Chicago International Film Festival
October 12-23, 2022
The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago sponsors the 58th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago’s premier celebration of film. Catch this year’s Festival on the big screen at venues around Chicago or streaming from home with a curated virtual selection. With more than 90 features and 60 shorts films from around the world, ranging from moving, life-affirming dramas to eye-opening documentaries to midnight shockers, dive into this year’s program to find your next favorite.
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Lord of the Ants
Italy, Director: Gianni Amelio, 134m
Thursday, October 20 at 8:15pm CT
AMC River East
Friday, October 21 at 8:15pm CT
AMC River East
In this stirring true-life tale set in 1968 Italy, poet and playwright Aldo Braibanti must defend himself after he is accused of breaking an antiquated Fascist-era law criminalizing homosexuality.
The March on Rome
Italy, Director: Mark Cousins, 98m
Saturday, October 15 at 2:30pm CT
Gene Siskel Film Center
Monday, October 17 at 3:15pm CT
AMC River East
Mark Cousins (The Story of Film) ventures into Italy’s film archives to expose the machinations and faulty foundations of fascism through his dissection of an infamous 1923 propaganda film.
Monica
U.S./Italy, Director: Andrea Pallaoro, 113m
Friday, October 14 at 8:15pm CT
AMC River East
Saturday, October 15 at 2:45pm CT
AMC River East
Trace Lysette (Transparent) stars as a woman who moves back to her childhood home to care for her dying mother (Patricia Clarkson) after two decades of estrangement in this intimate study of forgiveness and acceptance. Director Andrea Pallaoro scheduled to attend.