Chicago Festival: April 2023 COMEDY Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: TURKEY ON RYE

Best Long Form Short Film: BOSS OF THE TOSS

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

TAKEAWAY, 2min., USA
Directed by Joe McGowan
A couple can’t decide what takeaway they want for dinner.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


PEOPLE, 9min., Brazil
Directed by Maria Lagemann
“People” tells two parallel stories. On a Sunday afternoon in Madrid, two young women have big decisions to make. While one tries to work up the courage to propose to her partner, the other keeps a secret that makes her question everything. This is a story of humor and love, with a pinch of chaos, as it portrays the dynamics of a group of friends in their twenties.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


!, 6min., USA
Directed by Jeremy Sender
A sinister criminal takes a hostage, but struggles to strike the right tone in her ransom note.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


SHAPE SHIFTER, 4min,. USA
Directed by Monty Franklin
A young girl discovers she can shape shift. Now the hard part is discovering herself.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


LADY & THE VAMP, 5min., USA
Directed by Peter Alexander Stass
Two “creatures of the night” discover one of their own kind. Or have they?

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


PISS UP, 1min., UK
Directed by Joe McGowan
Two men meet in an alley after a few too many.

http://www.thejoemcgowan.co.uk/https://instagram.com/joe_mcgowan88

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


EARLY RETIREMENT, 13min,. USA
Directed by Michelle Bossy
A 30-something year old man, on the heels of a breakup with his boyfriend, moves in with his parents who live in a 55+ adult community. Through confronting his own insecurities and examining family relationships and dynamics, he’s able to move forward.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt15939888/https://www.instagram.com/earlyretirementfilm

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


T’AI CHI MAN!, 3min,. USA
Directed by Zach Brewster-Geisz
A robbery is foiled by a uniquely incompetent superhero.

http://zachbg.com/filmmaker
http://instagram.com/zachbg7

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


TURKEY ON RYE, 9min., USA
Directed by Lucas Hule
A short film about a man and his missing sandwich.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


BOSS OF THE TOSS, 29min., USA
Directed by Chris Harboldt
While balancing a relationship with his girlfriend, a down and out cornhole player must compete in a high stakes, underground tournament to help his grammy pay off a bookie.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

Chicago Festival Videos: March 2023 Event

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: JUMP SCARES: THE MOVIE
Best 1 Minute Film: Intimacy Simulation Update 76.43
Best Sound & Music: CLIMATE CHANGE: CAPE LOOKOUT
Best Cinematography: HALDI
Best Direction: ALMOST THERE
Best Student Film: GUESS MY PET?
Best Performances: BLUE STONES
Best Experimental Film: SENSE
Best Drama Film: IGGY
Best Horror Film: FERMATA
Best Animation: NANOSCAPES
Best Documentary: THE TIME IS NOW
Best Fashion Film: THE MISSING PIECE
Best Original Story: THE 17 (LAS 17),

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

SENSE, 2min., Ghaziabad, Experimental
Directed by Chitresh Mishra
Sense is a dive into the unknown longing for someone that makes it all worth it.

https://www.facebook.com/Chitresh.mishra
https://www.instagram.com/Chitresh.mishra

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


GUESS MY PET?, USA, Drama/Horror
Directed by Grace Charles
A girl and her old friend our catching up after a falling out. Over ice cream and a guessing game it’s revealed there’s a more sinister plan to this friendly reunion.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


Intimacy Simulation Update 76.43, 1min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Neil Sudhakaran
In the not too distant future, the senses are now simulated through brain-implanted chips, including touch. This micro short is inspired by After the Blast, stage play, by Zoe Kazan.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


HALDI, 5min., Norway, Experimental
Directed by Ann Holmgren
The film evolves around a Sámi underground world where you can get inspiration and power. In this world Háldi is all living being’s guardian helper. The film focuses on the unity and power of female relations in Sami tradition and mythology.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


CLIMATE CHANGE: CAPE LOOKOUT, 5min., Documentary
Directed by Hester Schell
Created for the 7th Generation Pano Mural Project’s 5 minute film festival, July 2022. Assignment: Pick a section of the USA west coast to examine the effects of climate change on the region. Under 5 minutes. My film was chosen to screen at the festival last summer. I chose Cape Lookout to Cape Mears, Oregon, USA.

http://hesterschellcreative.com/https://www.facebook.com/hester.schell

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


BLUE STONES, 1min., Sweden, Experimental
Directed by Hannah Murphy
Blue Stones is a 1 minute short that gives a voice to the silent inner turmoil that many can relate to and that we are seemingly forced to carry, especially as an adolescent.

https://www.instagram.com/hannahmari1/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


JUMP SCARES: THE MOVIE, 3min,. USA, Comedy
Directed by Peter Masterson
Do you like horror movies? Or do you just like being startled? If it’s the latter, this is the movie trailer for you!

https://urbanpebbleproductions.com/
https://www.instagram.com/urbanpebbleproductions/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


FERMATA, 4min., USA, Thriller
Directed by Preston Bowe
A struggling pianist makes a peculiar discovery.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


NANOSCAPES, 4min., USA, Animation
Directed by Kristina Dutton
Images of butterfly wings at the microscopic scale are stunning, and at the nanoscopic scale they become otherworldly.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


THE 17 (LAS 17), 4min. USA, Drama
Directed by Alyssa Carter
Based on a true story, a young and very pregnant Salvadorian woman finds herself handcuffed to a hospital bed after losing her child to miscarriage.

http://alyssancarter.com/https://instagram.com/las17shortfilm

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


ALMOST THERE, 5min., Japan, Action
Directed by Chuck Johnson
Two refugees from a broken land have to fight their way into civilization.

http://www.quietflame.org/almost-there

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


THE TIME IS NOW, 4min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Jason Borkland
The importance of Marine Protected areas. The need to support scientific research, to allow the preservation and expansion of these vital areas.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


THE MISSING PIECE, 4min., USA, Fashion
Directed by Hitaali Dharamshi
A Fashion Film on an upcycled denim corset collection, which is a marriage between denim, silver and leather. A man who is set on finding out what lies within a house related to disappearances in lower Manhattan; ends up meeting 5 interesting women.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


IGGY, 5min., USA, Drama
Directed by Anthony Cuomo
Overwhelmed with the pressures of high school. Iggy Fransisco attempts to make friends and is rejected. A classmate Abigail notices this and offers her friendship to Iggy.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8078946/?ref_=m_nm_knf_i1
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066660212110

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

Chicago Festival: March 2023 Web Series Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:
Best Web Series: SLUMLORD
Best Direction: BALLS OF TIN
Best Comedy: CHILDISH DEANO

Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:

CHILDISH DEANO, 24min., Australia, Ep. 1 Web series
Directed by Dean Thomas, David Ferrier
CHILDISH DEANO is an Australian short-form animated comedy series about a rambunctious 8-year-old boy with a grown man’s voice and a heart of gold.
Deano lives for mischief. It’s his favourite thing, but he’s so charming and full of life that people can’t help but love him. He’s a ray of light in a world where it feels like the bullies are winning. It’s got it all: laughs, tears and spud guns!

https://www.tiktok.com/@childishdeano
https://www.facebook.com/childishdeano/
https://www.instagram.com/childishdeano

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


BALLS OF TIN, 18min., USA, Ep. 1 Web Series
Directed by Rachelle A Dermer
A small film crew sets out to make a mountain biking series; only one problem: their star cannot ride.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!


SLUMLORD, 30min., USA, Web Series
Producers by Sam Stair

We filmed a pilot for a docuseries following the day to day actives of a Milwaukee Low income landlord and his staff. Working with struggling people who are the least desirable tenants who are denied by every other landlord. Staff that have to deal with tough situations and the tough tenants.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

Chicago Festival: February 2023 Feature Film Festival

A showcase of the winning feature film in 2023 from the DIVERSITY festival.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE CANARIES, 110min., Spain, Drama
Directed by Armando Ravelo
Nola, a girl of Senegalese origin, arrives in the Canary Islands in a canoe. Then begins an epic through the most defining corners of the Canary Islands in search of a Canarian father whom he never knew.

Watch the Audience Feedback Video:
https://youtu.be/BJSC426P0Yo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt21028142/
https://www.instagram.com/eraseunavezencanarias/

Director Biography – Armando Ravelo

He has directed several shortfilms and a feature films with great critical and public acclaim. His cinematographic work (Bentejuí Project), takes the History of the Canary Islands to the screens.
Ravelo, who has won several awards at national and international festivals, started this project with ‘Ansite’ in 2012.

In early 2021, his first feature film ‘La piel del volcán’ premiered, becoming the most watched Canarian film in theaters so far this century.

With ‘Once upon a time in the Canaries’, the author moves away from the historical genre to make a social chronicle with the hope of raising awareness of the problem of continental African migration to the Canary Islands.

Director Statement:

This film is the result of the effort of many people dedicated to tell a story about the migratory movements from Africa to the Spanish islands. Many people start the journey and only a few finish it.

POETRY Reading: Ruins of Memories by Badradeen Mohammed

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Performed by Val Cole

Ruins of Memories by Badradeen Mohammed

On a sunny autumn day

I was leaning on a plastic chair in front of my house

With sweat dripping from my body

Caused by the high temperature

And resentment for the intensity of my anger

Suddenly, without realising I found myself standing up

So fascinated by the landscape

The breathtaking beauty and charm

This was magnificence and harmony which I had not found in any instance of my life

A cluster of white clouds and in just moments fantastic coloured

Were formed in red-dark and others were black and grey

Added to the sky was like a page, draped in lothario blue

Like a masterful painting, fine

Drawn by skilled artist

Which did not leave any room for error

Everyone was running down looking for a shelter to escape the heavy rain

I did not move a finger

Amused…

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