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- An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
- When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
- Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
- A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
- A man who falls in love with the woman who received his wife's heart must decide which woman it is who holds his heart.
- David Allen Griffin is a cool killer- time and time again, he chooses a female victim, studies her for weeks till he knows her routine to the smallest detail, makes meticulous preparations using his forensic knowledge to gain entry when she's quite alone, subdues her and administers a long, torturous death. Joel Campbell got so frustrated by his failure to capture Griffin in Los Angeles, that he quit the FBI, moved to Chicago, and remains in psychiatric therapy, unable to function normally. Then he realizes, when opening his mail very late, that a new murder victim is Griffin's, and the killer sent him pictures of her. Campbell reports this to the police, but is unwilling to join them in the search, suggesting Griffin is too slick and clever; yet he won't get out of it that easily.
- Divorced executive Marshall and his 11-year-old son Charlie casually touch a magical Tibetan skull, releasing a mysterious power that transfers Marshall's mind to Charlie's body and vice versa. Their problems have just begun.
- One person can keep a family together and, when that one person is gone, a family can be torn apart.
- The daughter of a Louisville truck driver marries the scion of a very wealthy family, but the reception at the family estate is boycotted by the invited guests.
- A group of sex-crazy guys pose as porno filmmakers just to audition groups of lovelies in various states of undress. Eventually, they're pressured into coming up with an actual movie.
- Frank Lloyd Wright is America's greatest ever architect. But few people know about the Welsh roots that shaped his life and world-famous buildings. Now, leading Welsh architect Jonathan Adams sets off across America to explore Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces for himself. Along the way, he uncovers the tempestuous life story of the man behind them, and the secrets of his radical Welsh background . In a career spanning seven decades, Frank Lloyd Wright built over 500 buildings, and changed the face of modern architecture.
- Based almost entirely on true events, Slumber Party is a short film about 4 creative, witty kids pushing the boundary's of the typical childhood sleep over. A short film that is funny, dramatic, and nostalgic, all in one.
- Twenty-something Adele is haunted and hunted by zombies. She desperately seeks help but no one hears or believes her. In Adele's lonely struggle to fend off her zombie stalkers, what will she do in order to survive?
- In the haunting shadows of his past, a man grappling with mental health battles his inner demons, seeking redemption and healing as he embarks on a transformative journey through the memories that define him.
- A 12 year-old boy's suburban life turns upside down when an unexpected journey to the South Side of Chicago forces him to reckon with his Blackness. Part of "Whole + Six Feet Apart", a pair of "brother" short films about challenging one's culture to reach who you truly are.
- HOGTOWN is a black and white dramatic feature set circa 1919 in Chicago. It begins with the investigation into the disappearance of a millionaire theatre owner and plays out against the backdrop of the horrific race riots of that summer.
- Teenager Jimmy Donovan struggles to survive in a household with a drug-addicted mother and a six-year-old sister, Angie, by selling marijuana in a diverse, suburban neighborhood. After his mother is hospitalized, Jimmy makes the difficult decision to begin pushing heroin in order to make the tuition payments for Angie, which will keep her in a safer, private school. This new business venture sparks some problems and sends Jimmy and his friends into a spiral of bad events. His struggle to stay afloat is filled with numerous problems, all of which surround his world in what he calls "kryptonite."
- The truly independent film, The After School Special, was a simple story that said so much and touched people in so many ways. Two brothers along with an ensemble of fresh talent made all this possible and were brought into the light. But as documentary filmmaker, Zeus Papagianakopoulous, is about to find out, the real story took place when the cameras weren't rolling.
- Every fall The Center for Cartoon Studies invites 20 aspiring cartoonists to White River Junction, Vermont for a no-holds-barred education in comics. Those who complete the two-year program earn a Master of Fine Arts degree and are ready to face the hardship of a career in one of the world's most drudgery-inducing art forms. This is their story.
- "Art is Charisma" follows the life of Charisma, a late 20's, Chicago, indie-singer who struggles to manage her life and career amiss singleness, a chaotic day job, and draining relationships.
- On the day of the biggest recital of her entire life, a 12-year-old string bassist has only one thing to do: practice. Instead, she tricks her mom into thinking she's practicing and sneaks down to Wrigley Field with the boy across the street. But, as she journeys from the safety of suburbia into the harsh realities of big city Chicago, she discovers a truth about her divorced parents that changes her relationship with her mother and her instrument, forever.
- Broken & Beautiful is a faith-based musical following the lives of members of All Saints Church as they deal with struggles from infidelity to addiction.
- While confessing to her priest, Tekki Lomnicki, a little person, must face the painful truth about a journey she and her mother made to Lourdes if she is to win a chance at redemption.
- David (Andy Gershenzon) is a young man who brings his fiancée Mia (Tenique Mathieu) to an engagement party at his conservative Jewish parents' house, where they are shocked to see that Mia happens to be Black. Mia and her more liberal African-American parents announce that they want a Baptist Christian wedding and clash with David's tradition-minded parents, who have strongly discouraged him for his entire life not to date any woman outside of his race or religion. Tensions mount and cultures clash over what was supposed to be a celebration of David and Mia's decision to share their lives by getting married.
- Michael returns home to Chicago from Operation Iraqi Freedom with more scars than he left with. Abused by his father, Roman, as a child, he spent his teenage years as a petty thief until he is caught and given an ultimatum, military or jail. Now, that his bloody Tour of Duty is over, he returns home to find his mother, Teresa, dead by her own hand, pushed to the brink by her abusive husband Roman. Michael vows to take vengeance for his poor mother by killing Roman. But he must have one last day with his girlfriend, Rose, a recent high school graduate who stayed loyal to Michael during his tour. But this happy reunion of young lovers takes a turn for the worst when Michael begins to show abusive behaviors toward Rose, not unlike his father's behaviors as a child. Michael must choose to let his past go and leave his father to rot in his own hell of self torture, or join him by his side.
- Have you ever had that experience when a song begins to play and somehow the lyrics or the melody manage to say what you've not quite been able to say? Sometimes a song can express ideas we didn't know we were thinking or emotions we didn't realize we were feeling. Sometimes sounds can speak for us. Scripture tells us that the Spirit does the same, but with a power well beyond that of any song. The Spirit knows our thoughts and emotions more thoroughly than we do, knows the prayers we wish we could pray. In those moments when joy, gratitude, confusion, disappointment, or grief leave us at a loss for words, the Spirit steps in and makes sounds that speak.
- Have you ever known what not to wear on a first date? Or tried to give a kiss goodnight that became a slap in the face? Then let us be your guide through six easy and foolproof rules for becoming the ultimate ladies man.
- David has stopped speaking to his running buddy, Ben. David writes Ben a letter asking him to forgive him and telling him that he wants to run with him again. When David finally meets up with Ben, will he have the courage to give Ben the letter in which he reveals his true feelings for the first time?
- They took away his memory and his life, but gave him something worse in death. Now he must embrace the monster he's become to regain his humanity.
- A frustrated writer struggles to find the motivation behind a story that involves two brothers and their differences. While letting the story unfold, events escalate as he writes the final revision and the story takes him to places he did not expect.
- The 77 Project is a storytelling and media project presented by Xfinity to help redefine the narrative of our neighborhoods, inspiring citizens to connect with organizations and individuals in the 77 community throughout Chicago.
- After 6 month of unemployment, Jacob Dunin starts to lose it.
- When teenager Thomas rediscovers his dolls in the attic, his mother demands they sell them. She insists that Thomas work the annual garage sale where a devilish ten-year-old boy defaces Thomas's toys. As Thomas struggles to save his dolls, his mother begins to see the part of her son she always overlooked.
- "Heather " is a high school drama that follows teenager, Heather, an outsider who tries to get closer to popular boy Steve, who she thinks might have feelings for her. Heather sneaks into Steve's weekend party and he rapes her. Heather must again defend herself when Jenny, Steve's girlfriend, accosts her at school. In the end, Heather must decide to either agree to her Parents' terms to avoid the problem and say that it never happened or take the matter into her own hands.
- An optometrist's assistant strangely obsessed with eyes falls in love with her roommate's split-personality.
- A 30-year retrospective of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund as told by three recipients of DMSF's generosity over the years - part documentary, part "visual poem."
- Finding the perfect women is a calculated business.
- Two women on the verge of personal accomplishment become pregnant. Because of the circumstances surrounding their pregnancies, they consider having an abortion.
- They only do it to annoy.
- Glass is a metaphor for Life...both begin one way and through the influence of outside forces change shape and become something other than what they began.
- An elderly man struggles with health, memory, interrupting phone calls, lack of experience in the kitchen, and the distraction of a vast vinyl record collection in order to use one of his wife's many recipes to bake a special treat for a mysterious guest.
- Forgotten as a wife and co-worker, Michelle Watson, in a last ditch effort to save her marriage, convinces her husband, William, to take a much-needed vacation. When their son falls ill, she must cancel their plans and share with William a painful secret that can save their marriage.
- Obsessed with revenge, a cop hunts for the criminal who shot his partner and kidnapped his son.