Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse Cinema (1326 W. Hollywood Ave) | Saturday, April 11, 2026 - 4:00PM

Tally up your VENTURED GAINS to explore risk and reward with an abiding humor. Liability, surveillance, breaking, entering, investment, theft, and gambling. The works of this program take on "vulgar extravaganzas," "fears and veneers," and "social acerbities."

Lineup:

Emergency Exits | Lucky Marvel | US | 2025 | 8 min | Chicago Festival Premiere

Single Double Triple | Mica Georgis | United Kingdom | 2025 | 3 min | World Festival Premiere

Learning from Learning from Las Vegas | Sam Taffel and Gillian Waldo | US | 2025 | 18 min | Chicago Festival Premiere

Injured? | Eislow Johnson | US | 2026 | 14 min | World Festival Premiere

Call of the Void | John Q. Public | US | 2025 | 7 min | World Festival Premiere

The Pit | Curtis Miller | US | 2026 | 7 min | World Festival Premiere

That sanity be kept | Michael Barwise | Ireland | 2025 | 11 min | US Festival Premiere

explant / implant | Josh Weissbach | US | 2025 | 4 min | Chicago Festival Premiere

MICROBUDGET | Ben Creech | US | 2025 | 5 sec | World Festival Premiere