounding Gulli “The Human Seal” Nilly team up with a reclusive inventor, an Berlin Film Festival, A Dream of Iron the concrete jungle with his criminal brother. remorse. Tormented by not feeling a sense to plant a diminutive corn plantation on a Fridporsson’s six-hour swim in the North adventure begins and the farts begin to fulfills the poetic, personal, and historical As the night progresses, he is exposed to of guilt, he sets out, ironically, on a spree sliver of newly arable land floating midway Atlantic Ocean after his fishing boat fly. Based on the popular children’s books potential of the documentary form. After poisonous influences and dubious sexual of unlawful and increasingly bloody acts between the shores of Georgia and the capsized in 1984. Baltasar Kormákur’s by Jo Nesbø (The Snowman), Doctor being spurned by a lover who left in search encounters that could prove damaging in order to recover his moral compass. disputed area of Abkhazia. Georgian latest film shrewdly tweaks the survivor Proctor’s Fart Powder is a modern-day of a shamanic god, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park to his unformed young mind. A dreamy El Cordero—which literally means “the director George Ovashvili has crafted a biopic formula and presents Gulli’s ordeal as lovingly brought to the big screen undertook a sprawling search for a deity voyage shot in astonishing lamb”—is a pitch-black comic character gorgeous parable of a place and a people, a far more complex superhero origin story with a raucous mix of childhood wonder, among whales in the sea, a shipyard, and a cinematography, Concrete Night presents study and skillful inquiry into the double caught between both unceasing political overrun with existential dread and survivor’s bright colors and a wry sense of humor. steelworks factory. Told through rapturous a stunning nexus between the cold-sweat standards of Catholic guilt and repentance. conflicts and the equally unforgiving cycles guilt. Icelandic with subtitles. 93 min. Norwegian with subtitles. 87 minutes. imagery, this essay film concerns faith, surrealism of David Lynch and the fatalism Spanish with subtitles. 90 min. of nature. Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz with modernity, and Korea’s industrial history. Mon 10/20 8:45 PM EFDEEP of film noir. Finnish with subtitles. 96 min. subtitles. 101 min. Sat 10/11 1:45 PM EFDOC1 Korean with subtitles. 100 min. Fri 10/10 7:15 PM EFCORD1 Mon 10/13 12:30 PM EFDOC2 Thu 10/16 9:00 PM EFCONC1 Sun 10/12 1:00 PM EFCORD2 wed 10/15 5:45 PM EFCORN1 50th Anniversary Wed 10/22 3:30 PM EFDOC3 Tue 10/21 6:15 PM EFDREAM1 Fri 10/17 6:00 PM EFCONC2 Wed 10/22 1:00 PM EFCORD3 Sun 10/19 4:30 PM EFCORN2 spotlight scandinavia Wed 10/22 8:30 PM EFDREAM2 world cinema new directors competition world cinema world cinema spotlight scandinavia Docufest cinema of the americas spotlight scandinavia Make ‘Em Laugh reelwomen 14 15 Dust on the Tongue Echo of the Mountain The Editor The Evolution of Bert Fair Play Tierra en la lengua Eco de la Montaña canada • Dirs. Adam Brooks, USA • Dir. Jeffrey Wray Le règne de la beauté Czech Republic, Slovakia, Colombia • Dir. Ruben Mendoza Mexico • Dir. Nicolás Echevarría Matthew Kennedy Canada • Dir. Denys Arcand Germany • Dir. Andrea Sedlácková Bert, an African-American first-generation A dying family patriarch, the cruel, miserly Chronicling Mexican muralist Santos de la Gory, bloody and deliciously campy, this college student, struggles to define Chicago International Film Festival Czechoslovakia, 1984. Anna, a sprinter don Silvio Vega, offers to bequeath all of Torre’s pilgrimage to gain the gods’ blessing horror comedy from Canadian genre himself. Diving headfirst into a world of veteran and Oscar®-winner Denys Arcand training for the Olympics, is pressured by his holdings to two of his grandchildren, for a new project, documentarian Nicolás vets Brooks and Kennedy (Father’s Day, campus poetry readings, jazzy beats, (The Decline of the American Empire, the Soviet system to take anabolic steroids but only if they agree to accompany him on Echevarría captures the creative process Manborg) takes a page from Italian and unavailable women, Bert tries to ) returns with a to give her a competitive edge. As she a mountainous road trip—and then kill him. of an unsung master and the traditions directors Dario Argento and Mario avoid the stereotyped social roles that so drama about a highly successful married realizes the dangers of taking the drugs, But the young progenies have other plans. of Mexico’s marginalized Huichol culture. Bava and tears it to shreds. Masterfully often pigeonhole black men. Employing Québécois architect who embarks upon she is drawn into a personal struggle that A dark, wry examination of one family’s Simultaneously emotive and ethnographic, stylized and entirely unabashed, The a free essayistic style, bold new director a torrid love affair with a woman. goes way beyond the racetrack. A political tattered relationship, Dust On The Tongue Echevarría’s camera provides Editor spins the twisted tale of a once- Jeffrey Wray offers a witty and poignant More than just a story of marital infidelity, and with deftly is part road trip, part oral history, and part impressionistic views of a shrinking revered film editor who becomes the prime meditation on the cultural factors that Arcand employs his trademark acerbic drawn characters, Fair Play exposes the bacchanal. Spanish with subtitles. 89 min. landscape dotted with healing springs and suspect in a brutal murder case involving shape African-American identity. 77 min. wit to cast a critical eye at a consumerist dangerous entanglement of ideology and hallucinogenic cacti, as Santos’ family the in his latest project. 99 min. society out of touch with its roots. Denys sports in times of oppression. Czech with Fri 10/17 4:00 PM EFDUST1 Sun 10/12 2:45 PM EFBERT1 performs ancient rituals of rejuvenation. Arcand, IN PERSON. French, English with subtitles. 100 min. Mon 10/20 7:00 PM EFDUST2 Sat 10/18 8:30 PM EFEDIT1 EXPLICIT Tue 10/14 8:30 PM EFBERT2 Spanish with subtitles. 91 min. CONTENT subtitles. 102 min. Tue 10/21 6:00 PM EFDUST3 Sun 10/19 8:00 PM EFEDIT2 Tue 10/21 2:30 PM EFBERT3 Sun 10/19 3:45 PM EFFAIR1 Fri 10/10 5:45 PM EFECHO1 Thu 10/16 5:30 PM EFEYE1 Wed 10/22 5:45 PM EFFAIR2 world cinema Sun 10/12 1:30 PM EFECHO2 After Dark new directors competition Sat 10/18 1:15 PM EFEYE2 cinema of the americas black perspectives world cinema Docufest: In Competition world cinema cinema of the americas

El Gort Everything We Loved Evolution of a Criminal Family Life Życie rodzinne Fasten Your Seatbelts Tunisia, UAE • Dir. Hamza Ouni New Zealand • Dir. Max Currie USA • Dir. Darius Clark Monroe • Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi Fanny och Alexander Allacciate le cinture Sweden, France, • Dir. Ferzan Ozpetek In this award-winning chronicle of life on This lucid and poignant debut film When he was 16, Darius Clark Monroe Acclaimed Polish director Krzysztof Dir. Ingmar Bergman the margins of the Arab Spring, two young imagines how a magician and his wife, and two friends robbed a Texas bank. Zanussi returns to the Festival to present Elena and Antonio are complete opposites, Tunisian men eke out a living in the hay still in mourning over the death of their Seventeen years later, and seven years his 1971 Silver Hugo winner, an intense A highpoint of not just Scandinavian cinema, but they can’t deny their intense mutual trade, slowly growing embittered as they son, attempt to form a new family with in the making, Evolution of a Criminal chamber piece about an industrial but widely considered among the best films attraction for one another. Defying feel their youth slipping away without hope another child. With touching performances, analyzes the causes and reverberations designer who returns to his family’s of all time, Bergman’s 1982 autobiographical clichés, this drama of advancement. Though spanning six stunning cinematography and well-scripted of this one fateful day in the filmmaker’s dilapidated country estate to help his masterpiece examines the highs and lows by Turkish-born auteur Ozpetek (Facing tumultuous years, including the corrupt suspense—as they struggle to keep the life. Through vivid reenactments of the alcoholic father and depressed sister. of the bourgeois Ekdahl family at the turn Windows) examines the real life impact rule of President Ben Ali and the revolution illusion a secret from their community— heist, home videos, and interviews with With powerful performances by Polish of the 20th Century through the eyes of of love between two people who don’t that deposed him, the film’s subjects have Everything We Loved is a moving and friends, family, and witnesses, Monroe greats Daniel Olbrychski, Jan Nowicki, ten-year-old Alexander. A four-time Oscar®- understand each other until it is almost little time for politics when their struggle to compelling account of a couple coming to weaves an uncommonly perceptive piece and Maja Komorowska, and a foreboding winning triumph that combines Bergman’s too late. Set seductively among the make ends meet remains constant. Arabic terms with guilt and grief. 100 min. of autobiographical cinema. 83 min. setting, the film remains an outstanding thematic interests in faith, family and coastal towns of Southern Italy, Fasten with subtitles. 88 min. examination of the inability to break free fantasy, Fanny and Alexander is an intense, Your Seatbelts is a winning tale about the Sat 10/11 12:00 PM EFEVER1 Sun 10/19 7:00 PM EFCRIM1 from one’s past and a haunting evocation sensual and sprawling epic that deserves importance of friendship and the need for Sat 10/18 6:00 PM EFGORT1 Tue 10/14 3:15 PM EFEVER2 Mon 10/20 6:15 PM EFCRIM2 Sun 10/19 1:30 PM EFGORT2 Wed 10/22 8:00 PM EFEVER3 of the most suffocating kind of family life. to be seen on the big screen. Swedish with connection. Italian with subtitles. 110 min. Krzysztof Zanussi, IN PERSON. Polish subtitles. 188 min. Docufest Sun 10/12 4:45 PM EFFAST1 world cinema with subtitles. 88 min. Docufest: In Competition black perspectives Mon 10/13 2:00 PM EFFANNY Mon 10/13 3:00 PM EFFAST2 Sat 10/11 7:15 PM EFFAM 50th Anniversary world cinema 50th Anniversary spotlight scandinavia Make ‘Em Laugh 16 17 A Few Cubic Meters of Love The Fool Durak Force Majeure Turist Futuro Beach Praia do Futuro Gente de Bien Gett: The Trial of Viviane Chand Metre Moka’ab Eshgh • Dir. Bykov Sweden, Denmark, France, Brazil, Germany • Dir. Karim Aïnouz Colombia, France • Dir. Franco Lolli Amsalem Gett: le procès de Viviane Iran, Afghanistan Norway • Dir. Ruben Östlund This suspenseful and searing exposé of When Brazilian lifeguard Donato fails to When a divorced carpenter takes his Amsalem Dir. Jamshid Mahmoudi widespread corruption in Russia follows an When an avalanche disrupts a Swedish rescue a drowning swimmer, he acquaints impetuous ten-year-old son to the luxurious Israel, France, Germany In a shantytown encampment comprised idealistic chief plumber racing against time family’s ski vacation in the French Alps, the himself with the victim’s friend, an ex- home where he works, the rich matriarch Dirs. Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz of sheet metal and abandoned tires, a to save the inhabitants of an apartment effect is disastrous—but not in the ways soldier. Grief and comfort soon evolve invites them to spend the holidays with Viviane wants a divorce from her ultra- bittersweet love story unfolds between building on the verge of collapse. A one would expect. In this razor-sharp dark into a love affair—one complicated years her family. But as the young boy strikes orthodox spouse, but Israeli law dictates only Sabar, an Iranian worker, and Marona, the combustible mix of The Sopranos and comedy of bad manners, rising Swedish later by the reemergence of a figure from up several friendships, the father watches the husband may end a marriage—something daughter of an illegal Afghan laborer, who Kafka, The Fool presents a scathing director Ruben Östlund (Play) skillfully Donato’s past. Unfolding atop the hot sands helplessly as his son yearns to adopt he is unwilling to grant. Undergoing a grueling, meet for chaste romantic encounters in a portrait of contemporary Russia, where chronicles the dissolution of a seemingly of Brazilian beaches and amongst the chilly the wealthier family’s lifestyle. First-time five-year legal process, Viviane contends shipping container. But faced with the threat working-class folks are wife-beaters and perfect family, and a father’s attempt vistas of Germany, this kinetic, stylish Franco Lolli creates enormously with a religious court system that refuses of Marona’s deportation and the prejudice drug addicts, government officials are to redeem himself and his wounded charts the heady ecstasy and engulfing sympathetic characters, while deftly to acknowledge her autonomy. Driven by of their communities, can their dreams killers and extortionists, and one good man masculinity. Winner of the Cannes Film despair of a romance in flux. Portuguese, displaying the social politics lurking Elkabetz’s extraordinary performance, this of marriage be realized? This beautifully will learn the folly of the righteous. Russian Festival’s Jury Prize. German with subtitles. 106 min. beneath the most innocuous childhood award-winning Israeli drama powerfully photographed drama was this year’s with subtitles. 116 min. Swedish, English with subtitles. 120 min. moments. Spanish with subtitles. 86 min. Sun 10/19 1:00 PM EFFUTU1 documents the injustices of a culture breakout film from Iran’s Fajr Film Festival. Sat 10/11 8:00 PM EFFOOL1 Fri 10/10 8:15 PM EFFORCE1 Tue 10/21 8:30 PM EFFUTU2 Sat 10/18 3:45 PM EFGENTE1 committed to the oppression of women. Farsi with subtitles. 90 min. Sun 10/12 12:00 PM EFFOOL2 Sun 10/12 5:30 PM EFFORCE2 sun 10/19 6:15 PM EFGENTE2 Hebrew, French, Arabic with subtitles. 116 min. Mon 10/13 12:00 PM EFFOOL3 world cinema Tue 10/14 3:00 PM EFFEW1 Mon 10/13 8:15 PM EFGETT1 main competition world cinema Mon 10/20 8:30 PM EFFEW2 out-Look Tue 10/14 8:00 PM EFGETT2 main competition Wed 10/22 6:15 PM EFFEW3 spotlight scandinavia cinema of the americas cinema of the americas main competition world cinema

Foreign Body Obce ciało Fort Tilden Free Fall Szabadesés : Life, A Girl at My Door Dohee-ya Goal of the Dead Poland, ITaly, Russia USA • Dirs. Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Hungary • Dir. György Pálfi Cinema, Passion Gian Luigi Rondi: South Korea • Dir. July Jung France • Dirs. Benjamin Rocher, Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi Rogers Thierry Poiraud After an elderly woman miraculously Vita, cinema, passione Doona Bae (Cloud Atlas) and newcomer Chicago International Film Festival winning Taking “a day off from nothing,” two flaky survives a fall from her apartment Italy • Dir. Giorgio Treves Kim Sae-ron deliver electrifying A rapidly spreading virus transforms soccer filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi (Family Life) best friends set out on a bike trip from building’s rooftop, she drags herself One of the most powerful forces in the performances in this penetrating drama. players and fans alike into flesh-eating, returns to the Festival to present his latest Williamsburg, to a trendy but remote up the stairwell, witnessing a series Italian film industry, critic, historian, Taking up post at a small seaside town, vomit-spewing zombies in the midst of film, an acerbic critique of his country’s beach. Their ostensibly straightforward of pitch-black, surreal, hilarious and director and former head of the Venice policewoman Lee Young-nam finds herself a not-so-friendly match between two spiritually vacant society. As an Italian journey is swiftly derailed, however, thanks sometimes shockingly violent vignettes and Film Festivals, Gian Luigi Rondi coming to the rescue of Do-hee, a local bitterly rivaled teams in a remote French Catholic man caught between the obsessive to a nonstop series of bizarre and hilarious involving her neighbors. Hungarian dedicated his life to cinema. Through girl damaged by abuse at the hands of village. Gallic horror aficionados Thierry affections of two Polish women, an aspiring incidents in this sharp, satirical amalgam of iconoclast Pálfi (Taxidermia) creates interviews with its still perspicacious family and peers. As the two form a close, Poiraud (The Return of James Battle) and nun and a merciless corporate shark, he Girls and Scorsese’s After Hours. Winner of images that sear themselves into the brain, 92-year-old subject, this documentary is controversial relationship, Young-nam Benjamin Roche (The Horde) team up to is precariously torn between his nation’s the SXSW Grand Jury Prize for Best Film, skillfully combining gleeful Pythonesque a tour through Italian film history and the confronts a broader tapestry of social direct this slick, gory horror-comedy that religious past and its moneyed present. Fort Tilden is a laugh-out-loud portrayal of silliness with moments of jaw-dropping life of a tireless advocate of the medium. discrimination and destruction. Korean with proves soccer isn’t always such a “Beautiful Krzysztof Zanussi, IN PERSON. Polish, urban millennial angst. 97 min. Cronenbergian body horror. A one-of-a- An early supporter of the Chicago subtitles. 119 min. Game.” French with subtitles. 120 min. Italian, Russian with subtitles. 117 min. kind film. Hungarian with subtitles. 80 min. Mon 10/13 3:00 PM EFFORT1 International Film Festival, we are honored Wed 10/15 8:30 PM EFGDOOR1 Sat 10/18 10:00 PM EFGOAL1 Sun 10/12 2:00 PM EFFOREI1 Sat 10/18 9:30 PM EFFORT2 Fri 10/10 6:15 PM EFFREE1 to present this celebration of Rondi’s Fri 10/17 5:30 PM EFGDOOR2 Tue 10/21 9:30 PM EFGOAL2 Sat 10/18 12:00 PM EFFOREI2 Sun 10/19 2:45 PM EFFORT3 Sun 10/12 2:45 PM EFFREE2 career at our 50th anniversary. Italian with Mon 10/20 12:00 PM EFGDOOR3 Thu 10/16 2:30 PM EFFREE3 subtitles. 74 min. After Dark world cinema world cinema new directors competition Make ‘Em Laugh Thu 10/16 5:00 PM EFGIAN reelwomen main competition out-Look Make ‘Em Laugh 50th Anniversary reelwomen 18 19 González Here’s Your Life Här har du ditt liv High Five Relocos y Repasados MASTER CLASS Hotel Nueva Isla Human Capital Il capitale umano Mexico • Dir. Christian Díaz Pardo Sweden • Dir. Jan Troell Brazil, Uruguay • Dir. Manuel Facal Ted Hope Cuba, Spain • Dir. Irene Gutiérrez Italy • Dir. Paolo VirzÌ Spiraling into debt, González takes a Winner of the Gold Hugo at the 1967 A pair of immature stoners on the verge of Producer Ted Hope is one of the most This masterful observational documentary Amores Perros, Italian-style: This slick job at a call center in a Christian cult’s Chicago International Film Festival, Jan graduation blow off a vow to clean up their respected voices in independent follows the elderly Jorge and his dog, tripartite drama recounts the same headquarters, bilking money from its Troell’s gem of a film poetically traces the acts when they serendipitously stumble film. His 70-plus movies include such living among and wandering the halls of an story from three different character’s disciples. Fascinated with the charismatic trials and tribulations of Olof, a boy coming upon a large cache of illegal drugs and breakthroughs as The Ice Storm, American abandoned, run-down hotel, accompanied perspectives, each one disclosing new televangelist, Pastor Elías (standout of age in Sweden during World War I. A opt instead to spend their day high out of Splendor and Happiness, and the debut by occasional homeless friends. With revelations about the tragic incident at its Bardem, Javier’s brother), González visually lush, stirring bildungsroman spread their minds. From Uruguayan cult director features of and Nicole a keen eye that is both highly stylized core. Winner of Italy’s best film, writing, pleads with him to make him a pastor too, out over three hours and in gorgeous black- Manuel Facal, High Five is at once a Holofcener. Now as CEO of Fandor, the and intimate, Irene Gutiérrez captures and acting awards, Human Capital setting in motion a dangerous chain of and-white widescreen, Troell’s rarely seen raucous drug comedy and a surprisingly movie streaming community of filmmakers Jorge’s life, spent doing rudimentary combines excellent performances (from events. A searing study of faith and fraud stylistic tour-de-force is rightfully heralded insightful lament to lost youth. Spanish with and film lovers, Hope resides at the nexus “maintenance” on a building haunted by Italian luminaries and amid the global recession, González is as a classic for its emotional candor. subtitles. 98 min. of technology and film culture. Join Hope faded glory and creating a community ), with an incisive a bracing thriller bolstered by its striking Swedish with subtitles. 169 min. on the outskirts of society. Spanish with critique of the country’s culture of greed Fri 10/10 9:30 PM EFHIGH1 for a spirited discussion about the present visuals and performances. Spanish with subtitles. 71 min. and the resulting low value put on human Sat 10/11 1:30 PM EFHERE Fri 10/17 4:20 PM EFHIGH2 and future of indie film. 60 min. subtitles. 100 min. life. Italian with subtitles. 110 min. mon 10/20 5:00 PM EFTED Sun 10/12 6:00 PM EFHOTEL1 Sun 10/12 5:00 PM EFGONZ1 50th Anniversary After Dark Tue 10/14 6:00 PM EFHOTEL2 Thu 10/16 8:30 PM EFHUM1 Mon 10/13 5:45 PM EFGONZ2 spotlight scandinavia cinema of the americas Fri 10/17 5:30 PM EFHUM2 Wed 10/15 12:00 PM EFGONZ3 Make ‘Em Laugh Docufest: In Competition reelwomen main competition world cinema cinema of the americas cinema of the americas

Tribute Isabelle Huppert

Join the Festival in honoring Isabelle Huppert, the French star of stage, screen 2001 2007 2009 2010 and television, with four of her favorite films. Teacher La pianiste Comedy of Power White Material Copacabana The most heralded French star of her Austria, France, Germany L’ivresse du pouvoir France, Cameroon • Dir. Claire Denis France, Belgium • Dir. Marc Fitoussi generation, the illustrious redheaded Dir. France, Germany • Dir. Claude Chabrol actress has blazed a trail of fiercely In an unnamed African country, Maria Vial Huppert co-stars with her real-life daughter committed performances through the In one of the most courageous In this still timely and provocative 2007 film (an electrifying Huppert) fights to save her Lolita Chammah in this bittersweet comedy course of her auspicious career, in roles characterizations of her celebrated about corporate and political corruption, family’s coffee plantation in the face of about an eccentric free-spirited mom at odds so diverse, from ingénue to comedienne career, Huppert’s Cannes award-winning Huppert stars as Jeanne, a tenacious rising civil unrest. When withdrawing French with her conventional by-the-book daughter. to tragic heroine, that she’s been dubbed performance effortlessly illuminates the magistrate known as “the piranha” of the forces warn the remaining white residents Trying to abide by her daughter’s wishes, “l’actrice caméléon.” darkest corners of the human psyche. judiciary system, who puts her personal life that they’re on their own if they stay behind, Huppert’s exuberant rebel can’t suppress Based on Elfriede Jelinek’s controversial on the back burner to pursue white-collar Maria refuses to leave, continuing to run the her maverick nature for long and has to Coinciding with Huppert’s visit to the Festival, 1983 novel, The Piano Teacher tells the criminals. After gaining fame for locking up farm as the specter of impending tragedy find another way to regain her daughter’s The Alliance Française de Chicago (54 W. story of Erika (Huppert), a middle-aged an embezzling CEO, Jeanne pushes the looms. White Material is an extraordinarily respect. This charming feature paints a Chicago Ave.) will also host “Isabelle Huppert masochistic classical piano instructor, limits of her intoxicating power further than visceral and very personal rumination on picture of a woman struggling to stay true to à l’Alliance,” an exclusive exhibition of the who becomes involved with a vain and ever and winds up isolated in a dangerous a society turned upside down. 35mm print herself while conforming to social realities. Gallic star seen through the lenses of 17 handsome student who tragically mistakes game of threats and intimidation. French courtesy of the Institut Français. French French with subtitles. 107 min. famous photographers. www.af-chicago.org her unraveling sanity for passionate ardor. with subtitles. 105 min. with subtitles. 100 min. PHOTO JASON BELL JASON PHOTO Sun 10/12 7:00 PM EFCOPA 35mm print courtesy of the Institut Français. Tue 10/14 5:30 PM EFCOM Tue 10/14 8:00 PM EFWHITE Supported by the Institut Français, French with subtitles. 125 min. EXPLICIT Unifrance and the Cultural Service at the Sun 10/12 4:00 PM EFPIANOT CONTENT Consulate General of France in Chicago. 20 21 If You Don’t, I Will The Imitation Game The Iron Ministry It Follows I’ve Seen the Unicorn USA • Dir. Taylor Hackford Arrête ou je continue UK, USA • Dir. Morten Tyldum China, USA • Dir. J. P. Sniadecki USA • Dir. David Robert Mitchell Canada • Dir. Vincent Toi France • Dir. Sophie Fillières Opening the 1980 Chicago International Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Shot over three years, The Iron Ministry A seemingly casual sexual encounter turns Independent since 1968, the island nation Film Festival, Hackford’s lively rock-‘n’- Pomme () and Pierre Turing, the genius British mathematician, is a documentary portrait told exclusively into a living hell for teenage girl Jay when of Mauritius retains one highly visible roll debut follows the making of budding (Mathieu Amalric), a squabbling, spoiled, logician, cryptologist and computer aboard the many trains that crisscross she discovers that a sinister curse has been legacy of British rule: horse racing. Toi’s teen idols in the . — and dysfunctional French couple, are scientist who led the charge to crack the China: some pristine and nearly empty, passed on to her—a nameless, shapeshifting documentary follows the lead-up to the in his buoyant Golden Globe-winning feeling the strain on their marriage more German Enigma Code that helped the others rickety and packed to capacity with presence that doggedly pursues her country’s flagship event, the Maiden performance—plays Vincent Vacarri, a than ever. During a woodland hike, she Allies win WWII. Turing went on to assist exhausted riders. An alumnus of Harvard’s everywhere she goes. Infused with an Cup, through the stories of a Rastafarian Bronx songwriter who takes nobodies and makes a life-altering choice, deciding to with the development of computers at the Sensory Ethnography Lab (Leviathan), ominous sense of dread, It Follows turns gambler, a bookie, a stable owner, and a turns them into legends, vicariously living remain in the forest alone and eke out an University of Manchester after the war, but Sniadecki’s approach embodies the familiar archetypes of suburban life into a young fisherman who dreams of becoming out the fame he never managed to win existence among the elements. A witty was prosecuted by the UK government group’s filmmaking ethos, capturing artful horrifying nightmare as the terrified Jay tries a jockey. The result is both a thrilling himself. The Idolmaker, which launched the portrait of a turbulent marriage, If You in 1952 for homosexual acts, which the images of train travel and observing to rid herself of the stalking entity. 107 min. and a unique portrait of the career of , is a humorous Don’t, I Will is a comedic trek through the country deemed illegal. 113 min. passengers’ candid conversations, vestiges of colonialism. English, Creole, Sat 10/18 9:45 PM EFITFO1 and harrowing look into the machinations absurdities of love in the modern world. together creating an engrossing snapshot French with subtitles. 61 min. Thu 10/16 8:00 PM EFIMM Wed 10/22 6:00 PM EFITFO2 of showbiz. TAYLOR HACKFORD, IN French with subtitles. 102 min. of contemporary life in China. Mandarin Sat 10/11 4:30 PM EFUNI1 PERSON. 117 min. with subtitles. 82 min. Sat 10/18 2:45 PM EFIWILL1 special presentation After Dark Sun 10/12 3:15 PM EFUNI2 Sat 10/11 2:30 PM EFIDOL Mon 10/20 8:30 PM EFIWILL2 Fri 10/10 6:00 PM EFIRON1 Sat 10/11 12:45 PM EFIRON2 Docufest: In Competition 50th Anniversary world cinema reelwomen Docufest: In Competition

In Order of Disappearance In Silence V tichu Into the Clouds We Gaze Jamaica Inn Joy of Man’s Desiring The Kindergarten Teacher Kraftidioten Czech Republic, Slovakia K oblakům vzhlížíme UK • Dir. Que ta joie demeure Haganenet Norway • Dir. Hans Petter Moland Dir. Zdenek Jiráský Czech Republic • Dir. Martin Dušek Canada • Dir. Denis Côté Israel, France • Dir. Nadav Lapid On the 75th anniversary of its original Stellan Skarsgård stars in this witty thriller A beautifully photographed and very With little interest in holding down a job, release, this restored version of A poetic and captivating meditation on This engrossing drama from rising Israeli about a snowplow driver out to avenge unique kind of Holocaust tale, this Ráďa puts all his money and time into a Hitchcock’s 19th Century thriller follows work from Québécois auteur Denis Côté auteur Nadav Lapid (Policemen) follows the murder of his son. Caught between traces the fates of several singular dream: tricking out his aging Ford an Irish girl (Maureen O’Hara) who arrives (Bestiare), Joy of Man’s Desiring opens Nira, an Israeli schoolteacher who becomes Scandinavian criminals and Serbian Czechoslovakian musicians and ballet Escort. With this sweet ride, he earnestly in a coastal village and finds herself with a woman talking to a silent off-screen obsessed with the poetry of one of her mobsters, Skarsgård’s mild-mannered dad dancers when they are interned in a pursues love and glory at “tuning” caught up in a murderous gang’s plot, presence that could just as likely be a five-year-old pupils, going so far as to transforms himself into a merciless Dirty Nazi concentration camp. Told through competitions for like-minded aftermarket surreptitiously led by a deliciously nasty machine or person, asking for its trust and protect him from a materialistic father and Harry-type who doesn’t think twice before voiceovers, ravishing images and stylized car enthusiasts. Dušek’s documentary Charles Laughton. Adapted from a book by cooperation. From there, the film goes on a society that she believes is too superficial pulling the trigger. An enormously satisfying dance sequences, this lyrical film—like takes a stylized and sympathetic look at Daphne Du Maurier (Rebecca, The Birds), a hypnotic tour of labor in manufacturing, to appreciate him. Political and profound comedy, In Order of Disappearance sends ’s The Pianist via Terrence Ráďa’s life in a hypnotic and surreal world this rarely seen is as wicked laundering, and carpentry, navigating in unexpected ways, The Kindergarten up Norway’s attitudes about immigration, Malick—shows how artistic expression of glowing neon and pulsating Top 40 as its successors. Hitchcock expert John ever-fluid boundaries between man and Teacher confirms the boldness and mastery while ratcheting up a bloody body count. can thrive and save lives even in the most radio. Czech with subtitles. 66 min. Russell Taylor, in person.107 min. machine, abstraction and conversation, of a new wave in Israeli cinema. Hebrew Norwegian, Swedish with subtitles. 116 min. horrific of circumstances. Czech with documentary and fiction. French with with subtitles. 119 min. Fri 10/17 9:30 PM EFINTO1 Sun 10/12 2:30 PM EFJAM subtitles. 84 min. subtitles. 70 min. Fri 10/17 8:30 PM EFINORD1 Tue 10/21 4:30 PM EFINTO2 Tue 10/14 1:00 PM EFKIND1 Sun 10/19 7:30 PM EFINORD2 Sat 10/18 6:15 PM EFINSIL1 50th Anniversary Sat 10/18 7:15 PM EFJOY1 Mon 10/20 9:00 PM EFKIND2 Tue 10/21 1:00 PM EFINORD3 Sun 10/19 3:30 PM EFINSIL2 Docufest: In Competition Sun 10/19 3:15 PM EFJOY2 Wed 10/22 8:00 PM EFKIND3

world cinema world cinema Docufest world cinema spotlight scandinavia 22 Make ‘Em Laugh 23 The Lamb Kuzu Land of Storms Viharsarok The Lesson Izlaiduma Gads Maestro Magician: The Astonishing Marie’s Story Marie Heurtin Turkey, Germany • Dir. Kutluğ Ataman Hungary, Germany • Dir. Ádám Császi Latvia • Dir. Andris Gauja France • Dir. Léa Fazer Life and Work of Orson France • Dir. Jean-Pierre Améris A rural family decides to throw a feast to In this uncompromising and visually An attractive Russian language teacher Inspired by the 2006 production of French Welles An extraordinary tale inspired by true celebrate their son Mert’s circumcision. evocative drama of homosexual desire takes a new job in the Latvian city of Riga New Wave master Eric Rohmer’s final film USA • Dir. Chuck Workman events, Marie’s Story recounts the story But there’s one problem: they can’t afford and homophobia, Szabi, a Hungarian star mentoring an unruly group of graduating The Romance of Astrea and Celadon, this of a French farm girl born blind and deaf Chronicling the life of one of the greatest the most crucial element—a lamb to player on a German soccer team, retreats seniors. After wooing them with drunken witty behind-the-scenes romantic comedy who is sent to a convent where she learns directors in film history, Academy Award®- sacrifice. As Mert sets out to find a lamb to his family’s country house, where he parties at her apartment, she shrewdly chronicles the comeuppance of a struggling to communicate with the world. When her winner Chuck Workman delivers a and his father shacks up with a prostitute, strikes up a physical relationship with a takes control of the class—until one of unpolished , who evolves into a true devoted teacher falls ill, the crisis threatens lavishly sourced examination of the life of his mother struggles to keep her family’s young man from the village. Faced with her male students begins to relentlessly admirer of the art form. Influenced as to undo all that she has learned. A sensitive legendary filmmaker , from integrity intact. Set amid the majestic a rival lover and local intolerance, Szabi pursue her. Superbly directed with subtlety, much by the late great Rohmer himself as character study, Marie’s Story is a moving childhood through the full course of his vistas of Northeast Turkey, The Lamb is forced to choose the kind of life he empathy and suspense, director Andris by , Maestro is a charming period film about the roles kindness and tumultuous, brilliant career. Employing tackles themes of female empowerment wants. Land of Storms is a turbulent story Guaja lets this often surprising and and poignant examination of generational persistence play in our everyday lives. a vast array of Welles’s interviews and with sharp-edged humor. Turkish with of sexual awakening and self-discovery. extremely satisfying character-driven story difference and the craft of moviemaking. French with subtitles. 95 min. reflections from the likes of Steven subtitles. 85 min. Hungarian, German with subtitles. 107 min. unfold with all the messiness of real life. French with subtitles. 84 min. Spielberg, and Peter Mon 10/13 6:15 PM EFMARIE1 Latvian with subtitles. 108 min. Fri 10/10 3:00 PM EFLAMB1 Fri 10/10 2:00 PM EFLAND1 Fri 10/17 2:30 PM EFMAES1 Bogdanovich, Magician is a testament to Tue 10/14 6:15 PM EFMARIE2 Sat 10/18 1:30 PM EFLAMB2 Sun 10/12 12:15 PM EFLAND2 Mon 10/20 6:00 PM EFLESS1 Sun 10/19 2:30 PM EFMAES2 the master’s lasting legacy. 93 min. Sun 10/19 8:30 PM EFLAMB3 Tue 10/14 8:00 PM EFLAND3 Wed 10/22 8:15 PM EFLESS2 Tue 10/21 5:45 PM EFMAES3 world cinema Sun 10/19 4:45 PM EFMAGIC world cinema world cinema world cinema world cinema Docufest out-Look Make ‘Em Laugh reelwomen

Life After Death The Look of Silence Low Down The Midnight After Mr. Kaplan Nabat USA, Rwanda • Dir. Joe Callander Denmark, Indonesia, Norway, USA • Dir. Jeff Preiss Hong Kong • Dir. Fruit Chan Uruguay, Spain, Germany Azerbaijan • Dir. Elcin Musaoglu Guliyev Finland, UK • Dir. Joshua Oppenheimer Dir. Álvaro Brechner In this lucid critique of the complexities A hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Seventeen strangers crammed on a When war forces the evacuation of of international charity, documentary This indispensible follow-up to the Oscar®- where it won an award for its moody, minibus are the only survivors of an After fleeing Europe for Uruguay during villagers out of a mountainous region in filmmaker Joe Callander chronicles the nominated The Act of Killing again confronts burnished cinematography, Low Down is a apocalyptic pandemic that suddenly WWII, Jacob Kaplan built a quiet life. Now Azerbaijan, the formidable aging Nabat, erratic life of Kwasa, a 20-something the legacy of government-sanctioned mass moving biopic about troubled jazz pianist erases all human life from the face of 76, he begins to question his worth. After faithfully tied to her family and her land, survivor of the brutal Rwandan genocide. murder in Indonesia, this time from Joe Albany (captivatingly portrayed by the earth. Can they solve the mystery of learning of a mysterious German prowling refuses to leave. Persevering in a deserted Charming and yet helplessly irresponsible, the victim’s perspective. Still haunted by his John Hawkes). Told from the perspective this global-scale disappearance, or will the shores of a nearby beach, he becomes village, her resolve is tested through he relies almost entirely on the generosity brother’s murder, a village optometrist spends of his daughter, Amy-Jo (Elle Fanning), the their own malevolent human nature tear convinced that he’s found a Nazi in hiding progressively dire circumstances. With of two quirky Christian American couples. time watching Oppenheimer’s footage of film tracks Albany as he falls into a cycle them apart? Hong Kong-based midnight and plans to expose him. Expertly distilling breathtaking cinematography, unfolding in As wry and idiosyncratic as its subjects, the killers gleefully reminiscing about their of drugs and prison sentences, while she maestro Fruit Chan strikes again with this a potent mixture of emotional depth and long, masterful tracking shots, the stunning Life After Death creates a compelling atrocious acts, then confronts the responsible mournfully watches on, powerless to help witty and trenchant comic-horror send- deadpan comedy, Mr. Kaplan is a vivacious Nabat is a sublimely moving testament to and complex portrait of life in the shadow parties in person. Oppenheimer has crafted the man she loves the most. 114 min. up of Hong Kong’s post-colonial society. meditation on family, aging, and the drive for the enduring struggles of one woman—and of tragedy. English, Kinyarwanda with yet another powerful look at the intersection of Cantonese with subtitles. 120 min. significance. Spanish with subtitles. 98 min. of a country—in the face of atrocities. Azeri Sat 10/18 7:30 PM subtitles.75 min. personal and historical memory. Indonesian, with subtitles. 105 min. Fri 10/10 10:15 PM EFMID1 Sun 10/19 7:45 PM EFMRKAP1 Presented by the Chicago International Film Javanese with subtitles. 102 min. Sun 10/12 12:00 PM EFMID2 Mon 10/20 2:15 PM EFMRKAP2 Sun 10/19 2:30 PM EFLIFE1 Festival Junior Board. sat 10/11 2:00 PM EFNABAT1 Tue 10/21 8:45 PM EFLIFE2 Sat 10/18 3:45 PM EFLOOK1 Tue 10/21 6:00 PM EFMRKAP3 Sun 10/12 7:45 PM EFNABAT2 After Dark Mon 10/20 6:45 PM EFLOOK2 Film ONly: EFLOW Wed 10/22 12:15 PM EFNABAT3 world cinema Docufest Film and After-Party: EFLOWP Make ‘Em Laugh Docufest cinema of the americas world cinema spotlight scandinavia special presentation Make ‘Em Laugh 24 25 National Gallery NATURAL BORN KILLERS: Ne Me Quitte Pas On Beauty One Flew Over The The Other One USA, France • Dir. DIRECTOR’S CUT Netherlands, Belgium USA • Dir. Joanna Rudnick Cuckoo’s Nest USA • Dir. Josef Steiff Dirs. Sabine Lubbe Bakker, For his latest institutional portrait, Frederick USA • Dir. Oliver Stone From Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Joanna USA • Dir. Miloš Forman In this bold, atmospheric Chicago story of Niels van Koevorden Wiseman trains his ever-perceptive gaze Oscar®-winning filmmaking Oliver Stone Rudnick (In the Family), On Beauty follows Celebrating its 1975 world premiere at loss and acceptance, former schoolteacher on London’s venerable National Gallery returns to the Festival to present this The year’s breakout dark comedy alcoholic former fashion photographer Rick Guidotti the Festival, Miloš Forman’s darkly funny Amber returns to her childhood home to museum. By showing us the breadth of the special 20th anniversary screening of bromance, Ne Me Quitte Pas is one of the as he focuses his lens on people who masterpiece stars as look after her ailing mother. Still haunted Gallery’s audience—from schoolchildren his black-hearted satire of the media’s nonfiction treasures of 2014. When his are often excluded or misrepresented a rabble-rouser who fights against the by a tragedy that took the life of her to elite donors—and its offerings—from obsession with violent crime. Starring wife leaves him, sad-sack Marcel takes in popular media. Highlighting vibrant oppressive rules of a mental hospital, husband, Amber tries to cope with her high-profile exhibitions, such as a major Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as comfort in the bottle and the company of individuals with genetic conditions, Rick’s presided over by the tyrannical Nurse mother’s deteriorating mental state. As Leonardo da Vinci show, to the fascinating a pair of bloodthirsty lovers on a violent his stoically soused friend Bob. Hanging work challenges conventional visions Ratched (). Winner of five she slowly uncovers secrets from her process of painting restoration—Wiseman rampage, the film gleefully evokes the out in the beautiful Belgian countryside, and helps redefine notions of beauty. Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, childhood, she must also confront her own makes an observational argument for aesthetics of popular entertainment, the two navigate friendship, loneliness, Filmmaker and subject will participate in Best Actor (for Nicholson), and Best tenuous grasp on reality. 98 min. how an arts organization stays relevant and substance abuse in this unexpectedly a post-screening panel discussion about weaving together a lurid, frenetic collage of Actress (for Fletcher), the film will screen Sat 10/11 4:45 PM EFOTHER1 and lovingly celebrates the aesthetic cartoons, police procedurals and sitcoms entertaining and tender film that defies the importance and difficulties of changing in a newly restored version, honoring Tue 10/14 2:45 PM EFOTHER2 experience. 181 min. that drives his social critique with a blunt categorization. French, Dutch with mainstream definitions of beauty. 75 min. producer Saul Zaentz. Surprise guests, Sun 10/19 8:30 PM EFOTHER3 subtitles. 107 min. Sun 10/19 5:00 PM EFNATION and inimitable force. Oliver Stone, IN Sat 10/18 1:15 PM EFBEAU IN PERSON. 134 min. PERSON. 122 min. world cinema EXPLICIT Fri 10/17 9:00 PM EFNEME1 Sat 10/18 4:00 PM EFONE Docufest Tue 10/21 4:45 PM EFNEME2 Docufest city & State Sun 10/12 4:00 PM EFNATUR CONTENT reelwomen 50th Anniversary Docufest 50th Anniversary reelwomen

Next to Her At Li Layla No Thank You Ei kiitos Of Horses and Men Hross í oss The Owners of the North The Piano Room Soba so pijano Israel • Dir. Asaf Korman Finland • Dir. Samuli Valkama Iceland, Norway, Germany Kazakhstan • Dir. Adilkhan Yerzhanov París Norðursins Macedonia • Dir. Igor Ivanov Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson Iceland, Denmark, France Chelli is the sole caretaker for her mentally Heli is in a midlife rut. With an oafish In this bizarre, darkly comic adventure set In the only functioning room in a rundown Dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson disabled, self-destructive sister Gabby. husband who favors video games over Six deliciously morbid vignettes about in the Wild Wild East of rural Kazakhstan, hotel, the scene is set for a series of When Chelli begins a romantic relationship intimacy, she begins a torrid affair with one people and their passionate relationships three orphaned siblings from the city try Relocated from Reykjavik to a dilapidated guests. As occupants check in and out with the kindly Zohar, a fascinating triangle of her adult students—and eventually learns with horses intertwine in this highly to reclaim their mother’s home in a far- rural fishing village, former alcoholic Hugi over the years, the film skillfully weaves develops between the threesome, as Chelli what she’s really been missing. Set to an acclaimed and darkly comic fable set in flung village, only to encounter corruption, spends his time teaching elementary school their stories, revealing the highs and loses her controlling grip on her vulnerable exuberant jazz soundtrack, No Thank You is an Icelandic valley. Through eye-opening indifference, and cruelty at every turn. and attending AA meetings. His path to lows of relationships and the dangers of sibling. With stellar performances and a punchy, humorous look at marital malaise images that capture the absurdities With outbursts of singing, dancing, recovery, however, is derailed by the arrival desire. Both heartbreaking and comic, this startling plot twists, Next to Her is a and the difficulties of maintaining, and of man and beast alike, often blurring violence and visually arresting tableaus, of his philandering, beer-guzzling dad. wonderfully acted and sensual tale is an compelling, complex and affecting drama revitalizing, the luster of old relationships. the line that separates the two, the film The Owners presents a lurid and shocking This droll and gentle character study is a exquisite examination of the cyclical nature about co-dependency and learning to let Finnish with subtitles. 95 min. humorously presents an unforgettable look vision of injustice that is as idiosyncratic captivating account of fathers and sons of life. Macedonian, German, Russian, go. Hebrew with subtitles. 90 min. into a community’s obsession. Icelandic, as it is alarming. Kazakh, Russian with mending their stunted relationships while Turkish, Serbo-Croatian, Hebrew, English Fri 10/10 8:00 PM EFNO1 Swedish, English with subtitles. 81 min. subtitles. 93 min. finding the courage to push forward with their with subtitles. 103 min. Tue 10/14 5:30 PM EFNEXT1 Sun 10/12 3:45 PM EFNO2 own lives. Icelandic with subtitles. 95 min. Wed 10/15 6:00 PM EFNEXT2 Thu 10/16 2:15 PM EFNO3 Sat 10/18 7:30 PM EFHORSE1 Fri 10/10 5:00 PM EFOWN1 Sat 10/18 4:45 PM EFPIANR1 Tue 10/21 2:00 PM EFNEXT3 Sun 10/19 4:00 PM EFHORSE2 Sun 10/12 5:30 PM EFOWN2 Fri 10/10 8:30 PM EFPARIS1 Sun 10/19 12:45 PM EFPIANR2 world cinema Wed 10/15 12:30 PM EFOWN3 Sat 10/11 5:00 PM EFPARIS2 new directors competition spotlight scandinavia world cinema Wed 10/22 12:00 PM EFPARIS3 world cinema Make ‘Em Laugh spotlight scandinavia main competition new directors competition spotlight scandinavia 26 Make ‘Em Laugh 27 Pink Noise Ruida Rosa The President the Princess of France Refugiado Roger and Me Rudderless Colombia • Dir. Roberto Flores Prieto Georgia, France, UK, Germany La princesa de Francia Argentina, Colombia, France, USA • Dir. Michael Moore USA • Dir. William H. Macy Dir. Argentina • Dir. Matías Piñeiro Poland, Germany • Dir. Diego Lerman In the dilapidated small town of Barranquilla, Michael Moore will present this 25th After a tragic shooting takes the life of Colombia, amid rolling electrical blackouts In this dark satire of power, dispossession When a young director returns to Buenos After escaping the clutches of her abusive anniversary restored version of his his teenage son, a grieving father (Billy and torrential downpours, Luis, an elderly and revenge from Iranian New Wave Aires to record Shakespeare’s Love’s husband Fabian, Laura and her seven-year- breakthrough debut. An irreverent look Crudup) discovers the boy’s demo tapes. repairman, and Carmen, an aging hotel- master Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Kandahar), Labour’s Lost for radio broadcast, his old son Matias venture through Buenos at Moore’s hometown, Flint, Michigan, When he musters the will to perform worker, briefly come together and rekindle a dictator comes face to face with the reappearance triggers memories from Aires shelters, factories, and flophouses which had been economically decimated one at a local bar, he forms a tight bond long dormant passions. Bolstered by its people he previously subjugated. When previous love affairs and shakes up the seeking refuge. With Fabian an enduring by downsizing at General Motors, the film with a young musician (Anton Yelchin) exquisitely framed compositions and two a coup d’état overthrows a leader’s brutal relationships in his drama troupe. Playfully threat, the duo’s perilous journey alternates charts Moore’s much-thwarted efforts and together, they form a rock band that amiable characters, Pink Noise is a beautiful rule and the rest of his family flees the mixing art and life, past and present, The between safety and terror. Veteran director to meet with then-GM Chairman Roger revitalizes their lives—until a hidden secret and bittersweet portrait of aging, loneliness, country by plane, the President becomes Princess of France reveals the quick-witted Diego Lerman, working in a mode of delicate Smith. Blending humor with scathing is revealed. In his stunning directorial and love, as gently paced as its characters’ a fugitive, along with his young grandson, banter of love in fugue-like variations that realism, sensitively limns the dual emotional indictment, Roger and Me ignited a debut, actor William H. Macy (Fargo) tender lives. Spanish with subtitles. 100 min. and confronts, first-hand, the hardships keep the viewer enthralled in its narrative plights of a mother and child upended by national discussion about the cruelties delivers a poignant and inspirational drama and anger experienced by his own people. flow. Spanish with subtitles. 70 min. harrowing domestic circumstances. Spanish of corporate America that remains just about the power of love, forgiveness and Wed 10/15 3:15 PM EFPINK1 Georgian, English with subtitles. 118 min. with subtitles. 93 min. as relevant today. Michael Moore, IN redemption. 104 min. Thu 10/16 6:45 PM EFPINK2 Sat 10/18 2:30 PM EFPRINC1 PERSON. 91 min. Fri 10/17 6:30 PM EFPINK3 Wed 10/15 8:00 PM EFPRES1 Mon 10/20 6:45 PM EFPRINC2 Sun 10/12 7:30 PM EFREF1 Sat 10/11 8:30 PM EFRUDD1 Thu 10/16 5:45 PM EFPRES2 Mon 10/13 6:00 PM EFREF2 Wed 10/22 7:00 PM EFROGER Sun 10/12 8:00 PM EFRUDD2 new directors competition world cinema Tue 10/14 12:00 PM EFREF3 cinema of the americas main competition cinema of the americas 50th Anniversary main competition main competition cinema of the americas

Red Army Red Rose The Salvation Sand Dollars Dólares de Arena Seven Little Killers Epiddeis USA, Russia • Dir. Gabe Polsky Iran, France • Dir. Sepideh Farsi Denmark • Dir. Dominican Republic, Mexico Italy • Dir. Matteo Andreolli Dirs. Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán From Emmy® award-winning Chicago With riots erupting on Tehran’s streets In this faithful tribute to the classic American In a small village in Southern Italy in filmmaker Gabe Polsky, Red Army is a following the 2009 election, a group of Western, (Casino Royale) In a Dominican resort town, Noeli, a dark- the 1980s, a group of 13-year-old boys documentary about the and demonstrators finds sanctuary in a middle- stars as a peaceful European settler skinned local, hooks up with tourists in and girls enjoy their adolescence—until the most successful dynasty in sports aged man’s flat. After one of the activists, a who sets out to avenge the murder of exchange for money, sharing the proceeds a seemingly accidental death in the history: the Red Army hockey team. progressive and vivacious young woman, his family and cleanse the black heart with her boyfriend. But Noeli’s romantic town shakes up their lives. Thirty years Told from the perspective of its captain returns to the near-reclusive man, a playful of his community. With majestic desert relationship with Anne, a wealthy lesbian later, now grown-up, the gang becomes (Slava Fetisov), the story portrays his yet provocative relationship between the landscapes, a ruthless black-hatted bad (the extraordinary Chaplin) threatens to suspects in a crime they all want to cover transformation from national hero to two unfolds. Skillfully weaving scripted guy and a duplicitous lass (Eva Green), upend their lives. This deftly directed multi- up. First-time director Matteo Andreolli political enemy. An inspiring Cold War drama with ground-level footage from the The Salvation miraculously deploys familiar character portrait, both tender and cynical, crosses back and forth in time to weave drama played out on the ice rink, Red Army Green Revolution, Red Rose is a multi- conventions in exciting new ways. Danish, paints a sensitive and sophisticated picture together an engaging and incisive drama follows a man who stood up to a powerful layered chamber piece set against the English with subtitles. 89 min. of the collision between haves and have- about guilt, revenge and growing up. Italian system and paved the way for change. country’s backdrop of political protest and nots. Spanish with subtitles. 80 min. with subtitles. 86 min. Mon 10/13 8:30 PM EFSALV1 Russian, English with subtitles. 85 min. oppression. Farsi with subtitles. 88 min. Tue 10/14 8:30 PM EFSALV2 Sun 10/12 5:00 PM EFSAND1 Wed 10/15 5:45 PM EFSEVEN1 Tue 10/14 8:30 PM EFARMY Wed 10/15 5:45 PM EFROSE1 Mon 10/13 6:00 PM EFSAND2 Fri 10/17 8:15 PM EFSEVEN2 Fri 10/17 8:00 PM EFROSE2 world cinema Thu 10/16 12:30 PM EFSAND3 Docufest Sun 10/19 12:30 PM EFROSE3 spotlight scandinavia world cinema main competition main competition cinema of the americas reelwomen reelwomen 28 29 Something Must Break Speed Walking Kapgang A Star Is Born Summer Superegos Über-Ich und Du Supernova Nånting måste gå sönder Denmark • Dir. Niels Arden Oplev USA • Dir. Netherlands • Dir. Colette Bothof Austria • Dir. Benjamin Heisenberg Netherlands, Germany, Belgium Sweden • Dir. Ester Martin Bergsmark Dir. Tamar van den Dop Being twelve is hard enough, but for The most quintessential show-business Set over the course of one sweltering In this quirky comedy, Nick, a con With long hair, epicene features, and an Martin, a budding speed walker, this drama of all time, A Star is Born (1954) summer, this charming drama focuses man, looks for a place to lay low, and Frustrated with her isolated, rural increasingly dominant alter-ego he calls Ellie, minefield is made more bewildering by his stars as rising singer Esther on Anna, a quiet teen who yearns to ends up house-sitting at the home of existence, 15-year-old Meis spends her Sebastian defies easy gender identification. mother’s sudden death and Denmark’s Blodgett. When she catches the eye of escape the confines of her small town, eccentric elderly psychologist Curt Ledig. days thinking about exploding stars and When the leather jacket-donning Andreas newly liberalized pornography laws. With a an erudite alcoholic actor whose career defined by its ever-looming power plant. Mesmerized by Nick’s chaotic lifestyle, Curt reveling in erotic fantasies, while she comes to his rescue during a homophobic candid and sensitive perspective, director is in decline, their intense love transforms With the arrival of the alluring leather-clad begins to study him, and in the process and her family live in fear (and hope) that beating, a cautious yet steamy relationship Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the them both. Returned to its initial length Lena, Anna finally gets just the boost she begins reconciling his feelings about his a car will come careening through their begins between the two that forces both Dragon Tattoo) uses the story of a boy’s and digitally re-mastered, this glorious needs. With authentic performances and own dark past. A lively romp, Superegos front window, and reinvigorate their torpid to confront the relative fluidity of their sexual coming-of-age in the mid-‘70s as a presentation restores this Hollywood Star cinematography that captures the languor deftly combines slapstick with intellectual lives. With everyday events portrayed on sexualities. Unflinching and intimate, tender allegory about a society coming to to its original shining glory. Film historian and heat of summertime, this story of wit and charm, transforming the often- a cosmic scale, this coming-of-age film Something Must Break soulfully examines terms with its newfound openness. Danish and George Cukor expert John Russell sexual awakening examines a girl daring to predictable buddy comedy into something sumptuously chronicles one girl’s sexual the permeability of identity and the ambiguity with subtitles. 108 min. Taylor, in person. 176 min. be different. Dutch with subtitles. 85 min. fresh. German with subtitles. 93 min. awakening within the context of the larger of desire. Swedish with subtitles. 81 min. universe. Dutch with subtitles.102 min. Mon 10/13 8:30 PM EFSPEED1 Sat 10/11 1:00 PM EFSTAR Sun 10/19 5:45 PM EFSUM1 Sat 10/11 2:30 PM EFSEGO1 Mon 10/13 7:45 PM EFSOME1 Wed 10/15 8:30 PM EFSPEED2 Tue 10/21 6:15 PM EFSUM2 Sun 10/12 12:30 PM EFSEGO2 Wed 10/15 12:15 PM EFSNOVA1 Tue 10/14 8:15 PM EFSOME2 Wed 10/22 3:30 PM EFSPEED3 50th Anniversary Wed 10/22 2:30 PM EFSUM3 Mon 10/13 1:00 PM EFSEGO3 MON 10/20 8:15 PM EFSNOVA2 tue 10/21 7:00 PM EFSNOVA3 world cinema main competition world cinema world cinema out-Look spotlight scandinavia out-Look Make ‘Em Laugh new directors competition spotlight scandinavia reelwomen reelwomen

Stations of the Cross Still The Third One El Tercero This Afternoon Timbuktu Kreuzweg UK • Dir. Simon Blake Spain • Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen Argentina • Dir. Rodrigo Guerrero USA • Dir. Stephen Cone France, Mauritania Germany • Dir. Dietrich Brüggemann Dir. A powerhouse performance from Irish A cocky young man declares his love to a Seeking to sate his sexual desires and After accidentally stumbling into a therapy Winner of the Berlin Film Festival’s best actor Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones) fuels fetching woman at a nightclub; what follows perhaps even find something more, young group for sex addiction, an aspiring youth A beautifully crafted and devastating screenplay prize, this revelatory drama this dramatic thriller about a photographer, is a riveting and unsettling tête-à-tête, Fede takes to online chat-rooms to interact pastor strikes up a friendship with a account of the takeover of Northern Mali by traces the inexorable journey of Maria, reeling from the death of his teenage son. which begins romantically on the deserted with other men. Two in particular strike lonely housewife who has a proclivity for Islamic militants two years ago, Timbuktu a 14-year-old Catholic girl bent on One day, a chance encounter with a street late-night streets of Madrid but rapidly shifts his fancy—a gay couple in an apparently picking up strangers on Craigslist. The two tells a deeply humanist tale about a purification and sacrifice. Is she a victim gang sends him down a dangerous path. into far darker and more intriguing terrain open relationship. Per their invitation, spend the afternoon together, revealing diverse group of citizens’ struggles in the of her tyrannical mother and their fanatical In his breakout debut film, director Simon the following day. A cult hit in Spain and Fede spends a night at their apartment themselves to one another through a face of adversity and intolerance. Like his religious sect, or is she a bona fide saint? Blake paints a gritty, menacing portrait festival prizewinner, this superbly written that powerfully enlightens him to the profound and penetrating conversation, previous cinematic gem Bamako, veteran Divided into 14 segments, each one inspired of North London’s cruel urban environs, and brilliantly executed slow-burning possibilities of love. Disarmingly sweet, which eventually leads to transformative filmmaker Sissako focuses on the inner by Jesus Christ’s Stations of the Cross, this where the dividing lines between evil and psychological drama stars young actress The Third One is a frank account of sexual personal revelations. Raw and sensitive, fortitude of his characters, particularly the accomplished film is formally audacious and innocence are blurred. 96 min. Aura Garrido in a riveting performance. exploration and acceptance. Spanish with this micro-budget Chicago indie is an steadfast women, who, despite abuse and yet surprisingly touching. German, French, Spanish with subtitles. 91 min. subtitles. 70 min. intimate look into individuals struggling to oppression, still sing in defiance. Arabic, Sat 10/11 5:30 PM EFSTILL1 Latin with subtitles. 107 min. find fulfillment in their lives. 66 min. Bambara, French, English, Songhay, Sun 10/12 5:15 PM EFSTILL2 Tue 10/14 5:45 PM EFSTOCK1 Wed 10/15 3:00 PM EFTHIRD1 Tamasheq with subtitles. 97 min. Sun 10/12 2:45 PM EFSTAT1 Wed 10/15 2:30 PM EFSTILL3 Wed 10/15 8:15 PM EFSTOCK2 Sat 10/18 8:15 PM EFTHIRD2 EXPLICIT Fri 10/10 5:30 PM EFTHIS1 CONTENT Mon 10/13 6:00 PM EFSTAT2 Mon 10/20 6:00 PM EFTHIRD3 Sun 10/12 12:15 PM EFTHIS2 Wed 10/15 8:15 PM EFTIM1 new directors competition world cinema Mon 10/13 1:30 PM EFTHIS3 Thu 10/16 8:00 PM EFTIM2 world cinema world cinema out-Look new directors competition main competition city & State black perspectives 30 31 Tir La Tirisia Titli Viktoria Vive la France The Way He Looks Italy • Dir. Alberto Fasulo Mexico • Dir. Jorge Pérez Solano India • Dir. Kanu Behl Romania, Bulgaria • Dir. Maya Vitkova Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Norway Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho Dirs. Helgi Felixson, Titti Johnson Brazil • Dir. Daniel Ribeiro Branko, a schoolteacher-turned-trucker, Set amid the surrealist cacti-filled In the cutthroat environs of Delhi, a young Bulgaria, 1979. Viktoria is a miracle child attempts to provide for his family while landscapes of Oaxaca, Mexico, this sensual, man named Titli struggles to escape from for the Communist authorities—with her As officials and scientists debate the São Paulo teen Leonardo is facing the drudging across the European continent subtle drama follows the interwoven stories his brutal and abusive family. But his mystifyingly missing belly button, she’s environmental impact of France’s nuclear challenges of adolescence, including in his semi truck. In between searching of , impregnated by the same plans are complicated when his criminal been chosen as “Socialist Bulgaria Baby of program, the people of Tureia quietly overbearing parents and a burgeoning for moments of rest, he pushes to meet uncaring man and unsure of whether they brothers instigate an arranged marriage, the Decade.” Despite her mother’s wishes continue their way of life despite living sexuality—he also happens to be blind. his deadlines, while intermittent calls from want to keep their babies. Driven by its bringing the unsuspecting bride Neelu into to escape her oppressive home country, 100km away from one of the world’s When new kid Gabriel shows up at school, his wife paint a portrait of familial turmoil. beautiful cinematography and evocative their domestic rat’s nest. Acclaimed at its Viktoria becomes a talentless cause célèbre. largest nuclear waste dumps. Vive La drawing the attraction of both he and his Winner of the top prize at the Rome imagery, La Tirisia is both a melancholic Cannes 2014 premiere, this outstanding But as Eastern European Communism France reveals the willful existence of a best girlfriend, Leonardo’s world is turned Film Festival, Tir offers a breathtakingly portrait of rural Mexico and a poignant tale debut film is a gritty and absorbing drama erodes, so too does the girlish celebrity’s small island community, while delivering upside down. A jubilant portrait of young humanistic and ultra-realistic look at the of feminine pain and triumph. Spanish with ripped straight from the hardscrabble political renown. Darkly funny and surreal, a grave lesson on the ecological gay love, this assured, award-winning transient life of an industrial cog. Italian subtitles. 110 min. mean streets of contemporary India. Hindi this impressive and ambitious satire explores consequences of nuclear testing and the debut feature tenderly parses the terrain with subtitles. 85 min. with subtitles. 127 min. the mercurial ties between mind, body, and political ramifications of French colonialism of growing up different in more ways than Tue 10/14 8:00 PM EFLATIR1 country. Bulgarian with subtitles. 155 min. in Polynesia. French with subtitles. 87 min. one. Portuguese with subtitles. 95 min. Sat 10/11 8:45 PM EFTIR1 Wed 10/15 8:00 PM EFLATIR2 Wed 10/15 8:00 PM EFTITLI1 Mon 10/13 6:15 PM EFTIR2 Fri 10/17 1:30 PM EFLATIR3 Thu 10/16 8:30 PM EFTITLI2 Fri 10/10 1:30 PM EFVIK1 Thu 10/16 6:15 PM EFVIVE1 Sat 10/11 6:30 PM EFWAY1 Mon 10/20 1:00 PM EFTIR3 Fri 10/17 12:00 PM EFTITLI3 Sun 10/19 7:30 PM EFVIK2 Sat 10/18 12:30 PM EFVIVE2 Mon 10/13 8:30 PM EFWAY2 new directors competition Tue 10/21 8:15 PM EFVIK3 world cinema cinema of the americas new directors competition Docufest: In Competition world cinema world cinema spotlight scandinavia out-Look reelwomen reelwomen cinema of the americas

AN EVENING WITH Two Days, One Night Underdog Svenskjävel We Love You, You Bastard The Well White Nights Kathleen Turner Deux jours, une nuit Sweden, Norway • Dir. Ronnie Sandahl Salaud, on t’aime USA • Dir. Tom Hammock USA • Dir. Taylor Hackford Belgium, Italy, France France • Dir. A financially strapped, disaffected young A tense, gritty, post-apocalyptic thriller, In honor of Oscar®-winning director Known for her sultry voice and formidable Dirs. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne screen presence, Kathleen Turner will Swede lands in Norway in search of , the septuagenarian The Well takes place in a drought-stricken Taylor Hackford (Ray), whose debut forever be known for her sexy breakthrough Actress teams up with employment. When she begins work as singer, bon vivant and French icon, stars in valley, where 17-year-old Kendal is the sole The Idolmaker played at the Festival, debut in 1981’s Body Heat. Over the years, neorealist masters Jean-Pierre and Luc a housekeeper at middle-class Steffan’s this exuberant family drama about an aging defender of a well that contains some of we present this special revival of the Turner has continued to stun audiences Dardenne for this powerful slice-of-life home, neither anticipates the impact she ladies man who wants to reconnect with the last precious resources the earth has to film that opened the 1985 Festival with with powerhouse roles in films such as drama about a factory worker who has will have on their lives and his family. his unwieldy offspring (which includes four offer. When a greedy, amoral water baron its world premiere. A stirring Russia-set Romancing the Stone (1984), Prizzi’s 48 hours to save her job from being Ronnie Sandahl’s emotionally satisfying daughters—and maybe more—with four rolls in and violently disturbs her uneasy thriller, White Nights stars famed actor- Honor (1985) and Peggy Sue Got Married downsized. As Cotillard’s character debut features an urban modern-day different women). Veteran director Lelouch status quo, Kendal must decide whether to dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory (1986) and in Broadway plays such as journeys door-to-door seeking help from romance while tackling issues of class, () tells an emotionally turn tail and run or bravely face down her Hines as unlikely allies pitted against a Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Who’s Afraid of her co-workers, each shouldering their own privilege and the changing balance of sweeping story, by turns funny and sad, of ruthless enemy in a stylish finale that would nefarious Soviet empire. Featuring a stellar Virginia Woolf? Join the legendary star for burdens, she encounters encouragement power between Sweden and Norway. burgeoning romance and the heady rush make proud. 95 min. supporting cast, including , and selfishness along the way. Like their Swedish, Norwegian with subtitles. 97 min. of a family reunited. Co-starring Sandrine , and a candid discussion of her craft and career. Fri 10/17 10:15 PM EFWELL1 previously acclaimed films (Rosetta, The Bonnaire and other Gallic beauties. French choreography by the great . Kathleen Turner, IN PERSON. 90 min. Sat 10/11 6:15 PM EFUNDER1 Sun 10/19 2:30 PM EFWELL2 Son), the Dardennes combine the high with subtitles. 108 min. Taylor Hackford, IN PERSON. 135 min. Tue 10/14 6:00 PM EFKATH Mon 10/13 5:30 PM EFUNDER2 stakes of everyday life with a deeply felt Sat 10/18 5:15 PM EFWELOV1 After Dark Sat 10/11 5:00 PM EFWNIGHT humanism. French with subtitles. 95 min. new directors competition Tue 10/21 5:30 PM EFWELOV2 Thu 10/16 6:00 PM EFTWO1 spotlight scandinavia 50th Anniversary Sun 10/19 6:15 PM EFTWO2 world cinema

32 world cinema 33 Why Be Good? Winter Sleep Kis uykusu The Word Obietnica Xenia The Young Kieslowski Zurich Und morgen mittag bin ich tot USA • Dir. William A. Seiter Turkey, Germany, France Poland, Denmark GREECE • Dir. Panos H. Koutras USA • Dir. Kerem Sanga Germany • Dir. Frederik Steiner Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan Dir. Anna Kazejak-Dawid The top box-office draw of 1927 and a After the death of their Albanian lounge- In this screwball coming-of-age story, In a brazen act of self-will, a young woman defining figure of the Roaring Twenties Winner of this year’s top prize at Cannes, When 14-year-old Lila discovers her singing mother, sprightly gay Dany and Brian Kieslowski, a well-intentioned with a life-threatening genetic disease (and later, co-founder of the Chicago the latest masterpiece by Nuri Bilge boyfriend has betrayed her, she sets in his heterosexual older brother Odysseus physics major, drunkenly stumbles into decides to arrange her own peaceful International Film Festival), Colleen Moore Ceylan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia) motion a series of events that will shake up set out on a journey to find their estranged a one-night stand with fellow freshman death on her 23rd birthday. Heartrending, stars in this delightful jazz-age romp about takes place in a remote, wintry Turkish the lives of everyone around her. Unfolding Greek father, in order to be able to remain Leslie Mallard. The tryst proves eventful, impassioned, and featuring a powerful a poor flapper girl with a bad reputation village where a privileged ex-actor runs like a millennial Macbeth crossed with a in the country legally. A candy-colored, particularly when Mallard finds that she central performance by rising German whose wealthy beau puts her virtue to a small hotel with his much younger wife. police procedural, this impressively crafted crowd-pleasing road movie, filled with is pregnant with twins. An irreverent sex starlet Liv Lisa Fries, Zurich is an unflinching the test. Long thought lost, the film, now An engrossing and penetrating character coming-of-age thriller deftly explores the dance sequences and celebrity cameos, comedy in the tradition of , as look at the lives of those impacted by having its North American premiere, was study—with evocations of Ingmar disturbing emotional intensity of high- Greek New Wave pioneer Panos Koutras well as a sensitive portrait of the onset of terminal illness. Profoundly humanistic, the recently discovered and restored with its Bergman’s —this schoolers, whose smallest misdeeds can lovingly presents a celebration of tolerance, young parenthood, The Young Kieslowski movie depicts difficult moral choices with a original score. A rare movie event, with film gorgeously photographed epic drama sometimes spark dire repercussions. while revealing the disturbing fascist strains is an entertaining crowd-pleaser from a balance of sentiment and painful honesty. historian David Robinson, IN PERSON. is a searing journey into the complex Polish, Danish with subtitles. 97 min. currently threatening his nation. Greek, promising new American voice. 94 min. German with subtitles. 103 min. English intertitles. 84 min. mire of human relationships. Turkish with Albanian with subtitles. 128 min. Fri 10/10 6:00 PM EFWORD1 Mon 10/13 3:30 PM EFYOUNG1 Fri 10/10 8:15 PM EFZUR1 subtitles. 196 min. Sun 10/19 5:00 PM EFWHY Sat 10/11 12:15 PM EFWORD2 Sat 10/18 12:00 PM EFXEN1 Thu 10/16 8:30 PM EFYOUNG2 Sat 10/11 3:00 PM EFZUR2 Sat 10/11 7:15 PM EFWIN1 Tue 10/21 7:45 PM EFXEN2 Fri 10/17 5:00 PM EFYOUNG3 50th Anniversary Tue 10/14 7:45 PM EFWIN2 main competition world cinema world cinema Make ‘Em Laugh reelwomen world cinema world cinema out-Look Make ‘Em Laugh

50 Years of the Chicago International Film Festival in Pictures Because Everybody Loves Movies...

The Chicago International Film Festival showcases an extensive display of images and videos from its venerable Words With Gods The World of Kanako Kawaki. five-decade history, along with a collection of film festival Dirs. Warwick Thornton (AUSTRALIA), Japan • Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima posters from around the world. Some of the exhibit’s Hector Babenco (BRAZIL), Bahman When his beautiful, straight-A student offerings include photographs by Victor Skrebneski of Ghobadi (IRAN), (INDIA), Hideo daughter suddenly goes missing, a celebrity attendees and a video compilation of the Festival’s Nakata (JAPAN), (SERBIA), drunken, reckless ex-cop sets out on a many trailers over the years. Come witness the festival’s (MEXICO), desperate journey to locate her and reunite extraordinary history in pictures! (ISRAEL), Álex de la Iglesia (SPAIN) his “perfect family,” only to discover his God is everywhere—as evidenced by this seemingly squeaky-clean progeny was bold compilation of short films that leading a deep, dark double life on the side. The Film Festival Gallery tackle the religions of the world. Organized A characteristically psychedelic venture Expo 72, 72 E. Randolph Dr. by Amores Perros screenwriter Guillermo from Japanese genre veteran Tetsuya Arriaga, the stories in this omnibus project Nakashima (Confessions), The World of Free and open to the public! run the gamut, ranging from the irreverent Kanako leads its viewer on a disturbing September 4 - October 30, 2014 to the transcendent. Guillermo Arriaga, and disorienting trip down the rabbit hole. Mon - Sat, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM IN PERSON. Various languages with Japanese with subtitles. 118 min. Sunday 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM subtitles. 129 min. Sat 10/11 11:00 PM EFWKAN1 EXPLICIT CONTENT Fri 10/10 7:30 PM EFWGOD1 Mon 10/20 8:45 PM EFWKAN2 This exhibit is made possible by the generous support of the following: world cinema After Dark reelwomen 34 SHORTS 5: THICKER THAN WATEr

Our families can be a source of great strength, young girl dealing with her feelings about her but also, at times, our biggest weakness. These father’s imminent departure. Alex is visited at Life is Short seven shorts examine the tensions and pressure night by a boy claiming to be his brother – who that many families face, and the deep bonds that disappeared years earlier in Jonathan’s Chest bind us with our kin. (USA). A 10-year-old boy battles to wear his This collection of new short films from more than 25 countries from around the world ranges from the father’s tie to school in Full-Windsor (USA). In tender to the terrifying. When Hansel’s grandmother dies, he returns Cadet (Belgium), a 13-year-old athlete struggles to Cuba to take care of his brother Marcos in to choose between his self-esteem and his 1 7 The Blue Car (Germany). Some vacation. father’s wishes. Palimpsest (Canada) is a time SHORTS 1: CITY AND STATE – LOCALLY SOURCED (USA) is a comedic blend of family vacation and capsule into the life of an anonymous family from 2 8 unconventional business trip. Selma gets a live the 1950s. 95 min. These local shorts, which span , fiction, deconstructed in Frame Walk. A scientist creates chicken for her birthday in The Chicken (Croatia/ documentary and experimental filmmaking, offer the perfect woman in A Priceless Woman (1961). Germany). In August (Switzerland) follows a fri 10/17 7:15 PM EFSHFam quirky, fresh perspectives and strong new visions. Jasper Jenkins wants to be “civilized” in Jaspa’ Jenkins. The Muck will leave you never wanting Ava is desperate to find the man of her dreams to take a bath again. Simon is left to survive in SHORTS 6: PRECIOUS THINGS – DOCUMENTARIES in Speed Dating. An eight-year-old girl decides the middle of the ocean on an airplane wing in to take a neglected toddler home in Baby Mary. Drifting. 76 min. From hilarious to heartbreaking, these true and irony. Meet an illicit Kinder Surprise chocolate The Fox of Bloody Woman Island is a loving stories examine universal elements of the human egg smuggler in Crooked Candy (USA). 84-year- portrait of Ulf, a traditional Norwegian boat Tue 10/14 5:45 PM EFSHCS1 condition including faith, loneliness, grief and old Geoff pursues an unlikely friendship with a builder. Lucy is a story about a girl and her dog. Fri 10/17 2:45 PM EFSHCS2 guilty secrets. young female performer in Train (Australia). Cloud Gate (the “Chicago Bean”) is dissolved and Sun 10/19 12:00 PM EFSHCS3 A family mourning the suicide of their young son One Year Lease (USA) documents the travails of attempt to cling to their traditions in A Paradise 3 9 Brian, Thomas and Casper as they endure a year- (Cuba). Vegas (UK) is a portrait of one city seen SHORTS 2: ANIMATION – SQUASH AND STRETCH! long sentence with Rita the cat-loving landlady. from three different viewpoints. 90 min. The Supreme (Poland) details the construction of A crop of stunning new animated shorts reshape, meet at the public baths in Bath House (Sweden). the world’s largest statue of the pope with humor Sat 10/18 1:00 PM EFSHDOC resize, reimagine and distort the world around In Yearbook (USA), a man is hired to compile us. From to found footage, this the definitive history of human existence. In compendium offers a dizzying array of talent, Recycled (China), 3,000 photos from a recycling SHORTS 7: WAKING DREAMS creativity and imagination. plant in Beijing are animated to create a portrait of life in the city. A human-shaped deer tries to From an alternative maiden moon landing to It’s the night of the moon landing and a group of In The Kiosk (Switzerland), a lady is stuck until an steal a man’s identity in Impostor (Switzerland/ a robot having a nervous breakdown, these Zambian exiles are trying to beat America to the unexpected incident sends her on a wild journey. France). A man is tormented by doubt in Man on are some of the most original, creative and moon in Afronauts (USA). All Vows (USA) uses Love during wartime is remembered in Mend and the Chair (South Korea/France). Symphony No. idiosyncratic short films we’ve seen this year. ancient archival films to depict an unknowable Make Do (UK). Driving (USA) takes a satirical 42 (Hungary) observes the world in 47 tragicomic future. Cutaway (Canada) portrays a phase in look at road rage. A lost soul stumbles drunkenly vignettes. 80 min. Washingtonia (Greece) offers a poetic rendering the life of a young man entirely through close-ups through the city in Coda (Ireland). A boy who of Athens in the summertime. Using stop-motion of hands and objects. An alcoholic robot goes has lost his glasses explores a blurry world in Fri 10/10 3:30 PM EFSHAN1 animation and After Effects compositions, Real through a midlife crisis in Requiem for a Robot Astigmatismo (Spain). Six strange characters Fri 10/17 5:00 PM EFSHAN2 Ethereal (USA) is a phantasmagoric experience. (USA). 84 min. When a young girl is raped, tensions in the neighborhood rise in The Immaculates (Italy). Sat 10/18 5:30 PM EFSHWE SHORTS 3: MIDNIGHT MAYHEM – DELIRIUM TREMENS All things cuddly and lovable—teddy bears, (Philippines). Moonshine (Poland) is a dark love SHORTS 8: MEET NOT SO CUTE bunnies, monkeys and even Santa and his elves— story set to Tom Waits’ “Way Down In the Hole.” take on disturbing new manifestations in this Brainless rabbits live in a perfect democracy in From teenage sexual awakenings to obsession to (Germany), a couple tries to reinvigorate their unsettling line-up of late night shorts. Rabbitland (Serbia). Santa and one of his elves 4 10 slow-burning devotion, these shorts explore the relationship. In La Petit Maison (UK), a man can’t have crash-landed and things are about to get joys— and miseries—of love. help but see his girlfriend as various objects— A solitary hunter struggles to stay alive in the gnarly in Anthony (UK). In Prehistoric Cabaret including a French tart. There is a first time for snowy wilderness in Bear (Norway). Grotesque, (France), a cabaret hostess proposes a trip to the Every year, through endless winters, love takes just about everything in Serori (Netherlands). A Francis Bacon-esque portraits are rendered center of her organs to meet a creature that lives new shapes and forms in Love.Love.Love. voyeur helps a young couple make a life changing in slow motion in Portrait (Italy). A misguided inside her. 89 min. (Russia). Two people love each other very, very discovery in Counterpart (UK). 86 min. monkey believes he is destined for the moon in much in I Love You So Much (USA). Leila is Monkey Love Experiments (UK). An unexpected Sat 10/18 11:00 PM EFSHMID forced to stand up for herself at the cost of her Sat 10/18 8:00 PM EFSHORT8 visitor brings deadly consequences in Lola own innocence in Skunk (USA). In Forever Over

SHORTS 4: SPOTLIGHT SCANDINAVIA – SHORTS 9: DRAMATIS PERSONAE SONGS FROM NORTHERN LANDS 5 11 Three stunning new short films feature outstanding encounter with a young doctor trying to commit performances and powerful storytelling. suicide. Human Voice (Italy) based on the iconic These eight films from across Scandinavia are by and animation in Cycle (Finland). A seemingly play, tells the story of Angela, an turns light and dark, scathing and sweet, innocent insignificant moment takes on new meanings in 6 12 A retired rancher must decide what it takes to aging beauty (played by ) and her and twisted. one-take wonder Money Back, Please (Norway). hold on to his humanity when every choice has a last telephone conversation with the man she 2 Girls 1 Cake (Denmark) is a tale of revenge consequence in The Divide (USA). In Fearless loved. 66 min Two girls consider forging an unlikely friendship after a traumatic near death experience. German (USA), Fionnula Flanagan (Waking Ned Devine) in Amazon (Norway). Curmudgeonly Lars- Shepherd (Sweden) poses big questions plays an aging actress who has a chance Fri 10/17 7:15 PM EFSHORT9 Gunnar walks dogs and relives his past in The about good and evil. A group of young boys go Dogwalker (Sweden). A lactose intolerant in search of adventure in the big city in Artun dairy farmer takes revenge on his overbearing (Iceland/Denmark). 100 min. father in Milk and Blood (Iceland/USA). The 1 Speed Dating. 2 The Fox of Bloody Woman Island. 3 Astigmatismo. 4 The Kiosk. 5 Moonshine. 6 Amazon. 36 circle of life is explored through found footage sat 10/18 3:15 PM EFSHSCA 7 Cycle. 8 Cadet. 9 Crooked Candy. 10 Washingtonia. 11 Forever Over. 12 Human Voice. 37 Panels & Events

What goes on behind the scenes of making movies? With industry insiders, emerging directors and talented actors offering up their secrets for success as well as their horror stories, these panels Cineyouth: Best of the FEst MAKERS: Women In HOllywood National Identity in and events will illuminate and entertain you about the art and the Global Marketplace business of filmmaking. Our yearly CineYouth Festival celebrates the work of students Narrated by , Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s Women in 21 years old and younger, highlighting the creativity of the next Hollywood showcases the women of showbiz, from the earliest How do you tell a story that is particular to your own society generation of filmmakers. CineYouth: Best of the Fest showcases pioneers to present-day power players, as they influence the while also appealing to a broader international audience? Join creation of one of the country’s biggest commodities: entertainment. the winning films from the 2014 CineYouth Festival. This us for our annual New Directors panel as filmmakers from screening will include a Q&A with select filmmakers. 90 min. Following the screening, a panel of women filmmakers will discuss the challenges and opportunities of working in film and TV. a cross-section of world cinema discuss the ways in which artists can find the universal in the specific, creating films that This is a free event! Tickets must be obtained from box office. This is a free event! No ticket required. illuminate the common traits we all share while also reveling in Sat 10/11 11:30 PM EFCINE the differences that make each culture unique. 60 min. amc river east 21 Sat 10/18 Doors Open 1:00 PM, Film 2:00 PM, Panel 3:00 PM Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. This is a free event! No ticket required. Claudia Cassidy Theater, 2nd floor. Tue 10/14 4:30 PM Columbia College Chicago, 1104 S. Wabash, Room 302

City & State Panel: Shooting in Chicago Documentary: People / Places Science + Cinema: New Screen Frontiers Selling Your Film

Recently dubbed the “Best Place to Live and Work as a Many documentaries become evocative portraits of their locations, From CGI to sci-fi to mind-expanding documentaries such as In the over-saturated film marketplace, should emerging Filmmaker” by MovieMaker magazine, Chicago has firmly whether intended or not. Indeed, this year’s documentaries create Cosmos, science and film have always gravitated toward one another. filmmakers consider the marketability and salability of their established itself as a haven for film production, both multi-faceted depictions of their characters, but also a wide range The Chicago International Film Festival and the Chicago Council on films before they begin shooting? What is the best way to independent and big-budget Hollywood. Join our panel of of settings, from contemporary China (The Iron Ministry) to mid- Science and Technology present this galvanizing panel comprised of take into account the demands of the commercial industry Chicago film industry insiders as they discuss the ins and outs of Century Chicago (Algren), rural Mexico (Echo of the Mountain) to prize-winning directors and their scientific advisors as they discuss and secure financing for your film without constraining your making a film in the Windy City, from casting to shooting to post- the island of Mauritius (I’ve Seen the Unicorn). This illuminating representations of science in cinema and the collaborative process. creativity or selling your soul? 60 min. production. 60 min. panel will examine the way documentaries reflect the greater Discussion will be followed by a brainstorming session—a chance for locales in which they are made. 60 min. audience members to share their own big-screen experiments and This is a free event! Tickets must be obtained from box office. This is a free event! Tickets must be obtained from box office. network with potential collaborators. 60 min. Sat 10/11 12:00 PM EFPAN1 AMC river east 21 This is a free event! Tickets must be obtained from box office. Sat 10/18 11:00 AM EFPAN5 amc river east 21 This is a free event! No ticket required. special 3d event Sun 10/12 12:00 PM EFPAN4 Tue 10/21 6:00 pm amc river east 21 Film Row Cinema, Columbia College Chicago 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor

Cathedrals of Culture Dirs: (USA), (Germany), Michael intercom: The best of The Long and Short of it What is an ? Glawogger (Austria), Margreth Olin (Norway, Denmark), Karim Aïnouz (France), Michael Madsen (USA) The 50th International Communications Media Competition Short films have long proved to be a reliable calling card for The term “independent film” has adopted a wealth of meanings (INTERCOM), a competition run by the Festival’s presenting emerging filmmakers. But what is the best way to get a since the rise of the studio system at the turn of the century. A major cinematic event for Chicago, center of architectural organization, Cinema/Chicago, recognizes the incredible out into the world and in front of the eyes of potential investors, What exactly does it mean in 2014, in both the U.S. and innovation, this visually stunning omnibus 3D project uncovers creativity found in corporate, industrial, and educational sales agents and distributors? And how important are the length, abroad? Does its definition differ based on country? And when the soul of buildings, as six internationally celebrated filmmakers filmmaking. This screening will showcase some of this year’s content and form in their eventual success? 60 min. anyone can make a film, does the term still suggest a level of focus on six iconic and very different edifices from around the winning work, presenting an hour of non-theatrical filmmaking distinction or quality? 60 min. globe: the Berlin Philharmonic; the National Library of Russia; whose level of cinematic talent truly deserves to be seen on the This is a free event! Tickets must be obtained from box office. Norway’s Halden Prison, California’s Salk Institute; the Oslo big screen. 60 min. This is a free event! Tickets must be obtained from box office. Opera House; and Paris’ Centre Pompidou. A must-see for Sat 10/18 12:00 PM EFPAN2 Sun 10/19 12:00 PM EFPAN3 architecture-philes. Presented in two 90-minute programs with a This is a free event! Tickets must be obtained from box office. amc river east 21 amc river east 21 30-minute intermission. German with subtitles. 103 min. Wed 10/22 3:15 PM EFINTER Wed 10/21 6:00 PM EFCATH 38 amc river east 21 Special Event Screening Ticket: $25 39 Discover Chicago & Illinois Festival Hot Spots

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Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, is a year-round non-profit cultural and educational organization dedicated to fostering better communication between people of diverse cultures through the art of film and the moving image.

In addition to the Chicago International Film Festival, Cinema/Chicago presents year-round public and educational programs including the Education Outreach Program, Member Screenings, the Chicago International Television Competition (April), CineYouth (May), International Screenings Program (May-September), and INTERCOM (October). Proceeds from the 50th Anniversary Co-Chairs Chicago International Film Festival support these important and Jeanne Randall Malkin exciting programs. Penelope R. Steiner

Governing Board Emeritus Board International Advisors Staff Chair Phil Azar Jacqueline Bissett – UK Founder and Artistic Director Jeanne Randall Malkin Charles Benton* Daniel Burman – Argentina Michael Kutza Daniel P. Coffey* – Switzerland Executive Vice Chairman Martin Gapshisº – USA Managing Director Robert Scarpelli Judy Gaynor** Andrew Davis – USA Vivian Teng Ellis Goodman* – Mexico Vice President Joel Hochberg Jean Doumanian – USA Programming Director Michael Kutza Chuck Johnsen Susan Downey & Mimi Plauché Mary Ann Joshº Robert Downey Jr. – USA Secretary Walter Kaiser – USA Education Program Manager Randy Crumpton Burton Kanterº William Friedkin – USA Rebecca Fons James Klutznick – USA Treasurer Linda Leemasterº Taylor Hackford – USA Programmer & Competitions Charles Droege Suzanne McCormick** – USA Coordinator Colleen Moore Hargrave*º Claude Lelouch – France Alex Kopecky Directors Ken Nordine Harry Lennix – USA Jacolyn Bucksbaum Ray Nordstrand*º Shirley MacLaine – USA Corporate Sponsorship Keith Cardoza Ed Rabin – USA Manager Richard Doermer Victor Skrebneski Steve McQueen – UK Jesse Charbonier Paul Gignilliat Colleen Sullivan** – USA Holly Hayes Yale Wexler*º Gregory Nava – USA Development Manager Ross Miller Rev. Walter Wilczekº Arturo Ripstein – Mexico Erin Payton Byron Pollock Dori Wilson Tom Rosenberg – USA Penelope R. Steiner – USA Rich Varnes * Past Chair Volker Schlöndorff – Germany ** Past Executive Director Martin Scorsese – USA Legal Counsel º Deceased Oliver Stone – USA Phil Azar Anna Strasberg – USA István Szabó – Hungary – France Robert Teitel – USA Liv Ullmann – Norway Our Partners Margarethe von Trotta – Germany Cinema/Chicago Support from individuals, private foundations, and cultural Andy Wachowski – USA 30 E. Adams St., Ste. 800 partners, as well as from government and private sector partners, Lana Wachowski – USA Chicago, IL 60603 make the work of Cinema/Chicago possible. Paula Wagner – USA Wim Wenders – Germany T: 312.683.0121 Your contributions provide the resources necessary for us to Lina Wertmüller – Italy F: 312.683.0122 continue as one of Chicago’s leading cultural institutions. Haskell Wexler – USA E: [email protected] – USA W: chicagofilmfestival.com Please see p. 55 for the full list of our partners. Krzysztof Zanussi – Poland – USA 43 sign up Online: chicagofilmfestival.com How We Educate Become a member today! OR CALL: 312.683.0121 x108

Chicago Students >>>>> Festival ticket discounts! >>> Free monthly member screenings! Our Education Outreach Screening > Special event invitations and more! Program provides Chicago Public School students access to new cultures and Individual $75 *$50 for Students (with valid ID) and Seniors (65+) languages, thought-provoking themes and • Free admission to Member Screenings throughout the year diverse perspectives through cinema. • Special 15% discount on Festival merchandise • Advance purchase of Festival tickets — before the general public Annually, we bring over 6,000 students • Discounted rates to Festival screenings and events into theaters throughout the school year • Festival schedule mailed to you and during the Chicago International Film Festival for FREE film screenings. Dual $125 Study guides are prepared and provide • All benefits of Individual Membership (two people at same address) background to the cultural context of the film, highlight themes and historical Producer $500 • All benefits of Individual Membership references, and introduce questions that • Reserved seating for you and one guest at Member Screenings encourage personal examinations of the • One ticket to the Festival’s Opening Night film and reception films’ subject matter. Each screening • Eight vouchers for regular admission Festival tickets is followed by a Q & A with filmmakers, Photos: Timothy M. Schmidt • Access to private Festival Filmmaker’s Lounge documentary subjects, and/or film professionals and professors. Founder’s Club $1,000 (Unavailable during Festival) Young Filmmakers New Audiences Get a first class Festival experience by becoming a Founder’s Club member film series The goals of the program are to give member and heighten your Festival experience. partner Our FREE CineYouth Festival showcases Our newest initiative, the Student Film students from across the city the • All benefits of Individual Membership the work of student filmmakers 21 years Council, provides a FREE program for • Opening and Closing Night VIP tickets to film and after-parties opportunity to view unique films and in old and younger, highlighting the creativity public, private and suburban high school • Convenient Concierge Ticket Service the process, transform them from passive of the next generation of filmmakers. students who have a passion for film. Gustafson. Photo: Todd • Access to Festival Filmmaker’s Lounge audience members to active, engaged CineYouth features screenings of over Council members have the opportunity Writer/Director/Actor John Turturro poses with members • Reserved seating for you and up to three guests at year-round viewers and thinkers. 75 officially selected films and offers to experience and attend the numerous after a screening of his film Fading Gigolo. Member Screenings educational panels and hands-on film festivals and programs that take Because Chicago Public Schools have workshops for participating guests. place during the school year in Chicago. limited financial resources to provide Members engage in conversations with students with field trip experiences, this Award-winning CineYouth films are shown directors, producers and film festival twenty-year-old program provides buses, during the Chicago International Film programmers with the goal of analyzing, theaters, films, speakers, study guides, and Festival at the CineYouth Best of the Fest understanding and appreciating film and teacher support entirely free of charge. (p. 38) screening. CineYouth celebrates its relationship with film festivals and the its 12th year May 7 – 9, 2015! Entries for city of Chicago. the 2015 CineYouth Festival are accepted November 3, 2014 – March 18, 2015. Get Fest Dressed! Lead education Partner

Lead Education Outreach Screenings Partner Cynthia Stone Raskin

foundation support New Posters! supporting donors SHOP ONLINE: Richard Ehrie Bob Scarpelli Penelope R. Steiner Robert Steiner, Jr. chicagofilmfestival.com Jacolyn and John Jocelyn Stoller Messenger Bags, Sweatshirts© Bucksbaum Judy and Fred Adler Byron and Judy Pollock Beverly Yusim Lapel Pins, Watches Chuck Droege Catherine Siegel Scarves, Posters Christopher Vincent Ron and Andrea Sandler Ray Gillette C. James and Karen Shirts, Hats Steven Grimes Prieur Mugs, and much more! To learn more about our Education Outreach Program, visit: Joe Konen Barbara Baker Eric Larson Liz Stiffel 44 chicagofilmfestival.com John Saladino 45 Thursday, October 9 • Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph Dr. Opening Night Gala MISS JULIE (p. 5) 6:00 PM Red carpet arrivals. How To Buy Tickets & Passes 7:00 PM Guest presentation and screening. Over The Phone Online In Person 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM Cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres. Festival Hotline Passes available only in our online store: FESTIVAL THEATER 312.332.FILM chicagofilmfestival.com BOX OFFICE Friday, October 10 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. September 17 – October 23: AMC River East 21 (322 E. Illinois St.) SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Individual Tickets available only at: ticketmaster.com 12 September 17 – October 9: PM Tickets purchased by phone need to be 7 days a week, noon – 8:00 PM Ticketmaster purchases are subject to 1 reserved at least 24 hours in advance. PM Subject to additional service charges. Ticketmaster service charges. October 10 – 23: Tickets will be on sale one hour before the start of the first show 2 Viktoria until the start of the last show. PM 1:30 PM • 155 min. Land of Storms p.33 • EFVIK1 2:00 PM • 107 min. 3 the lamb p.24 • EFLAND1 FESTIVAL OFFICE PM 3:00 PM • 85 min. Shorts 2 p.24 • EFLAMB1 Become A Member And Save! (30 E. Adams St., Suite 800) 3:30 PM • 80 min. September 17 – October 23: 4 the 100 year old p.36 • EFSHAN1 PM man... Members receive discounted Festival ticket prices. Individual memberships start at Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM 4:00 PM • 114 min. $50 per year, less than the cost of five movies. See page 45 for more details. Saturday – Sunday, CLOSED 5 the Owners p.10 • EF1HUND1 PM 5:00 PM • 93 min. This Afternoon Echo of the p.27 • EFOWN1 5:30 PM • 66 min. Mountain p.31 • EFTHIS1 6 the word The Iron Ministry PM 5:45 PM • 91 min. 6:00 PM • 97 min. Free Fall 6:00 PM • 82 min. p.16 • EFECHO1 6:15 PM • 80 min. p.34 • EFWORD1 p.23 • EFIRON1 p.18 • EFFREE1 7 Beyond the PM El Cordero 7:15 PM • 90 min. Lights Ticket Prices Words With 7:00 PM • 116 min. p.14 • EFCORD1 8 No Thank You Gods p.12 • EFBEY Special Events Passes PM 8:00 PM • 95 min. 7:30 PM • 129 min. Paris of the p.26 • EFNO1 Force Majeure p.34 • EFWGOD1 Buy a Festival Pass and save! North Zurich 8:15 PM • 120 min. 8:30 PM • 95 min. Opening Night Gala Junior Board night Available only until October 19. 9 8:15 PM • 103 min. PM p.18 • EFFORCE1 p.27 • EFPARIS1 p.35 • EFZUR1 Thursday, October 9, Miss Julie, p. 5. Saturday, October 19 High Five Moviegoer Pass 10 9:30 PM • 98 min. The Harris Theater (205 E. Randolph Dr.) Low Down, p. 24. PM p.20 • EFHIGH1 Balcony (film only), EFOPEN Film Only, EFLOW: 10 regular admissions the Midnight After $45* FOR memberS $16 FOR memberS $100 for members 11 The Babadook PM 10:15 PM • 120 min. $130 for non-members 11:00 PM • 95 min. p.25 • EFMID1 $50 for non-members $20 for non-members p.12 • EFBABA1 Main Floor (film only), EFOPEN Film and Junior Board after-party, 12 Passport Pass $55* FOR memberS EFLOWP: $35 AM $60 for non-members 20 regular admissions Isabelle Huppert films VIP ticket (includes premium main floor $190 for members Saturday, October 11 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. seat and reception) Music Box Theatre $240 for non-members SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 EFOPENP: $150 All seating is reserved. (3733 N. Southport Ave.) Sunday October 12 Moviegoer and Passport Passes are not valid for 11 Special Presentations, Tributes, Galas, Opening Night, AM The Piano Teacher, p. 20. Cineyouth: Best Opening Night tickets can be Centerpiece, and Closing Night. Passes must be picked Panel: Selling of the FEst 11:30 AM • 90 min. EFPIANOT: $5 up and redeemed in person at a Festival box office. 12 Your Film Everything We purchased: PM p.38 • EFCINE 12:00 PM • 60 min. Loved 101 Reykjavík Copacabana, p. 21. the word IN PERSON: p.39 • EFPAN1 12:00 PM • 100 min. 12:15 PM • 89 min. The Iron Ministry EFCOPA: $5 p.16 • EFEVER1 12:15 PM • 97 min. p.10 • efreyk Festival Office (30 E. Adams, Suite 800) 1 p.34 • EFWORD2 12:45 PM • 82 min. p.23 • EFIRON2 Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tuesday October 14 Individual Tickets PM Doctor ONLINE**: chicagofilmfestival.com Comedy of Power, p. 21. Available on September 19. Proctor’s Fart A Star is Born 2 Powder 1:00 PM • 176 min. PHONE**: 312.332.FILM EFCOM: $5 PM 1:45 PM • 87 min. Nabat Here’s Your Life 1:30 PM • 169 min. p.30 • EFSTAR p.15 • EFDOC1 2:00 PM • 105 min. The Idolmaker Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM White Material, p. 21. Regular FILMS Superegos p.20 • EFHERE p.25 • EFNABAT1 2:30 PM • 93 min. 2:15 PM • 117 min. **subject to $4.00 handling fee per order EFWHITE: $5 $11 for members, students*, seniors* 3 p.31 • EFSEGO1 p.22 • EFIDOL PM Zurich $14 for non-members 3:00 PM • 103 min. Black Perspectives Gala p.35 • EFZUR2 Centerpiece FILMS *With valid ID. Friday, October 10 4 the circle Wednesday, October 15 PM I’ve Seen the 4:00 PM • 102 min. Unicorn Beyond the Lights, p. 12. WEEKDAY MATINEES p.14 • EFCIRC1 The Last 5 Years, p. 7. EFLAST 4:30 PM • 61 min. The Other One Paris of the Film Only, EFBEY: $7 matinees (films only) 5 p.23 • EFUNI1 4:45 PM • 98 min. St. Vincent, p. 7. EFSTVI PM North $16 FOR memberS p.27 • EFOTHER1 White Nights 5:00 PM • 95 min. $16 FOR memberS Monday – Friday through 5:00 PM Still The World $20 for non-members 5:00 PM • 135 min. 5:30 PM • 96 min. p.27 • EFPARIS2 $20 for non-members 10 after 10 6 p.33 • EFWHITE p.30 • EFSTILL1 Is Mine Film and after-party, EFBEYP: $50 PM 5:30 PM • 103 min. the Way He Underdog p.34 • EFWMINE1 Closing Night $10 tickets, every day after 10:00 PM 6:15 PM • 97 min. Looks p.32 • EFUNDER1 SPECIAL EVENT SCREENING 7 6:30 PM • 95 min. Thursday, October 23 special PresentationS PM p.33 • EFWAY1 Family Life Wild, p. 7. Wednesday, October 22 7:15 PM • 88 min. $16 for members p.17 • EFFAM Film only, EFWILD: $25 Cathedrals of Culture, Parts I & II, p. 39. 8 Black Coal, $20 for non-members PM Winter Sleep The Fool EFCATH: $25.00 7:15 PM • 196 min. Thin Ice Film and after-party, EFWILDP: $50 8:00 PM • 106 min. 8:00 PM • 116 min. Rudderless p.34 • EFWIN1 tir p.13 • EFTHIN1 p.18 • EFFOOL1 Rush tickets 9 8:45 PM • 85 min. 8:30 PM • 104 min. Beloved Sisters PM p.32 • EFTIR1 p.29 • EFRUDD1 8:15 PM • 170 min. $10 tickets for regular screenings p.12 • EFBELOV1 For other special events, visit: chicagofilmfestival.com Alleluia $15 tickets for Special Presentations 10 9:30 PM • 95 min. Rush tickets are last minute tickets to sold out films. PM p.11 • EFALLEL1 Admission serves as consent for Cinema/Chicago to capture and use your photo, image To purchase a rush ticket: 1: Ask for a numbered card and/or voice in Cinema/Chicago promotional materials. 30 minutes prior to show time. 2: Exchange numbered ABCs of Death 2 card for available ticket 10 minutes before show time. 11 The World of 10:30 PM • 122 min. PM All programs subject to change. Film are unrated. Viewer discretion is advised. Kanako p.10 • EFABC 11:00 PM • 118 min. 12 p.34 • EFWKAN1 AM 46 47 sunday, October 12 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. & Music Box Theatre (3733 N. Southport Ave.) tuesday, October 14 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 9 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 Music Box Theatre SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 9 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 Music Box Theatre

11 12 Refugiado AM PM 12:00 PM • 93 min. p.29 • EFREF3 Panel: This 1 The 12 Documentary PM the Midnight PM Kindergarten 12:00 PM • 60 min. Afternoon Land of 12:15 PM • 66 min. After The Fool Teacher p.38 • EFPAN4 Superegos Storms 12:00 PM • 116 min. p.31 • EFTHIS2 12:00 PM • 120 min. 1:00 PM • 119 min. 12:30 PM • 93 min. 12:15 PM • 105 min. p.25 • EFMID2 p.18 • EFFOOL2 2 p.23 • EFKIND1 1 p.31 • EFSEGO2 p.24 • EFLAND2 PM PM El Cordero Echo of the 1:00 PM • 90 min. The Other Mountain p.14 • EFCORD2 a Few Cubic 1:30 PM • 91 min. 3 One Meters of 2 PM 2:45 PM • 98 min. p.16 • EFECHO2 Foreign Everything Love PM p.27 • EFOTHER2 Body The We Loved 3:00 PM • 90 min. Jamaica Inn Free Fall Evolution 2:00 PM • 117 min. 2:45 PM • 80 min. 3:15 PM • 100 min. p.18 • EFFEW1 Stations of 2:30 PM • 107 min. 4 I’ve Seen the p.18 • EFFOREI1 p.18 • EFFREE2 of Bert PM p.16 • EFEVER2 3 the Cross p.23 • EFJAM PM Unicorn 2:45 PM • 77 min. 2:45 PM • 107 min. p.17 • EFBERT1 No Thank 3:15 PM • 61 min. p.30 • EFSTAT1 p.23 • EFUNI2 NATURAL 5 4 You PM 3:45 PM • 95 min. BORN PM the Piano Next to Her Shorts 1 Comedy of p.26 • EFNO2 KILLERS: Hotel Stockholm 1001 Grams Teacher 5:30 PM • 90 min. Algren KATHLEEN 5:45 PM • 76 min. Power DIRECTOR’S Fasten Your 4:00 PM • 125 min. 6 Nueva Isla 5:45 PM • 91 min. p.26 • EFNEXT1 5:45 PM • 88 min. PM Marie’s 6:00 PM • 87 min. TURNER p.36 • EFSHCS1 5:30 PM • 105 min. 5 Sand CUT Seatbelt p.20 • EFPIANOT 6:00 PM • 71 min. p.30 • EFSTOCK1 p.10 • EFGRAM1 Story p.11 • EFALGR1 6:00 PM • 90 min. p.21 • EFCOM PM 4:00 PM • 122 min. González 4:45 PM • 110 min. p.21 • EFHOTEL2 Dollars Still 6:15 PM • 95 min. p.32 • EFKATH p.26 • EFNATUR 5:00 PM • 100 min. p.17 • EFFAST1 the Owners Force 5:00 PM • 80 min. 5:15 PM • 96 min. 7 p.25 • EFMARIE2 p.29 • EFSAND1 p.20 • EFGONZ1 6 Hotel Nueva 5:30 PM • 93 min. Majeure p.30 • EFSTILL2 PM Isla p.27 • EFOWN2 5:30 PM • 120 min. PM Gett: The 6:00 PM • 71 min. p.18 • EFFORCE2 8 p.21 • EFHOTEL1 Something Trial of Land of The White PM la Tirisia the 7 8:00 PM • 110 min. Must Break Winter Viviane Red Army Storms Evolution Material Salvation 8:00 PM • 100 min. PM Copacabana p.32 • EFLATIR1 8:15 PM • 81 min. Sleep Amsalem 8:30 PM • 85 min. 8:00 PM • 105 min. of Bert 7:00 PM • 107 min. 8:30 PM • 89 min. p.21 • EFWHITE Alexander 9 p.30 • EFSOME2 7:45 PM • 196 min. 8:00 PM • 116 min. p.28 • EFARMY p.24 • EFLAND3 8:30 PM • 77 min. Refugiado p.21 • EFCOPA p.29 • EFSALV2 7:00 PM • 207 min. buzzard PM p.34 • EFWIN2 p.19 • EFGETT2 p.17 • EFBERT2 Beloved 7:30 PM • 97 min. 7:30 PM • 93 min. 8 Nabat p.11 • EFALEX p.29 • EFREF1 PM the circle 7:45 PM • 105 min. Rudderless Sisters the 100 year p.13 • EFBUZZ1 8:00 PM • 102 min. p.25 • EFNABAT2 8:00 PM • 104 min. 7:15 PM • 170 min. old man... 10 p.14 • EFCIRC2 p.29 • EFRUDD2 p.12 • EFBELOV2 8:00 PM • 114 min. PM 9 p.10 • EF1HUND2 PM wednesday, October 15 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. 10 SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 10 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 PM 12 PM González 11 12:00 PM • 100 min. PM Supernova the Owners p.20 • EFGONZ3 12:15 PM • 102 min. 12:30 PM • 93 min. 1 p.31 • EFSNOVA1 p.27 • EFOWN3 12 PM AM 2 PM Monday, October 13 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. Still SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 9 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 The Third One 2:30 PM • 96 min. 3 p.30 • EFSTILL3 PM 3:00 PM • 70 min. p.31 • EFTHIRD1 Pink Noise 12 3:15 PM • 100 min. PM Doctor 4 p.28 • EFPINK1 The Fool PM Proctor’s 12:00 PM • 116 min. Fart Powder p.18 • EFFOOL3 1 12:30 PM • 87 min. Superegos PM 5 p.15 • EFDOC2 1:00 PM • 93 min. This PM p.31 • EFSEGO3 Afternoon 1:30 PM • 66 min. Seven Little Red Rose p.31 • EFTHIS3 Killers 5:45 PM • 88 min. Corn Island 2 6 August Winds Next to Her 5:45 PM • 101 min. PM PM 5:45 PM • 86 min. p.28 • EFROSE1 6:00 PM • 77 min. 6:00 PM • 90 min. p.14 • EFCORN1 p.29 • EFSEVEN1 p.12 • EFAUG1 p.26 • EFNEXT2 ablations action4climate Fanny and 6:15 PM • 93 min. 6:15 PM • 90 min. 7 p.10 • EFABLA2 p.11 • efconn 3 Fort Tilden Alexander Fasten Your PM PM 2:00 PM • 188 min. 3:00 PM • 97 min. Seatbelt The Last 5 the Young p.17 • EFFANNY p.18 • EFFORT1 3:00 PM • 110 min. Years Kieslowski p.17 • EFFAST2 8 6:00 PM • 94 min. PM la Tirisia 4 3:30 PM • 94 min. Stockholm The President p.7 • eflast Timbuktu PM p.35 • EFYOUNG1 8:00 PM • 110 min. 8:00 PM • 118 min. titli 8:15 PM • 91 min. a Girl at My 8:15 PM • 97 min. 8:00 PM • 127 min. p.32 • EFLATIR2 Speed Walking p.28 • EFPRES1 9 p.30 • EFSTOCK2 8:30 PM • 108 min. Door p.31 • EFTIM1 p.32 • EFTITLI1 PM p.30 • EFSPEED2 8:30 PM • 119 min. 5 p.19 • EFGDOOR1 PM ST. VINCENT 8:15 PM • 103 min. 10 p.7 • efstvi Underdog PM 5:30 PM • 97 min. ablations González 6 Sand Dollars 5:45 PM • 93 min. 5:45 PM • 100 min. Refugiado PM p.32 • EFUNDER2 Stations of tir 6:00 PM • 80 min. Marie’s Story p.10 • EFABLA1 p.20 • EFGONZ2 6:00 PM • 93 min. 6:15 PM • 85 min. the Cross 6:00 PM • 107 min. p.29 • EFSAND2 6:15 PM • 95 min. p.29 • EFREF2 p.32 • EFTIR2 p.25 • EFMARIE1 7 p.30 • EFSTAT2 PM Festival Something Must Break 8 7:45 PM • 81 min. Black Coal, PM Gett: The Trial buzzard Centerpiece p.30 • EFSOME1 Thin Ice the Way He of Viviane the Salvation 8:00 PM • 97 min. Speed Walking 8:00 PM • 106 min. p.13 • EFBUZZ2 Looks Amsalem 8:30 PM • 89 min. p.13 • EFTHIN2 Films 8:30 PM • 108 min. 9 8:30 PM • 95 min. 8:15 PM • 116 min. p.29 • EFSALV1 p.30 • EFSPEED1 PM p.33 • EFWAY2 p.19 • EFGETT1

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11 The Last 5 years (p. 7) ST. VINCENT PM (p. 7) AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. 5:30 PM Red carpet arrivals. 8:15 PM Screening. 12 6:00 PM Guest presentation and screening. AM 48 49 thursday, October 16 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. SATURday, October 18 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 9 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 9 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 Panel: 12 11 City & State PM AM 11:00 AM • 60 min. Sand Dollars p.38 • EFPAN5 12:30 PM • 80 min. Panel: shorts p.29 • EFSAND3 12 12:00 PM • 60 min. 1 PM PM p.38 • EFPAN2 Xenia Foreign Body Vive la France 12:00 PM • 117 min. 12:00 PM • 128 min. 12:30 PM • 87 min. p.18 • EFFOREI2 p.35 • EFXEN1 1 p.33 • EFVIVE2 Shorts 6 2 PM an Eye for On Beauty 1:00 PM • 90 min. PM No Thank You the lamb Beauty 1:15 PM • 75 min. p.37 • EFSHDOC p.27 • EFBEAU 2:15 PM • 95 min. Free Fall 1:30 PM • 85 min. 1:15 PM • 102 min. p.26 • EFNO3 2:30 PM • 80 min. 2 p.24 • EFLAMB2 p.17 • EFEYE2 3 p.18 • EFFREE3 PM the Princess PM ablations of France 3:00 PM • 93 min. Årtico 2:45 PM • 78 min. If You Don’t, 2:30 PM • 70 min. p.10 • EFABLA3 3 p.11 • EFART2 I Will p.28 • EFPRINC1 4 PM 2:45 PM • 102 min. Shorts 4 PM p.22 • EFIWILL1 3:15 PM • 100 min. Gente de Bien The Look of p.36 • EFSHSCA 4 Silence Gian Luigi 3:45 PM • 86 min. PM p.19 • EFGENTE1 One Flew Over 3:45 PM • 102 min. 5 Rondi: Life, the Piano Clouds of The Cuckoo’s p.24 • EFLOOK1 PM Cinema, Passion Room Sils Maria Nest 5:00 PM • 74 min. an Eye for The Boss, 5 4:00 PM • 134 min. PM 4:45 PM • 103 min. 4:30 PM • 123 min. p.19 • EFGIAN Beauty Anatomy of a We Love You, p.27 • EFONE 6 Two Days, One Centenary of p.27 • EFPIANR1 Breaking p.14 • EFCLOUD2 The President 5:30 PM • 102 min. Crime You Bastard PM Vive la France 5:45 PM • 118 min. 1001 Grams Night p.17 • EFEYE1 the Tramp the Waves Shorts 7 6:00 PM • 95 min. 5:45 PM • 98 min. 6:00 PM • 90 min. 5:15 PM • 108 min. 5:30 PM • 84 min. 6:15 PM • 87 min. p.28 • EFPRES2 6:15 PM • 88 min. 6 El Gort 5:00 PM • 159 min. p.32 • EFTWO1 p.13 • EFBOSS1 p.14 • EFDAVID PM p.33 • EFWELOV2 p.37 • EFSHWE p.33 • EFVIVE1 p.10 • EFGRAM2 6:00 PM • 88 min. p.13 • EFBREAK In Silence 7 Pink Noise p.16 • EFGORT1 6:15 PM • 84 min. PM 6:45 PM • 100 min. p.22 • EFINSIL1 p.28 • EFPINK2 7 Joy of Man’s PM Desiring Of Horses 7:15 PM • 70 min. and Men 8 the Imitation p.23 • EFJOY1 Low Down Birdman PM Timbuktu 7:30 PM • 81 min. 8 7:30 PM • 114 min. 7:30 PM • 119 min. the Young Game 8:00 PM • 97 min. p.26 • EFHORSE1 Shorts 8 August Winds Clouds of Sils PM The Third One p.24 • EFLOW p.12 • EFBIRD 8:30 PM • 77 min. Human Capital 8:00 PM • 113 min. p.31 • EFTIM2 8:00 PM • 86 min. Kieslowski Maria titli 8:15 PM • 70 min. p.12 • EFAUG2 8:30 PM • 110 min. p.22 • EFIMM p.31 • EFTHIRD2 p.37 • EFSHORT8 9 Concrete 8:30 PM • 94 min. 8:15 PM • 123 min. 8:30 PM • 127 min. The Editor p.21 • EFHUM1 PM Night p.35 • EFYOUNG2 p.14 • EFCLOUD1 p.32 • EFTITLI2 9 8:30 PM • 99 min. 9:00 PM • 96 min. PM The Alley Cat p.16 • EFEDIT1 p.14 • EFCONC1 9:15 PM • 68 min. Fort Tilden p.11 • EFACAT1 10 9:30 PM • 97 min. PM 10 p.18 • EFFORT2 It Follows PM 9:45 PM • 107 min. Goal of p.23 • EFITFO1 the Dead 11 10:00 PM • 120 min. PM 11 shorts 3 PM p.19 • EFGOAL1 11:00 PM • 89 min. p.36 • EFSHMID 12 12 AM AM

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12 Black Coal, 11 PM AM Thin Ice titli 12:00 PM • 106 min. 12:00 PM • 127 min. Panel: What Is p.13 • EFTHIN3 p.32 • EFTITLI3 12 Independent Film? Shorts 1 1 PM 12:00 PM • 76 min. PM 12:00 PM • 60 min. Camera CRU p.39 • EFPAN3 12:15 PM • 85 min. p.36 • EFSHCS3 the Piano 12:15 PM • 95 min. Red Rose 12:30 PM • 88 min. p.15 • EFCRU2 la Tirisia Room p.13 • EFCAM2 1:30 PM • 110 min. 1 p.28 • EFROSE3 Årtico PM 12:45 PM • 103 min. 2 p.32 • EFLATIR3 Futuro Beach PM 2:00 PM • 78 min. El Gort p.27 • EFPIANR2 1:00 PM • 106 min. p.11 • EFART1 Maestro 1:30 PM • 88 min. p.19 • EFFUTU1 2:30 PM • 84 min. Shorts 1 2 p.16 • EFGORT2 3 p.25 • EFMAES1 2:45 PM • 76 min. PM Life After PM p.36 • EFSHCS2 Maestro The Well Death Fort Tilden 2:30 PM • 84 min. 2:30 PM • 95 min. 2:30 PM • 75 min. 3 Joy of 2:45 PM • 97 min. p.25 • EFMAES2 p.33 • EFWELL2 p.24 • EFLIFE1 4 Dust on the PM Man’s Desiring p.18 • EFFORT3 PM Tongue 3:15 PM • 70 min. In Silence p.23 • EFJOY2 3:30 PM • 84 min. High Five 4:00 PM • 89 min. Fair Play Of Horses 4:20 PM • 98 min. p.16 • EFDUST1 4 p.22 • EFINSIL2 PM 3:45 PM • 100 min. p.20 • EFHIGH2 and Men 5 the Young Shorts 2 p.17 • EFFAIR1 4:00 PM • 81 min. PM Kieslowski 5:00 PM • 80 min. p.26 • EFHORSE2 Magician Corn Island 5:00 PM • 94 min. p.36 • EFSHAN2 5 why be good? 4:45 PM • 93 min. 4:30 PM • 101 min. p.35 • EFYOUNG3 Human Capital a Girl at My PM Black p.25 • EFMAGIC p.14 • EFCORN2 6 5:30 PM • 110 min. Door Panther 5:00 PM • 84 min. Concrete Night p.21 • EFHUM2 p.34 • EFWHY PM CRU 5:30 PM • 119 min. 5:15 PM • 79 min. National Summer 6:00 PM • 96 min. 6:00 PM • 85 min. p.19 • EFGDOOR2 6 p.13 • EFBLACK1 Gallery 5:45 PM • 85 min. p.14 • EFCONC2 p.15 • EFCRU1 Two Days, Pink Noise PM 5:00 PM • 181 min. p.31 • EFSUM1 Gente de Bien One Night 6:30 PM • 100 min. 6:15 PM • 86 min. p.26 • EFNATION 7 6:15 PM • 95 min. PM p.28 • EFPINK3 Shorts 9 p.19 • EFGENTE2 7 p.32 • EFTWO2 Evolution of 7:15 PM • 66 min. Shorts 5 a Criminal p.37 • EFSHORT9 PM 7:15 PM • 95 min. 7:00 PM • 83 min. p.37 • EFSHFAM 8 Red Rose The Boss, In Order of p.16 • EFCRIM1 PM Seven Little Mr. Kaplan 8:00 PM • 88 min. Anatomy of a 8 7:45 PM • 95 min. Disappearance Killers p.28 • EFROSE2 PM Viktoria 7:30 PM • 116 min. The Editor 8:15 PM • 86 min. In Order of Crime 7:30 PM • 155 min. p.25 • EFMRKAP1 8:00 PM • 99 min. the lamb Creep p.22 • EFINORD2 p.29 • EFSEVEN2 8:15 PM • 98 min. p.33 • EFVIK2 The Other One p.16 • EFEDIT2 9 Disappearance 8:30 PM • 85 min. 8:30 PM • 82 min. p.13 • EFBOSS2 8:30 PM • 98 min. PM Ne Me Quitte Pas Camera 8:30 PM • 116 min. Into the Clouds p.24 • EFLAMB3 p.15 • EFCREEP2 9 p.27 • EFOTHER3 9:00 PM • 107 min. 9:00 PM • 95 min. p.22 • EFINORD1 We Gaze PM p.26 • EFNEME1 p.13 • EFCAM1 9:30 PM • 66 min. 10 p.22 • EFINTO1 PM 10 The Well PM 10:15 PM • 95 min. Creep p.33 • EFWELL1 10:30 PM • 82 min. 11 p.15 • EFCREEP1 PM 11 PM

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12 12 Paris of the PM a Girl at My PM North Algren 12:00 PM • 95 min. 12:15 PM • 87 min. Door Nabat p.27 • EFPARIS3 p.11 • EFALGR2 12:00 PM • 119 min. 12:15 PM • 105 min. p.19 • EFGDOOR3 1 p.25 • EFNABAT3 El Cordero 1 tir PM 1:00 PM • 90 min. PM 1:00 PM • 85 min. p.14 • EFCORD3 p.32 • EFTIR3 2 2 PM PM Summer 1001 Grams 2:30 PM • 85 min. Mr. Kaplan 3 intercom: the 2:30 PM • 88 min. p.31 • EFSUM3 2:15 PM • 95 min. Doctor PM best of p.10 • EFGRAM3 BEST OF p.25 • EFMRKAP2 Proctor’s Fart 3 3:15 PM • 60 min. THE FEST* PM Powder Speed Walking p.38 • EFINTER 3:30 PM • 108 min. 4 3:30 PM • 87 min. p.30 • EFSPEED3 PM p.15 • EFDOC3 4 PM 5 BEST OF PM THE FEST* The Alley Cat TED HOPe Årtico 4:45 PM • 68 min. Alleluia 5 p.11 • EFACAT2 master class Fair Play BEST OF 5:30 PM • 95 min. 5:00 PM • 78 min. Cathedrals of PM 5:00 PM • 60 min. 6 5:45 PM • 100 min. THE FEST* p.11 • EFALLEL2 p.11 • EFART3 p.21 • efted PM It Follows culture, Part I a Few Cubic p.17 • EFFAIR2 6:00 PM • 107 min. 6:00 PM • 90 min. Meters of Love p.23 • EFITFO2 The Third One p.39 • EFCATH 6:15 PM • 90 min. 6 Dear White 7 p.18 • EFFEW3 PM The Lesson Evolution of Roger and Me 6:00 PM • 70 min. People PM p.31 • EFTHIRD3 6:00 PM • 108 min. a Criminal 7:00 PM • 91 min. p.24 • EFLESS1 6:00 PM • 108 min. p.29 • EFROGER 6:15 PM • 83 min. the Princess of p.15 • EFDEAR The Look of 7 Dust on the France Silence p.16 • EFCRIM2 8 Everything We Cathedrals of The PM Tongue 6:45 PM • 70 min. 6:45 PM • 102 min. PM BEST OF Loved culture, Part II Kindergarten 7:00 PM • 89 min. p.28 • EFPRINC2 p.24 • EFLOOK2 THE FEST* 8:00 PM • 100 min. The Lesson 8:00 PM • 90 min. Teacher A Dream of Iron p.16 • EFDUST2 p.16 • EFEVER3 8:15 PM • 108 min. p.39 • EFCATH 8:00 PM • 119 min. 8:30 PM • 100 min. 9 p.24 • EFLESS2 8 PM p.23 • EFKIND3 p.15 • EFDREAM2 PM Supernova If You Don’t, a Few Cubic 8:15 PM • 102 min. Meters of Love 10 I Will The World of The Deep p.31 • EFSNOVA2 Black 8:30 PM • 102 min. 8:30 PM • 90 min. PM 9 8:45 PM • 93 min. The PM Panther p.22 • EFIWILL2 Kanako p.18 • EFFEW2 9:00 PM • 79 min. 8:45 PM • 118 min. p.15 • EFDEEP Kindergarten p.13 • EFBLACK2 p.34 • EFWKAN2 Teacher 11 9:00 PM • 119 min. PM 10 p.23 • EFKIND2 PM 12 AM 11 PM *Best of The Fest presents encore screenings of select award winners and audience favorites. 12 Visit chicagofilmfestival.com starting Mon., Oct. 20 for announcement of the films. AM

Thursday, October 23 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. tuesday, October 21 • AMC River East 21, 322 E. Illinois St. SCREEN 2 SCREEN 3 SCREEN 4 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 11 SCREEN 20 SCREEN 21 Closing Night Wild (p. 7) The Boss, 12 6:30 PM Red carpet arrivals. PM Anatomy of a Crime 7:00 PM Guest presentation and screening. 12:00 PM • 98 min. 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM Cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres. p.13 • EFBOSS3 1 In Order of PM Disappearance 1:00 PM • 116 min. p.22 • EFINORD3 2 Next to Her PM 2:00 PM • 90 min. The Evolution p.26 • EFNEXT3 of Bert 2:30 PM • 77 min. 3 The Alley Cat p.17 • EFBERT3 PM 3:00 PM • 68 min. p.11 • EFACAT3 4 PM Into the Clouds We Gaze 4:30 PM • 66 min. 5 Ne Me Quitte Pas p.22 • EFINTO2 PM 4:45 PM • 107 min. p.26 • EFNEME2 We Love You, Maestro You Bastard 5:45 PM • 84 min. 6 Dust on the 530 PM • 108 min. p.25 • EFMAES3 p.33 • EFWELOV2 Mr. Kaplan PM Tongue Summer 6:00 PM • 89 min. 6:00 PM • 95 min. A Dream of Iron p.25 • EFMRKAP3 6:15 PM • 85 min. p.16 • EFDUST3 p.31 • EFSUM2 6:15 PM • 100 min. 7 p.15 • EFDREAM1 PM Supernova 7:00 PM • 102 min. p.31 • EFSNOVA3 8 PM Xenia Algren 7:45 PM • 128 min. 8:00 PM • 87 min. p.35 • EFXEN2 The Babadook p.11 • EFALGR3 Life After Death 8:30 PM • 95 min. Futuro Beach Viktoria 8:30 PM • 106 min. 8:45 PM • 75 min. 9 p.12 • EFBABA2 PM 8:15 PM • 155 min. p.19 • EFFUTU2 p.24 • EFLIFE2 Goal of the p.33 • EFVIK3 Dead 9:30 PM • 120 min. 10 p.19 • EFGOAL2 PM

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12 AM 52 53 Index By Country THANK YOU TO OUR FESTIVAL PARTNERS We would like to acknowledge our partners – without their generosity the ARGENTINA CUBA HONG KONG MEXICO SWEDEN Natural Born Killers �������������� 26 Boss, Anatomy of a Crime ���� 13 Hotel Nueva Isla ������������������� 21 Camera �������������������������������� 13 Echo of the Mountain ����������� 16 100 Year Old Man ���������������� 10 On Beauty ���������������������������� 27 50th Chicago International Film Festival would not be possible. Princess of France, The �������� 28 Midnight After, The ��������������� 25 González ������������������������������ 20 Fanny and Alexander ����������� 17 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Refugiado ���������������������������� 29 CZECH REPUBLIC Sand Dollars ������������������������ 29 Force Majeure ���������������������� 18 Nest ������������������������������������� 27 Third One, The ��������������������� 31 Fair Play ������������������������������ 17 HUNGARY Tirisia, La ����������������������������� 32 Here’s Your Life �������������������� 20 Other One, The ��������������������� 27 In Silence ����������������������������� 22 Free Fall ������������������������������ 18 Something Must Break �������� 30 Red Army ����������������������������� 28 TOURISM Presenting AUSTRALIA Into the Clouds We Gaze ������ 22 Land of Storms �������������������� 24 NETHERLANDS Underdog ����������������������������� 32 Roger and Me ���������������������� 29 PARTNER Partner Babadook, The ��������������������� 12 Ne Me Quitte Pas ����������������� 26 Vive la France ���������������������� 33 Rudderless �������������������������� 29 DENMARK ICELAND Summer ������������������������������ 31 St. Vincent ����������������������������� 7 AUSTRIA Breaking the Waves ������������� 13 101 Reykjavík ���������������������� 10 Supernova ��������������������������� 31 SWITZERLAND Star Is Born, A ���������������������� 30 Superegos ��������������������������� 31 Look of Silence, The ������������� 24 Deep, The ���������������������������� 15 Black Panther ���������������������� 13 This Afternoon ��������������������� 31 Salvation, The ���������������������� 29 Of Horses and Men �������������� 26 NEW ZEALAND Circle, The ��������������������������� 14 Well, The ������������������������������ 33 AZERBAIJAN Speed Walking ��������������������� 30 Paris of the North ����������������� 27 Everything We Loved ������������ 16 Clouds of Sils Maria ������������� 14 Why Be Good? ��������������������� 34 Nabat ���������������������������������� 25 Wild ��������������������������������������� 7 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDIA NORWAY TUNISIA Young Kieslowski, The ���������� 35 BELGIUM Sand Dollars ������������������������ 29 Titli �������������������������������������� 32 1001 Grams ������������������������ 10 El Gort ��������������������������������� 16 Alleluia �������������������������������� 11 Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder 15 Ne Me Quitte Pas ����������������� 26 FINLAND INDONESIA In Order of Disappearance ��� 22 TURKEY Two Days, One Night ������������ 32 Concrete Night ��������������������� 14 Look of Silence, The ������������� 24 Miss Julie ������������������������������ 5 Lamb, The ��������������������������� 24 No Thank You ����������������������� 26 Winter Sleep ������������������������ 34 official Headquarters major BRAZIL IRAN POLAND airline Hotel partner August Winds ����������������������� 12 FRANCE Few Cubic Meters of Love, A 18 Family Life ��������������������������� 17 UK Futuro Beach ����������������������� 19 Ablations ����������������������������� 10 Red Rose ����������������������������� 28 Foreign Body ����������������������� 18 Imitation Game, The ������������� 22 Way He Looks, The �������������� 33 Clouds of Sils Maria ������������� 14 Word, The ���������������������������� 34 Jamaica Inn ������������������������� 23 Comedy of Power ���������������� 21 ISRAEL Miss Julie ������������������������������ 5 BULGARIA Copacabana ������������������������� 21 Gett ������������������������������������� 19 RUSSIA Still �������������������������������������� 30 Viktoria �������������������������������� 33 Goal of the Dead ������������������ 19 Kindergarten Teacher, The ���� 23 Fool, The ������������������������������ 18 If You Don’t, I Will ����������������� 22 Next To Her �������������������������� 26 Red Army ����������������������������� 28 URUGUAY CAMEROON Maestro ������������������������������� 25 High Five ����������������������������� 20 White Material ��������������������� 21 Marie’s Story ����������������������� 25 ITALY RWANDA Mr. Kaplan ��������������������������� 25 Piano Teacher, The ��������������� 20 Fasten Your Seatbelts ����������� 17 Life After Death �������������������� 24 CANADA Red Rose ����������������������������� 28 Gian Luigi Rondi ������������������� 19 USA participating partners Editor, The ���������������������������� 16 Two Days, One Night ������������ 32 Human Capital ��������������������� 21 SLOVAKIA Alexander ���������������������������� 11 Eye for Beauty, An ���������������� 17 We Love You, You Bastard ���� 33 Seven Little Killers ��������������� 29 Fair Play ������������������������������ 17 Algren ���������������������������������� 11 I’ve Seen the Unicorn ����������� 23 White Material ��������������������� 21 Tir ���������������������������������������� 32 In Silence ����������������������������� 22 Alley Cat, The ����������������������� 11 Joy of Man’s Desiring ���������� 23 Beyond the Lights ���������������� 12 GEORGIA JAPAN SOUTH KOREA Birdman ������������������������������� 12 CHILE Corn Island �������������������������� 14 World of Kanako, The ����������� 34 Dream of Iron, A ������������������ 15 Buzzard ������������������������������� 13 Cordero, El ��������������������������� 14 The President ���������������������� 28 Girl At My Door, A ����������������� 19 Creep ���������������������������������� 15 KAZAKHSTAN CRU ������������������������������������� 15 CHINA GERMANY Owners, The ������������������������ 27 SPAIN Dear White People ��������������� 15 Black Coal, Thin Ice ������������� 13 Beloved Sisters �������������������� 12 Artico ����������������������������������� 11 Evolution of a Criminal ��������� 16 Iron Ministry, The ����������������� 23 Black Panther ���������������������� 13 LATVIA Stockholm ��������������������������� 30 Evolution of Bert, The ����������� 17 Stations of the Cross ������������ 30 Lesson, The ������������������������� 24 Fort Tilden ��������������������������� 18 COLOMBIA Zurich ���������������������������������� 35 Idolmaker, The ��������������������� 22 Dust on the Tongue �������������� 16 MACEDONIA It Follows ����������������������������� 23 Platinum Media partners Gente de Bien ���������������������� 19 GREECE Piano Room, The ������������������ 27 Last 5 Years, The �������������������� 7 Pink Noise ��������������������������� 28 Xenia ����������������������������������� 35 Life After Death �������������������� 24 MAURITANIA Low Down ��������������������������� 24 Timbuktu ����������������������������� 31 Magician ����������������������������� 25 National Gallery ������������������� 26

Index by topic/genre Foundations & Government Support 50TH ANNIVERSARY High Five ����������������������������� 20 Babadook, The ��������������������� 12 JEWISH-THEMED Eye for Beauty, An ���������������� 17 Piano Teacher, The ��������������� 20 Alexander ���������������������������� 11 Hotel Nueva Isla ������������������� 21 Fair Play ������������������������������ 17 Gett ������������������������������������� 19 Fasten Your Seatbelts ����������� 17 Sand Dollars ������������������������ 29 Breaking the Waves ������������� 13 Mr. Kaplan ��������������������������� 25 Fort Tilden ��������������������������� 18 In Silence ����������������������������� 22 Few Cubic Meters of Love, A ��18 Something Must Break �������� 30 Comedy of Power ���������������� 21 Pink Noise ��������������������������� 28 Gett ������������������������������������� 19 Kindergarten Teacher, The ���� 23 Foreign Body ����������������������� 18 Third One, The ��������������������� 31 Copacabana ������������������������� 21 Princess of France, The �������� 28 Girl at my Door, A ����������������� 19 Mr. Kaplan ��������������������������� 25 If You Don’t, I Will ����������������� 22 This Afternoon ��������������������� 31 Family Life ��������������������������� 17 Refugiado ���������������������������� 29 Hotel Nueva Isla ������������������� 21 Next To Her �������������������������� 26 Land of Storms �������������������� 24 Xenia ����������������������������������� 35 Fanny and Alexander ����������� 17 Sand Dollars ������������������������ 29 If You Don’t, I Will ����������������� 22 Last 5 Years, The �������������������� 7 Gian Luigi Rondi ������������������� 19 Third One, The ��������������������� 31 Miss Julie ������������������������������ 5 LGBT Lesson, The ������������������������� 24 THRILLER Here’s Your Life �������������������� 20 Tirisia, La ����������������������������� 32 Ne Me Quitte Pas ����������������� 26 Circle, The ��������������������������� 14 Maestro ������������������������������� 25 Black Coal, Thin Ice ������������� 13 Jamaica Inn ������������������������� 23 Way He Looks, The �������������� 33 On Beauty ���������������������������� 27 Futuro Beach ����������������������� 19 Miss Julie ������������������������������ 5 Boss, Anatomy of a Crime ���� 13 participating hotels Natural Born Killers �������������� 26 Sand Dollars ������������������������ 29 Girl at my Door, A ����������������� 19 No Thank You ����������������������� 26 Camera �������������������������������� 13 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s CITY & STATE Summer ������������������������������ 31 Imitation Game, The ������������� 22 Pink Noise ��������������������������� 28 Deep, The ���������������������������� 15 Nest ������������������������������������� 27 Algren ���������������������������������� 11 Supernova ��������������������������� 31 Land of Storms �������������������� 24 Red Rose ����������������������������� 28 Fair Play ������������������������������ 17 Piano Teacher, The ��������������� 20 Alley Cat, The ����������������������� 11 Vive la France ���������������������� 33 Sand Dollars ������������������������ 29 Sand Dollars ������������������������ 29 Foreign Body ����������������������� 18 Roger and Me ���������������������� 29 Other One, The ��������������������� 27 White Material ��������������������� 21 Something Must Break �������� 30 Shorts 8: Meet Not So Cute �� 37 González ������������������������������ 20 Star Is Born, A ���������������������� 30 Shorts 1: Locally Sourced ���� 36 Words With Gods ����������������� 34 Speed Walking ��������������������� 30 Stockholm ��������������������������� 30 Human Capital ��������������������� 21 White Material ��������������������� 21 This Afternoon ��������������������� 31 Summer ������������������������������ 31 Summer ������������������������������ 31 Imitation Game, The ������������� 22 Why Be Good? ��������������������� 34 EASTERN EUROPE Third One, The ��������������������� 31 Supernova ��������������������������� 31 In Order of Disappearance ��� 22 COMEDY Fair Play ������������������������������ 17 Way He Looks, The �������������� 33 This Afternoon ��������������������� 31 Jamaica Inn ������������������������� 23 Gold Media Sponsors AFTER DARK 100 Year Old Man ���������������� 10 Corn Island �������������������������� 14 Xenia ����������������������������������� 35 Underdog ����������������������������� 32 Natural Born Killers �������������� 26 ABCs of Death 2 ������������������ 10 101 Reykjavík ���������������������� 10 Family Life ��������������������������� 17 We Love You, You Bastard ���� 33 Salvation, The ���������������������� 29 Alleluia �������������������������������� 11 1001 Grams ������������������������ 10 Fool, The ������������������������������ 18 MUSIC Young Kieslowski, The ���������� 35 Still �������������������������������������� 30 Babadook, The ��������������������� 12 Birdman ������������������������������� 12 Foreign Body ����������������������� 18 Beyond the Lights ���������������� 12 Stockholm ��������������������������� 30 Creep ���������������������������������� 15 Copacabana ������������������������� 21 Free Fall ������������������������������ 18 Idolmaker, The ��������������������� 22 SCANDINAVIA Titli �������������������������������������� 32 Editor, The ���������������������������� 16 Dear White People ��������������� 15 Into the Clouds We Gaze ������ 22 Last 5 Years, The �������������������� 7 100 Year Old Man ���������������� 10 Goal of the Dead ������������������ 19 Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder �15 Land of Storms �������������������� 24 Low Down ��������������������������� 24 101 Reykjavík ���������������������� 10 WOMEN’S INTEREST High Five ����������������������������� 20 Editor, The ���������������������������� 16 Lesson, The ������������������������� 24 Owners, The ������������������������ 27 1001 Grams ������������������������ 10 Clouds of Sils Maria ������������� 14 It Follows ����������������������������� 23 Fort Tilden ��������������������������� 18 Owners, The ������������������������ 27 Rudderless �������������������������� 29 Breaking the Waves ������������� 13 Gett ������������������������������������� 19 Midnight After, The ��������������� 25 Goal of the Dead ������������������ 19 Piano Room, The ������������������ 27 Star Is Born, A ���������������������� 30 Concrete Night ��������������������� 14 Lesson, The ������������������������� 24 program partners event partners Shorts 3: Delirium Tremens �� 36 High Five ����������������������������� 20 The President ���������������������� 28 Xenia ����������������������������������� 35 Deep, The ���������������������������� 15 Marie’s Story ����������������������� 25 Well, The ������������������������������ 33 If You Don’t, I Will ����������������� 22 Viktoria �������������������������������� 33 Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder �15 On Beauty ���������������������������� 27 World of Kanako, The ����������� 34 In Order of Disappearance ��� 22 Word, The ���������������������������� 34 POLITICAL Fanny and Alexander ����������� 17 Summer ������������������������������ 31 Maestro ������������������������������� 25 Corn Island �������������������������� 14 Force Majeure ���������������������� 18 Supernova ��������������������������� 31 BIOGRAPHY Midnight After, The ��������������� 25 FAMILY FRIENDLY El Gort ��������������������������������� 16 Here’s Your Life �������������������� 20 Tirisia, La ����������������������������� 32 Algren ���������������������������������� 11 Mr. Kaplan ��������������������������� 25 Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder �15 Fair Play ������������������������������ 17 In Order of Disappearance ��� 22 Two Days, One Night ������������ 32 Beloved Sisters �������������������� 12 No Thank You ����������������������� 26 Few Cubic Meters of Love, A ��18 Miss Julie ������������������������������ 5 Wild ��������������������������������������� 7 Echo of the Mountain ����������� 16 Of Horses and Men �������������� 26 GOLDEN YEARS Fool, The ������������������������������ 18 No Thank You ����������������������� 26 Word, The ���������������������������� 34 Gian Luigi Rondi ������������������� 19 Owners, The ������������������������ 27 100 Year Old Man ��������������� 10 Look of Silence, The ������������� 24 Of Horses and Men �������������� 26 Imitation Game, The ������������� 22 Paris of the North ����������������� 27 Maestro ������������������������������� 25 Nabat ���������������������������������� 25 Paris of the North ����������������� 27 Low Down ��������������������������� 24 St. Vincent ����������������������������� 7 Mr. Kaplan ��������������������������� 25 The President ���������������������� 28 Salvation, The ���������������������� 29 cultural partners Magician ����������������������������� 25 Superegos ��������������������������� 31 Nabat ���������������������������������� 25 Red Army ����������������������������� 28 Shorts 4: Songs from North �� 36 Red Army ����������������������������� 28 Why Be Good? ��������������������� 34 We Love You, You Bastard ���� 33 Red Rose ����������������������������� 28 Something Must Break �������� 30 Young Kieslowski, The ���������� 35 Roger and Me ���������������������� 29 Speed Walking ��������������������� 30 BLACK PERSPECTIVES HISTORICAL Timbuktu ����������������������������� 31 Underdog ����������������������������� 32 August Winds ����������������������� 12 CRIME Alexander ���������������������������� 11 Two Days, One Night ������������ 32 Vive la France ���������������������� 33 Beyond the Lights ���������������� 12 Ablations ����������������������������� 10 Beloved Sisters �������������������� 12 Viktoria �������������������������������� 33 CRU ������������������������������������� 15 Alleluia �������������������������������� 11 Circle, The ��������������������������� 14 Vive la France ���������������������� 33 SCI-FI Dear White People ��������������� 15 Årtico ����������������������������������� 11 Fair Play ������������������������������ 17 Camera �������������������������������� 13 Evolution of a Criminal ��������� 16 Camera �������������������������������� 13 Fanny and Alexander ����������� 17 RELIGION Midnight After, The ��������������� 25 Evolution of Bert, The ����������� 17 Cordero, El ��������������������������� 14 Here’s Your Life �������������������� 20 Cordero, El ��������������������������� 14 Well, The ������������������������������ 33 Timbuktu ����������������������������� 31 Editor, The ���������������������������� 16 Imitation Game, The ������������� 22 Dream of Iron, A ������������������� 15 Evolution of a Criminal ��������� 16 In Silence ����������������������������� 22 González ������������������������������ 20 SEX/SEXUALITY CINEMA OF AMERICAS Seven Little Killers ��������������� 29 Look of Silence, The ������������� 24 Stations of the Cross ������������ 30 Alexander ���������������������������� 11 August Winds ����������������������� 12 Still �������������������������������������� 30 Marie’s Story ����������������������� 25 This Afternoon ��������������������� 31 Black Panther ���������������������� 13 Cordero, El ��������������������������� 14 Titli �������������������������������������� 32 Miss Julie ������������������������������ 5 Words With Gods ����������������� 34 Breaking the Waves ������������� 13 Dust on the Tongue �������������� 16 World of Kanako, The ����������� 34 Red Army ����������������������������� 28 Editor, The ���������������������������� 16 festival patrons Echo of the Mountain ����������� 16 Viktoria �������������������������������� 33 ROMANCE Futuro Beach ����������������������� 19 Futuro Beach ����������������������� 19 DIRECTED BY WOMAN 1001 Grams ������������������������ 10 It Follows ����������������������������� 23 Jeanne Randall Malkin Family Foundation • Penelope R. and Robert M. Steiner • John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation • Paul and Ellen Gignilliat Gente de Bien ���������������������� 19 ABCs of Death 2 ������������������ 10 Beloved Sisters �������������������� 12 Land of Storms �������������������� 24 Roger J. Ebert Trust • Lawrence and Nancy Glick • Cynthia Stone Raskin • Joseph and Mary Plauché • Richard Ehrie • David Deangelis • Christine Pope • Lynn Steffen González ������������������������������ 20 Alley Cat, The ����������������������� 11 Beyond the Lights ���������������� 12 Piano Room, The ������������������ 27 54 Guatam and Ritu Dhingra • Holly Hayes • Patrick Lynch • Elaine and Donald Levinson • Byron and Judy Pollock • Alan Salpeter • Larry Shulman • Mamie Walton 55 Cinema/Chicago 30 E. Adams St., Ste. 800 Nonprofit Organization Chicago, IL 60603 US Postage PAID Chicago, Illinois Permit No. 07255

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