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HIGHLIGHTS: February 2024 Chicago Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Short Form Short Film: REGENERATION
Best Long Form Short Film: STORK
Best Story: TAKE ALL OF ME
Best Animation: SPLIT ENDS

Best Student Film: WOULD’VE, COULD’VE, SHOULD’VE

SPLIT ENDS, 4min., USA
Directed by Aida Elkerdany
A haircut and its consequences.

https://elkerdany.wixsite.com/portfolio
https://instagram.com/addakart

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

REGENERATION, 3min., Brazil
Directed by Mario Fernandes
A sci-fi 3-minute short film with an artificial intelligence interaction.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

WOULD’VE, COULD’VE, SHOULD’VE, 10min., USA
Directed by Nick Sansone
A young woman returns to her hometown in order to testify against the former teacher that groomed her. Inspired by true events.

https://www.instagram.com/nsansone97

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

STORK, 31min., USA
Directed by Khiray Tyrell Richards
A woman must navigate an anti-abortion America after her surrogate family reneges on their agreement.

https://www.instagram.com/thestorkfilm

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

TAKE ALL OF ME, 4min., USA
Directed by Declan Franey
A woman must make a choice to overcome her pain.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

HIGHLIGHTS: January 2024 Chicago Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Short Form Short Film: TILLIE
Best Long Form Short Film: FIELD DAY
Best Direction: BAPTISM
Best Performances: YOLKS
Best Story: DEEPFAKE
Best Documentary: MR. BULLOCH: CHICAGO’S DONUT KING

DEEPFAKE, 6min., USA
Directed by Nate Zegue
A scammer uses deepfake technology to disguise her voice.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30834524/?ref_=nm_knf_i_1

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

TILLIE, 5min., USA
Directed by Noelle P. Wilson, D Andrew Hartfield
An 8 year old girl adopted from China leads her father to a deeper understanding of what she faces in a new culture and what she longs for from her home country.

http://tillietuesday.com/https://www.instagram.com/tillietuesday

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

MR. BULLOCH: CHICAGO’S DONUT KING, 5min., USA
Directed by Claude Edward Fethiere
This short film celebrates Mr. Buritt Bulloch the successful owner of Old Fashioned Donuts Incorporated, a business which has thrived in the financially blighted Chicago south side neighborhood of Roseland for over 50 years.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

BAPTISM, 8min, USA
Directed by Alex Alexander
The relief, the rest that comes from truth.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

YOLKS, 4min,. USA
Directed by Jesse Womack
John struggles with his relationship with food and body image in the form of his own subconscious.

https://www.facebook.com/jesse.womack.10
https://www.instagram.com/jessewoooooomack/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

FIELD DAY, 22min., USA
Directed by Kevin Hart
Tom is a lonely widower who awakens one day…

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!