Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 4

Filmmakers typically underrepresented in mainstream media are at the forefront of media-making in Chicago right now.

The filmmakers in Chicagoland Shorts Vol. 4 have screened their films at festivals such as Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance, Berlin, Vienna, Rotterdam, and Chicago International, and have won numerous awards. Their work spans many disciplines, including dance, experimental, and science fiction. The artists in our collection are diverse, prolific, genre-bending, and quintessentially Chicago.

Curated by:
Raul Benitez (Lead Programmer) - Comfort Film
Lori Felker - Filmmaker, Professor
Sarah Rubin - Reeling Film Festival
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh - "They", "Needle"

The Films

Featured
Solar Pulse Dena Springer Solar Pulse is an experimental film that abstracts images from real life with modular synthesizers. It is an exploration of analog means of sound and filmmaking.

Solar Pulse
Dena Springer

Solar Pulse is an experimental film that abstracts images from real life with modular synthesizers. It is an exploration of analog means of sound and filmmaking.

4 Things to Remember Hannah Kim An unreliable voice(s) travels through association and uncertainty, struggling to remember details of their childhood and events unfolding around them.

4 Things to Remember
Hannah Kim

An unreliable voice(s) travels through association and uncertainty, struggling to remember details of their childhood and events unfolding around them.

The Lingerie Show Laura Harrison Drug-addict Lorraine and her boyfriend Caesar are having a nightmarish 24 hours until Lorraine calls up her sister, CiCi, for help.

The Lingerie Show
Laura Harrison

Drug-addict Lorraine and her boyfriend Caesar are having a nightmarish 24 hours until Lorraine calls up her sister, CiCi, for help.

The Magic Hedge Frederic Moffet The Magic Hedge explores a bird sanctuary located on a former Cold War Nike missile site on the north side of Chicago.

The Magic Hedge
Frederic Moffet

The Magic Hedge explores a bird sanctuary located on a former Cold War Nike missile site on the north side of Chicago.

Veracity Writer: Janaya Greene Director: Seith Mann A popular African American student, Olivia, is outed by her friends after she acts on feelings for a new girl at her high school.

Veracity
Writer: Janaya Greene
Director: Seith Mann

A popular African American student, Olivia, is outed by her friends after she acts on feelings for a new girl at her high school.

On The Rink Benjamin Buxton There’s nothing like a good skate.

On The Rink
Benjamin Buxton

There’s nothing like a good skate.

And You The Bell Elisabeth Hogeman A woman carries out elements of a daily routine, moving back and forth between habit, memory, and hallucination.

And You The Bell
Elisabeth Hogeman

A woman carries out elements of a daily routine, moving back and forth between habit, memory, and hallucination.

Every Ghost Has an Orchestra Shayna Connelly Paranormal researcher and experimental composer Michael Esposito straddles the line between spiritual and material, asking the audience to reflect on our purpose, legacy and what our actions say abo

Every Ghost Has an Orchestra
Shayna Connelly

Paranormal researcher and experimental composer Michael Esposito straddles the line between spiritual and material, asking the audience to reflect on our purpose, legacy and what our actions say about who we are.

Something To Move In Latham Zearfoss This musical manifesto remixes late 1960s political dialogue with modern dance to resuscitate a bygone revolutionary thrust.

Something To Move In
Latham Zearfoss

This musical manifesto remixes late 1960s political dialogue with modern dance to resuscitate a bygone revolutionary thrust.

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