Between Me and You
- Australia | Canada | China | United Kingdom | United States
Captivating visuals and unconventional storytelling illuminate a wide range of relations between parents and children, best of friends, and bitter enemies. These seven shorts explore how the different people we encounter in our lives can have a lasting effect on us for better or for worse.
Note: Films in this program contain themes, images, and language that may not be suitable for all ages, including guns and violence.
Films
Check Please
In this comedy action film, a Korean and a Korean-American fight over their pride, honor, and who gets to pick up the tab.
Bi-Nocular Panic
Two young girls spend an afternoon in the park spying on boys when one of them discovers something new about themself.
Until He’s Born
Years after the death of his unborn brother, a teenager comes face to face with his guilt and grief in this beautiful rumination on tradition and family set during China’s one-child policy.
Loose Lace
Lighten up with this lighthearted film, which unites two of our favorite things – skating and pizza – to subtly depict humans being human.
Desync
Confronting the past, a young Filipina filmmaker re-lives a painful conversation with her mother to produce the perfect movie scene of a mother and daughter cooking. Sophisticated camera work shifts the scene between the present-day movie set and her memory exploring the complexity of the mother-daughter dynamic.
Just. Drop. Dead.
Two inept hitmen struggle to complete their latest job. Their target? A man with dance moves so rhythmic that he seems to dodge death at every turn.
The New Raymond
After an attempted break-in goes wrong, a burglar is held captive by the homeowners–a grieving couple with a sinister plan for bringing their son back.
Event Information
Sunday, April 27, 2025
2:00pm
- 7 shorts | 69 minutes
Facets
1517 W Fullerton Ave
Chicago, IL 60614 United States
Tickets
Accessibility
Cinema/Chicago is committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment at all our programs and events. All event venues are fully wheelchair accessible, with no-step entrances or ramp access and elevators. All venues offer wheelchair-designated spaces, companion seating, easy-access theater seating, and accessible restrooms. For accommodation requests, please email us at access@chicagofilmfestival.com, call us at 312-683-0121, x108, or complete our Accommodation Request Form.
212 W Van Buren St., Suite 400
