March 27th - 29th, 2026 at FACETS (1517 W. Fullerton) in Beautiful Lincoln Park Chicago
TIME BLOCK O (CINEMA)
SUN 3/29 3:30PM-5:30PM
STILL PUSHING:
A RETROSPECTIVE CURRICULUM
DIR. STAN NALEWSKI
Still Pushing: A Retrospective Curriculum reimagines the skateboarding journey as a university curriculum. One built not just on tricks and tenacity, but on the deeper life lessons that came from our years at the skatepark. Told through the structure of college courses, the film becomes a retrospective syllabus of sorts, where each "class" explores a different subject. All viewed through the lens of skateboarding. (45:00)
MOTEL MATINEE
DIR. AIDAN HILMERSEN
A writer struggling with drug addiction writes a Western with the help of his brother. (17:00)
BREAKOUT
DIR. CONNAR BROWN
Six strangers find themselves in a waiting room and they don't know how they got there. (12:28)
SPECTRUM
DIR. DANIEL JOSEPH FORD
During the course of an unexpected pregnancy and the decision to abort it, Jared and Samantha navigate a straining, toxic relationship, influenced by the weight of their choices, forcing them to confront the painful truth that love alone isn't enough to heal their wounds or mend the fractures in their relationship… (8:41)
FALLING
DIR. BRITTANY DEVON
The sapphic experience of two people falling in love and falling apart. (6:00)
SNOOZE
DIR. JENNY ARGYLE HOGAN
A lonely woman’s attempt to rekindle an old flame unravels into a disturbing discovery that sends her spiraling into fear for her health—and her sanity (7:13)
