‘All We Imagine Is Light,’ ‘The End,’ ‘Harvest’ Among Films Screening at Chicago International Film Festival (Exclusive)

Payal Kapadia, winner of the Cannes Grand Prix All we imagine is light and Winner of the Mohammad Rasoulof Special Award Sacred Fig Seedswith the selection of Athina Rachel Tsangari from Venice Set were among the films qualified for the international competition at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival, which will take place from October 16–27.

The extensive lineup will also feature Joshua Oppenheimer from Telluride End to the International Feature Film Competition, with its North American premiere The silent son from Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin, who made their debut at Lido.

There are world premieres of Clarissa Campolina and Sérgio Borges Sucurana from Brazil in the International Feature Film Competition, as well as the entry by Jason Park from the United States Graft in the New Directors Competition and Javier Van de Couter Master’s thesis on domestication from Argentina in the OutLook competition.

New directors also see American premiere of Iranian selection at Berlinale My favorite cake from Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, as well as the North American premieres of Abdellah Taïa’s Moroccan film Black Cape from Karlovy Vary and Bernhard Wenger’s selection from Venice Peacock from Austria.

This year’s competition will feature three world premieres, 13 North American premieres, and 14 U.S. premieres. Titles from Azerbaijan, China, Brazil, Germany, Tunisia, Australia, Italy, and France will also compete for the Golden Hugo in the International Feature Film, International Documentary, and New Directors categories. In addition, films from:

As previously announced, the festival will open with Malcolm Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s novel and the film is a candidate for awards season Piano lesson.

Several of the competition filmmakers are returning to the Chicago International Film Festival, including Virpi Suutari, Max Kestner, Joshua Oppenheimer, Miguel Gomes, Mohammad Rasoulof, Maura Delpero and Péter Kerekes, whose 107 mothers won the Silver Hugo for Best Directing in the 2020 edition.

Previous Chicago winners have gone on to receive Oscar nominations, including last year’s nominee for best documentary Four daughters2022 Closeand 2021 Drive my car AND The worst person in the worldwhich were nominated for an Oscar in the Best International Film category.

Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu will receive a lifetime achievement award on October 18, and the retrospective program will include: Nobody He knows, Like Father, Like Son, ShopliftersAND Broker.

The full list of films will be announced on September 23.

International Feature Film Competition

All we imagine is light (Fr-India-Netherlands-Luxembourg)
Directed by Payal Kapadia

End (Ireland-Germany-Sweden-Italy-Great Britain)
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer

The Big Trip (Por-It-Fr-Ger-Japan-China)
Directed by Miguel Gomes

Set (UK-Germany-Greece-France-USA)
Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari

About becoming a guinea fowl (UK-Ireland)
Directed by Rungano Nyoni

The silent son (Play with feu; (P)
Directed by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
North American Premiere

Sacred Fig Seeds (Iran-Fr-Ger)
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof

A sparrow in the chimney (Switzerland)
Director Ramon Zürcher
Premiere in the USA

Sucurana (Bra)
Directed by Clarissa Campolina and Sergio Borges
World premiere

Super Happy Forever (Fr-Japan)
Directed by Kohei Igarashi
Premiere in the USA

Transamazon (fr-ger-swiss-tai-bra)
Directed by Pia Marais

Vermillion (Italian-French-Bel)
Directed by Maura Delpero

When the light gets brighter Ljósbrot (Ice-Neth-Cro-Fr)
Directed by Runar Runarsson
Premiere in the USA

Competition for new directors

Black Cape (Fr-Mor)
Director Abdellah Taïa
North American Premiere

Ghost Trail Phantoms (fr-ger-bel)
Directed by Jonathan Millet
Premiere in the USA

Hanami (Switzerland-Cape Verde)
Directed by Denise Fernandes
North American Premiere

Happy Christmas (Pal-Ger-Fr-It-Qat)
Directed by Scandar Copti
Premiere in the USA

Listen to the Voices Kouté Vwa (Bel-Fr-French Guiana)
Directed by Maxime Jean-Baptiste
North American Premiere

My favorite cake (Keyke Mahboobe’s Man; Iran-Fr-Swe-Ger)
Directed by Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha
Premiere in the USA

Peacock (Austria-Germany)
Director Bernhard Wenger
North American Premiere

Rita (Sp)
Directed by Paz Vega
North American Premiere

Toxic Akiplėša (Lith)
Directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė
Premiere in the USA

Graft (USA)
Directed by Jason Park
World premiere

A village next to paradise (Austria-Fr-Ger-Som)
Directed by Mo Harawe
Premiere in the USA

Who do I belong to? (Mé el Aïn; Tun-Fr-Can)
Directed by Meryam Joobeur
Premiere in the USA

Documentary Film Competition

Between goodbyes (USA)
Directed by Jota Mun
North American Premiere

The Border of Dreams (Rafaat Einy ll Sama; Egy-Fr-Den-Qat-Sau)
Directed by Nada Riyad, Ayman El Amir
North American Premiere

Life and other problems (Problems with life and others; Den-UK-Swe)
Directed by Max Kestner
North American Premiere

Lady Distraction (China-USA)
Directed by Elizabeth Lo

My stolen planet (Germany-Iran)
Directed by Farahnaz Sharifi
Premiere in the USA

Once Upon a Time in the Woods (Fin)
Directed by Virpi Suutari
Premiere in the USA

The Projectionist Returns (Back to the projector; Fr-Ger)
Directed by Orkhan Aghazadeh
North American Premiere

Wish on a Star (Italy-Slovakia-Czech Republic-Austria-Cro)
Directed by: Péter Kerekes
Premiere in the USA

OutLook Competition

Kid (Br-Fr-Neth)
Directed by Marcelo Caetano

Between goodbyes (USA)
Directed by Jota Mun
North American Premiere

Black Cape (Fr-Mor)
Director Abdellah Taïa
North American Premiere

Lines of desire (USA)
Directed by Jules Rosskam

The Four Mothers (Anger)
Directed by Darren Thornton
North American Premiere

My sun (Japan-Fr)
Directed by Hiroshi Okuyama

Master’s thesis on domestication (Tesis Sobre Una Domesticación; Arg-Mex)
Directed by Javier Van de Couter
World premiere

Three kilometers to the end of the world (Trei Kilometri Până La Capătul Lumii; rom)
Directed by Emanuel Parvu
Premiere in the USA

Time Passages (USA)
Directed by Kyle Henry

Vietnam (Vietnam)
Directed by Trung Minh Quy.