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CineYouth Program
Odd, Very Odd
Synopsis
Expect the unexpected in these colorful, wildly offbeat shorts. In this utterly unique showcase, a cast of eccentric characters (both on camera and behind it) will dash every expectation of tone, performance, and good taste– and you’ll be all the better for it.
Please note: Films in this program contain themes, images, and language that may not be suitable for all ages.
Films
![CY24 PicnicintheClouds 1200x600 A young man and an older woman sit on the shore of a river beside a picnic basket.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_PicnicintheClouds_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Picnic in the Clouds
After decades of marriage, Connie is ready to be rid of her husband George. She plans a special anniversary picnic accordingly.
![CY24 ThePilot 1200x600 A bearded man in a gray suit stands ominously behind a couch.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_ThePilot_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
The Pilot
A man enters a vaguely familiar sitcom apartment… with extremely unfamiliar results.
![CY24 ALittleStrange 1200x600 A man in old-timey clothes stands with a cardboard box in his hands under the awning of a house.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_ALittleStrange_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
A Little Strange
Increasingly unsettling changes disrupt Ernest’s idyllic, repetitive life.
![CY24 Academy 1200x600 Old pictures and a ballet trophy sit on the shelf of a dance studio.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_Academy_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
Academy
A disgraced dancer returns to her former academy to set the record straight…and settle a score.
![CY24 Hivewedding 1200x600 A young woman watches an opulently-dressed elderly woman from afar in the reflection of a mirror.](https://cinemachicago.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CY24_hivewedding_1200x600-300x150.jpg)
The Hive Wedding
Socialite Mizzy summons a host of eccentric friends and strangers to her family’s dilapidated nightclub for her wedding.