Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Iran, Poland, Spain and the United States are represented in selections for the fifth annual Chicago Southland International Film Festival.
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The event includes in-person screenings from Oct. 13 to 15 at Governors State University’s F1622 Amphitheater in University Park. The 28 films from the fest’s Short Film Competition also will be available from Oct. 17 to 23 virtually.
“One of the most exciting parts of the festival is the Short Film Competition,” said Suzanne E. Patterson, who cofounded Chicago Southland International Film Festival with Joshua E. Young, who is also chair as well as programming and operations manager for the event.
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“It’s really a wide range of films from all these countries that explore all these issues (including) LGBTQA+ relationships and the trauma of loss. A lot of international film festivals have dark themes and very serious topics. I also want people to know we have some quirky and funny films this year.
“We’ve got ‘Shark,’ a film about a couple of pranksters who are over their heads in shark-infested waters. That’s a very funny film from Australia and actually stars Rose Byrne, a famous actress.”
The noncompetition Feature Film Showcase includes “The Chicago Plan,” Episode 1 of the five-part documentary “Shame of Chicago: The Segregation of an American City,” which is directed by native Chicagoan Bruce Orenstein and scheduled to air in February 2023 on WTTW-TV (Channel 11).
“It’s a very important series of films,” said Patterson about what is described as “the true stories behind how Chicago and its suburbs devised the nation’s most sweeping system of racially segregated communities and how these policies diminished the lives of generations of Black families.”
“We love to show anything local to Chicago — local directors and local projects — so that’s a connection we’ve made through Michelle Kennedy, who is the founder of the Chicago South Side Film Festival. She lives in Matteson and is the one who brought Bruce Orenstein’s film to us last year.”
“The Color Tax: The Origins of the Modern-Day Racial Wealth Gap,” which is Episode 3 of the documentary series, was screened at 2021′s Chicago Southland International Film Festival and encored during the fest’s Summer Showcase in July 2022 at Governors State University.
“Mustang Saviors,” which Chicago Southland International Film Festival screened two years ago, encores in the Feature Film Showcase.
“We had a virtual screening back in 2020, which was very well-attended from people’s homes. I led a Q and A with director David Glossberg, who’s close to Chicago. It’s such an important film that we felt we wanted to ask him back and have a live audience,” said Patterson of Homewood.
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“’Mustang Saviors’ is a documentary about pairing wild mustang horses that are rescued from the range where they’re not having a good life and brought to a place called BraveHearts that’s just outside Chicago.
“They invite veterans who are perhaps suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or just have struggled from being in the military or being in active duty. It’s a therapy program for them. It’s such a beautiful film that shows the progress these veterans make when they encourage wild mustangs.”
A new addition to Chicago Southland International Film Festival is a filmmaker workshop done in partnership with Pixquid.
“At the fifth-year mark we decided that it’s time to serve the filmmakers as well as the local community,” said Patterson about the session on film funding and distribution.
“It was time to offer a workshop for filmmakers that speaks to them and their craft and how to navigate the world of making a film. We want to continue to offer programming for filmmakers to network and learn from each other.”
Chicago Southland International Film Festival, which also includes a noncompetition Governors State University Film Student Showcase on Oct. 14, features genres such as animation, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, science fiction and suspense.
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“We have the Audience Choice Award, which we really want the audience to participate in. They will have a chance to vote,” said Patterson, who is also audience liaison for Chicago Southland International Film Festival.
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“We’re lucky to be located in a university. We have a passion to serve the community and build a film festival community here but also for filmmakers to present their films to a diverse audience.”
Chicago Southland International Film Festival
When: Oct. 13-15
Where: Governors State University’s F1622 Amphitheater, 1 University Pkwy., University Park
Tickets: $65 festival pass; $40 virtual festival pass; $100 VIP festival pass; $125 all-access pass
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Information: 708-235-2826; govst.edu/csiff
Jessi Virtusio is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
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