HIGHLIGHTS: April 2025 CHICAGO Feedback Festival

A showcase of the best films in the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

Best Short Film: BAD CHEMISTRY
Best Micro-Short: SPIDER-MAN: A Day in the Neighborhood
Best Direction: A LIFE BET
Best Animation: THE CORMORANT’S SHADOW
Best Story: THE LIGHT IN THE DARK
Best Performances: THE SESSIONS

See the full lineup of films:

Bad Chemistry, 20min., USA
Directed by Michael Rognlie, EE Tallent
In Bad Chemistry, a traumatized young woman goes to stay with her deceased boyfriend’s parents, only to discover chilling truths lurking beneath their kindness. This horror short explores grief, psychological torment, and the dark side of family.

https://www.badchemistrymovie.com/

https://www.instagram.com/miromakesmovies/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-bad-chemistry

The Cormorant’s Shadow, 1min., Switzerland
Directed by Barbara Peikert
A funny cormorant relaxes on a buoy in the lake and watches an animation that reveals a plan behind it: AI or the urge to take part in the spectacle?

http://www.astrazione-fiction.info/

https://www.instagram.com/baraba_pe/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-cormorants-shadow

The Light in the Dark, 6min., Taiwan
Directed by YuFeng Chiu
This story is about climate disaster survivor and his comforter/savior . I lived in Taiwan this small island, there were many typhoons and floods in my memory, earthquakes were also often happened in my dairy life. My works always focus on the survivors, including the comfort women and earthquakes survivors and the poor rains and flood survivors in many places because of the climate changing.

https://chiulattefriend.wixsite.com/my-site

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-light-in-the-dark

The Sessions, 27min., USA
Directed by Vince Eisenson
In this crime driven, pilot episode, we met a therapy group for murderers where someone is bound to snap.

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-sessions

Spider-Man: A Day in the Neighborhood, 3min,. USA
Directed by Michael Fernandez
Peter Parker deals with yet another work-life squall courtesy of his famous Parker luck. While it seems he can’t ever catch a break, he’ll never stop trying, even if that means swinging from a toilet.

https://www.instagram.com/julianojeda23/?hl=en

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-spiderman

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Author: chicagofilmfestival

Submit your Short Film and get it showcased at the FEEDBACK Film Festival in Chicago. 1 event in 2019. 12 events in 2020. Festival takes place at LOGAN Theatre in downtown Chicago on the 3rd Friday of every single month.

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