60th Chicago International Film Festival
2024 edition of film festival
The 60th Chicago International Film Festival took place from October 16 to 27, 2024, in Chicago , United States . Malcolm Washington 's directorial debut The Piano Lesson August Wilson 's 1987 play , served as the "Opening Night Film", while Robert Zemeckis ' drama film Here graphic novel by Richard McGuire , was selected as the "Closing Night Film".[ 1]
Festival events took place mainly around AMC NEWCITY 14, though other event venues throughout the city included the Music Box Theatre , the Gene Siskel Film Center , the Chicago History Museum , and the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago .[ 2]
Background
American director Malcolm Washington received the Breakthrough Award for his debut The Piano Lesson John David Washington , who stars in the film, received the Spotlight Award. Robert Zemeckis received the Founder's Legacy Award, which was presented during the Closing Night celebration. American director Marielle Heller received the Visionary Award for her comedy horror film Nightbitch [ 3]
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda received the Career Achievement Award, with a retrospective program presented on October 18, dedicated to honor his filmography.[ 4] Mike Myers also received the Career Achievement Award, presented on October 19 during a special event titled "An Evening with Mike Myers" hosted by Dave Foley .[ 5]
Official Selection
The films selected for each section are as follows:[ 4] [ 1] [ 6]
Special Presentations
International Competition
The following films compete for the Gold Hugo of the International Feature Film Competition:
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
All We Imagine as Light ഭയായ് നിനച്ചതെല്ലാം
Payal Kapadia France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
The End Joshua Oppenheimer Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, United Kingdom
Grand Tour Miguel Gomes Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China
Harvest Athina Rachel Tsangari United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France, United States
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni Zambia, United Kingdom, Ireland
The Quiet Son Jouer avec le feu Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig دانهی انجیر معابد / Les Graines du figuier sauvage / Die Saat des heiligen Feigenbaums
Mohammad Rasoulof Germany, Iran, France
The Sparrow in the Chimney Der Spatz im Kamin Ramon Zürcher
Switzerland
Suçuarana Clarissa Campolina, Sérgio Borges
Brazil
Super Happy Forever Kohei Igarashi
France, Japan
Transamazonia Pia Marais France, Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan, Brazil
Vermiglio Maura Delpero Italy, France, Belgium
When the Light Breaks Ljósbrot Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
New Directors
The following films compete for the Gold Hugo of the New Directors section:
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Cabo Negro [ a] Abdellah Taïa France, Morocco
Ghost Trail Les Fantômes Jonathan Millet
France, Germany, Belgium
Hanami Denise Fernandes
Switzerland, Portugal, Cape Verde
Happy Holidays ينعاد عليكو
Scandar Copti Palestine, Germany, France, Italy, Qatar
Listen to the Voices Kouté vwa Maxime Jean-Baptiste
Belgium, France, French Guiana
My Favourite Cake کیک محبوب من
Maryam Moqadam , Behtash Sanaeeha Iran, France, Sweden, Germany
Peacock Bernhard Wenger
Austria, Germany
Rita Paz Vega Spain
Toxic Akiplėša Saulė Bliuvaitė Lithuania
Transplant Jason Park
United States
The Village Next to Paradise Mo Harawe Austria, France, Germany, Somalia
Who Do I Belong To ماء العين / Là d'où l'on vient
Meryam Joobeur Tunisia, France, Canada
International Documentary Competition
The following films compete for the Gold Hugo of the International Documentary Competition:
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Apocalypse in the Tropics Apocalipse nos Trópicos Petra Costa Brazil, United States, Denmark
Between Goodbyes [ a] Jota Mun
United States
The Brink of Dreams Nada Riyadh Ayman El Amir
Egypt, France, Denmark, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Dahomey Mati Diop France, Senegal, Benin
Desire Lines [ a] [ b] Jules Rosskam United States
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found Raoul Peck France
The Last Republican Steve Pink United States
Life and Other Problems Livet og andre problemer Max Kestner
Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden
The Light of Truth: Richard Hunt's Monument to Ida B. Wells [ b] Rana Segal
United States
Mistress Dispeller Elizabeth Lo China, United States
My Stolen Planet Sayyareye dozdide shodeye man Farahnaz Sharifi
Germany, Iran
No Other Land Basel Adra , Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham , Rachel SzorPalestine, Norway
Once Upon a Time in Forest Havumetsän lapset Virpi Suutari
Finland
Pavements Alex Ross Perry United States
A Photographic Memory [ b] Rachel Elizabeth Seed
United States
The Return of the Projectionist Le Retour du projectionniste Orkhan Aghazadeh
France, Germany
Save the Children Stan Lathan United States
Separated Errol Morris United States, Mexico
Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts. Matthew Salleh
United States
Time Passages [ a] [ b] Kyle Henry United States
Wellness Warrior Chaz Ebert United States
Wishing on a Star Péter Kerekes
Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia
Zurawski v Texas Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
United States, United Kingdom
Spotlight
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
The Art of Joy L'arte della gioia Valeria Golino Italy, United Kingdom
Bird Andrea Arnold United Kingdom, France
The Brutalist Brady Corbet United Kingdom
By the Stream 수유천
Hong Sang-soo South Korea
Caught by the Tides 风流一代
Jia Zhangke China
Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard France
The Girl with the Needle Pigen med nålen Magnus von Horn Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Hard Truths Mike Leigh United Kingdom, Spain
I'm Still Here Ainda Estou Aqui Walter Salles Brazil, France
It's Not Me Cést pas moi Leos Carax France
La cocina Alonso Ruizpalacios United States, Mexico
Misericordia Miséricorde Alain Guiraudie France
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross United States
The Return Uberto Pasolini Italy, United Kingdom
Sicilian Letters Iddu Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza Italy, France
Small Things Like These Tim Mielants
Ireland, Belgium
Unstoppable William Goldenberg United States
Snapshots
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Alberta Number One Alexander Carson Canada
Alpha Jan-Willem van Ewijk Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland
Armand Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Norway, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich United States
Bliss Hemda Shemi Zarhin Israel
Color Book David Fortune
United States
Eephus Carson Lund
United States, France
Farik Aslı Özge Germany, Turkey, France
Flow Straume Gints Zilbalodis Latvia, France, Belgium
The Kingdom Le Royaume Julien Colonna France
The Knife Nnamdi Asomugha United States
Memoir of a Snail Adam Elliot Australia
Okie [ b] Kate Cobb
United States
The Other Way Around Volveréis Jonás Trueba Spain, France
Pepe Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias
Dominican Republic, Namibia, Germany, France
Santosh Sandhya Suri United Kingdom
The Time It Takes Il tempo che ci vuole Francesca Comencini Italy, France
To a Land Unknown Mahdi Fleifel United Kingdom, Palestine, France, Greece, Netherlands, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
Turning Tables Klandestin Angelina Maccarone Germany
We Were Dangerous Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
New Zealand
Outlook
The following films compete for the Q Hugo Awards, for films with LGBTQ+ themes, some films competing for the award appear in other sections and are already listed in previous tables:
Shorts
The following short films compete for the Gold Hugo of the Shorts Competition:
English Title
Original Title
Director(s)
Production countrie(s)
Animated Short Films
Alone Alex Weight
Australia
Artist on the Go! Nathan William Frost
United States
As the Sun Goes Down Laurine Bocquet, Ilona Caucal, Inès Fechner, Jahnice Laurent, Sarah Robert, Emma Roussel, Kevin Vandenbeuck
France
Butterfly Kiss Zohar Dvir
Germany, Israel
Dona Beatriz Ñsîmba Vita Catapreta
Brazil
Have I Swalowed Your Dreams Clara Chan
Canada
Hoofs on Skates Ignas Meilūnas
Lithuania
Mû Malin Neumann
Germany
On Hold Delia Hess
Switzerland
Plunge Ellie Land
United Kingdom
Reunion Shiqi Xiao
China
She and Her Good Vibration Olivia Griselda, Sarah Cheok
Singapore
Shellish Coquille Justine Aubert, Cassandra Bouton, Grégoire Callies, Maud Chesneau, Anna Danton, Loic Girault, Gatien Peyrude, Justine Raux
France
So Long Memories Ruihan Zhang, Wenzi Shan, Xingyi Chen
China
Super High: A Period Piece Bianca Lambert
United States
The Painting Le tableau Michèle Lemieux Canada
This World Is a Soda Can We Are Shaking It Sera Mun
South Korea
Trigonometry’s Ultimate Method to Putting the Fun Back in Your Own Funeral April Aquino
United States
Wander to Wonder Nina Gantz Netherlands, Belgium, France, United Kingdom
Yuck! Beurk! Loïc Espuche
France
Live-Action Short Films
About Time [ b] Donald Conley
United States
Addiction Tzuhsuan Peng
Taiwan
Alone with You Lewahdena Tara Shehata
Egypt
Black Shadow Negra sombra María Salafranca
Cuba
Blind Sighted Mitch Davila Armendano
United States
Body of Christ Mi primera comunión Ángel Villahermosa
Spain
Broken Flight [ b] Erika Valenciana, Mitchell Wenkus
United States
Chhaya [ b] Sophiyaa Nayar
United States
Chomp Suki-Rose, Crickett Arrison
United States
Dadá Dependências Luisa Arraes Brazil
Dark Matter Leo Berkeley
Australia
Day with a Dick [ b] Kimberly Spohn
United States
Estranged Letter Assia Boundaoui
United States
Faces Blake Simon
United States
Fishbowl Isabel Perry, Adam Yates
United States
Free Lunch Samuel Laine
United States
Go in Peace Al nan la paix Jean Gaspa
France
Grace Natalie Jasmine Harris
United States
Hazel (Dual) Kevin Jerome Everson United States
Hpneymoon Alkis Papastathopoulos
Greece, France, Cyprus
I Can No Longer See Raine Yung
United States
I Was There, Part II [ b] Chi Jang Yin
United States, Japan
If the Sun Drowned Into an Ocean of Clouds Et si le soleil plongeait dans l'océan des nues Wissam Charaf
France, Lebanon
Kombucha! [ b] Jake Myers
United States
Lana Laetitia Angba, Julie Redon Lissouba
Canada
Lumen Stéphanie Bélanger
Canada
Motorcycle Mary Haley Watson
United States
My Senses Are All I Have to Offer As minhas sensações são tudo o que tenho para oferecer Isadora Neves Marques
Portugal
O Rúnar Rúnarsson Iceland, Sweden
Passarinho Natalia García Agraz
Mexico
Perfectly a Strangeness Alison McAlpine
Canada, Chile
Resonancia [ b] James Choi
Mexico
Saving Superman [ b] Adam Oppenheim, Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian
United States
She Stays Ella se queda Marinthia Gutiérrez
Mexico
Song of Love and Hate Saurav Ghimire
Nepal, Belgium
Space Coast Caroline Bates
United States
Space Plug Marcus Anthony Thomas
United Kingdom
Stero Tevin Kimathi, Millan Tarus
Kenya
Teen Girl Fantasy Marisa Hoicka
Canada
Terminally III Chris Cole
United States
The Damp Season Olivia Huilin Gao
United States
The Museum [ b] Annette Elliot
United States
To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion Valentin Noujaïm
France
Too Much Sand Rosso Pérez Bueno
Sweden
Transylvanie Rodrigue Huart
France
Trying Estamos tentando Guilherme Gomes, Julia Conatti
Brazil
Vox Humana Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
Philippines, United States, Singapore
We Are Not Alone Adebukola Bodunrin
Canada, United States
Where the Mountain Women Sing Juefang Zhang
Hong Kong, Taiwan, United States
Winter Portrait [ b] Fernando Saldivia Yáñez
United States
You Cant Get What You Want But You Can Get Me Samira Elagoz, Z Walsh
Netherlands, Finland, Germany, United States
After Dark
Comedy
Retrospective
Official awards
The following awards were presented for films shown in International Competition:
Notes
^ a b c d Nominated for the Q Hugo Award
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Nominated for the Chicago Award
References
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