Project Chicago Presents the 15th Annual
Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Fest
Nov. 9th and 10th, 2018
This Year's fest features the best short films from throughout the world. Comedies, action, drama, Horror, Demented, arts, we are showing a little of everything! So get tickets while you can!
We will be showing this years films Nov 9-10, 2018 at the Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Fest
Nov. 9th and 10th, 2018
This Year's fest features the best short films from throughout the world. Comedies, action, drama, Horror, Demented, arts, we are showing a little of everything! So get tickets while you can!
We will be showing this years films Nov 9-10, 2018 at the Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Tickets to this year’s festival will be available through this website (via Paypal), we do not have a convenience fee like most other ticket vendors. Tickets will also be available before each show begins.
Saturday Nov. 10th Schedule
2:00PM - Saturday Matinee
Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Made in France
7 min
Directors, Lamia AKHABBAR, Robin CIOFFI, Brice DUBLE, Stanislas GRUENAIS, Maxime GUERRY, Alexia PORTAL
France
Have you ever wondered what happened to your lost socks? Made in France reveal it to you.
Options
7 min
Director Matthew Gold
Illinois
A man happily living in a fantasy world of one choice is suddenly forced to face a new reality with excessive options.
Ian
10 min
Gaston Gorali, Director
Argentina
Ian was born with cerebral paralysis. Like everyone else, he wants to have friends. Like no one, he needs to work hard to get it. Discrimination, bullying and indifference keep him away from his beloved school playground.
But Ian won’t give up easily and he will achieve something amazing.
But Ian won’t give up easily and he will achieve something amazing.
War on Christmas
9 min
Gwydhar Gebien, Director
Illinois
Annie only wants one thing for Christmas: Dad to come home from being deployed overseas. Everybody says it can't be done, but Santa can do anything, right?
Warning: Santa Spoilers!
Where We Grew
7 min
Jake Villadolid, Director
California
A young woman confronts her estranged brother to make sense of a family tragedy.
Leia's Army
15 min
Director Oriana Oppice
Illinois
A family is torn apart when a teenage girl attends the Women's March in DC without telling her born-again Christian mom.
Violin
35 min
Director Konstantin Fam
Russian Federation
The “Violin” film entirely revolves around a unique musical instrument. It’s a story about the amazing fate of a violin that survives all the horrors of the war. The tale begins in a violin workshop where, at the beginning of the 20th century, a violin is created, designed as a gift for a Jewish boy, and ends after many years with a concert at the Wailing Wall.
Saturday Nov. 10th Schedule
4:00PM - Saturday Afternoon Show
Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
The Inescapable Arrival of Lazlo Petushki
12 min
Director Sven Werner
United Kingdom
A scruffy young man is about to arrive in a mysterious city by boat, when he finds himself lost in the labyrinthine hull of the ship. On his surreal journey through the boat, he is chased by the inescapable; himself, the very luggage he was hoping to leave behind.
12.12.12
19 min
Director James Crisp
New Zealand
When his brother's seemingly delusional ramblings take a sinister turn, Jasper Whitehead is forced to choose between his morals or his family.
RED MAZE - Episodes 1 & 2
8 min
Director Thomas C. Gaunt
Illinois
A new suspense-driven anthology web series that follows a uniquely distressed person caught in the midst of making a risky (yet pivotal) life decision… one that will inevitably lead them down a dark and twisted path. The deeper they descend into a decision-maze of their own creation, the more dire the circumstances become.
Mr. Pinball
7 min
Anthony Schubert, Director
USA
An arcade enthusiast shares his lifelong connection to the game of pinball.
ONE WAY OUT
2 min
Director Remsy Atassi
Illinois
When you're held hostage by reptiles, there's only one way out.
Broccoli
7 min
Phil Rosanova, Will Reiland Directors
California
After a scare at the office, a man must decide between his compulsive diet of only broccoli and his own mortality.
Businessmen
12 min
Director Aaron Legg
Illinois
"A troubled 12-year-old skateboarder must overcome his biggest fears on and off the board— all with the help of his loyal skate crew The Businessmen."
Timedr
7 min
Dan Duguay, Director
Canada
The latest dating app that lets you have a perfect date.
Cheese Shop
14 min
Director Sammy Zeisel
Illinois
Cheese Shop takes place over the course of one long day at an artisan cheese shop. Ella, an out-of-work actress, struggles to wrap cheese in plastic, build trays, and cut every variety of cheese throughout her first day of work at the shop. Meanwhile, her life outside the shop appears to be falling apart: career failure, a break-up, and...bed bugs.
But an interaction with a sage cheesemonger and a particular block of cheddar helps to put everything in perspective. Cheese Shop is a bitter-sweet, funky little film...like a simple wedge of cheese.
Saturday Nov. 10th Schedule
6:00PM - Saturday Evening Show
Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
Subverse (Episodes 1 & 2)
15 min
Director Joseph White
United Kingdom
SUBVERSE is a sci-fi web-series about the dark side of the Internet. Addiction. Dating. Privacy. Public shaming.
In an alternate reality where everyone spends all their time indoors staring at computer screens, MAX agrees to go on a date in the 'outside' world. It doesn’t go well.
Filled with self-loathing, he returns home and plunges headfirst into a drunken, hallucinogenic trip through the dark net.
Coat of Arms
6 min
Tim Kinner, Director
Chicago
When his girlfriend comes home unexpectedly, Shawn is forced to take awkward measures to hide his engagement ring shopping from her.
GeekLounge (Episodes 1,2,3)
12 min
Director Biography - Larry Ziegelman
Illinois
Geek Lounge is a comedic series that follows a struggling Chicago bar, the outcasts who inhabit it, and their quest for love, liquor, and answers to the world's nerdiest questions.
It's The Dystopian Future!
2 min
Director Biography - Benjamin Folstein
New York
A giddy jaunt through the future that may come to pass...
Step One
7 min
Director Sean Patrick Leonard
Illinois
Stuck at a train crossing on the way to his first AA meeting, Jeff finds that getting the words out is harder than he thought.
MPS
9 min
Director David Tarleton
Chicago
A young woman auditions for a prestigious acting school that focuses on a very specialized kind of training.
My Death Co.
6 min
Shawn McDaniel, Director
Illinois
My Death Co. follows a recently deceased man, Sam (Jon Huck), as he’s forced to work as a grim reaper in the afterlife. Sam has to learn to connect with and bring closure to those on the brink of death and, in doing so, finds meaning in his own (after)life.
The Sect
7 min
Director Nick Wenck
New York
Mark is haunted by a recent decision and needs to make his trouble disappear, but there is only one option to do so.
Midnight
13 min
Jeremy Germain, Director
Illinois
Before moving away and saying goodbye to her best friend, Ashley brings Jason to their old childhood tree-house one last time, where a night of remembrance turns into something that changes Jason’s life.
Two Minutes Till Impact
11 min
Allen Murphy, Director
Illinois
The end is near, what are you doing?
Saturday Nov. 10th Schedule
8:00PM - Best of the Fest Show
Chicago Filmmakers Theater, 5720 N Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL 60660
2018 Best of the Fest Show
Join us for the 15th annual Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival's 'Best of the Fest' Show. This is the show that shouldn't be missed, it highlights award winning films from throughout the fest. Some of our favorites and some of yours (the audience). The line-up of films will not be made available before the show, so if you want to know, you’ll have to go. Please help us spread the word, share this post and tell your friends!
We will be showing this years films Nov. 9-10 at the Chicago Filmmakers Theater, Chicago, IL 60640
