The Muppets + Animation Lab

Sunday, August 23






Family Day includes a special hands-on animation workshop where audiences can join local animators in a collaborative film camp experience to create short animated works, with completed films premiering at the FACETS Family Matinee.







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My First Movies + Make and Play

Sunday, August 23

Summertime days and nights are filled with curiosity for children. Our August MY FIRST MOVIES explore this curiosity with stories of fireflies, playing in the sand, and making music. Sing a song with us to start the movies and join Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble afterward to make your own little bug art project.  The series is sensory-friendly and geared for the whole family.  Buy Tickets Family Sundays, Coming Soon

The Spectacular Optical Corporation 3

Wednesday, July 15

The Spectacular Optical Corporation invites you to celebrate it’s one year anniversary!

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Anime Club Presents 2026

Screening July 9-26

The ADIFF Chicago 2026 film festival features a diverse lineup of 14 films, including several Chicago premieres, spanning documentaries, narratives, and short films. The festival is scheduled from Friday, June 5, to Sunday, June 7, 2026. Buy Tickets Anime Club, Now Playing

Mystery Miike Night

Friday, July 17











Two of Takashi Miike’s most infamous and rarely screened nightmares collide for one night only. 









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Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

Saturday, July 18



Part psychedelic sci-fi odyssey, part punk manifesto, and part conspiracy thriller, Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space remains one of the most singular animated films ever made. 
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Linda, Linda, Linda (4K Restoration)

Saturday, July 18



Linda, Linda, Linda is a quietly exhilarating coming-of-age gem about friendship, music, and the beautiful awkwardness of becoming yourself.
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Nuestra Tierra (Our Land)

July 11-19











The first feature-length documentary from acclaimed Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel, Nuestra Tierra (Our Land) uses the death of an indigenous leader to take a cold, hard look at the racist foundations on which her country has been built. 









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Blue Heron

July 11-19











Described by writer-director Sophy Romvari as her attempt to "capture just how fallible memory is," her feature film debut Blue Heron pushes the boundaries of temporal filmmaking as it traces both a fissure point for a fragile family and the ultimate strength of the ties that bind. 









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Mother Mary

July 12-19











Not a ghost story or a love story, but certainly residing in that realm, Mother Mary, David Lowery's latest cinematic conjuring, combines his fascination with obsession, desire, and the supernatural with the opulent, cruel, and isolating world of modern pop idolatry.  









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An ironic stab at humanity’s ultimate populist artform.
Cinema needs an audience to live.
A community to sustain itself.
Drawing power from our collective witnessing.
Our collective processing.
Bringing new life into being.
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