Wednesday May 7–Saturday, May 10 | Free
Featuring the work of 54 School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students from the class of 2025, this festival includes unique works of animation, documentary, sound, narrative, as well as feature-length projects by the next generation of moving image and sound artists. The 2025 festival is produced by the Department of Exhibitions in collaboration with the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation, coordinated by Emily Eddy, curated by Amy Beste, with support from graduate assistants Lucas Gomez-Doyle and Hailey Tomanicek. Learn more and view full program details here.
Participating artists
Tolu Adeniji, Biana Janice Alexandre, Kori H. Arquette, Kevin Banks, Lio Barnhardt, Zaydien Biddinger, josh brainin, Ally Broderick, Ciara Castillo (pictured), Stella Chen, Peter Chen, Gabriel Cyr, Mary De Jesus Rodriguez, Linlin Deng, Sam Emmite, Eva Erickson, Nadeige Fontaine, Drew Foresta, Jule Gagne, Xixuan Han, Braxton Hay, Owen Hechtman, Orion Hunter, Ashley Husain, Corinna Kloth, Xinyi Liu, Mirabella Marshall, Yuka Miwa, Xinyi Mo, Olivia Moy, Michael Nelken, Fiona Nellist, Chris Noon, Emilia Jasinski O’Rourke, Jejoon Park, Holden Parker, Jonni Pepper-GoLions, A. Piriyapokanon, Dylan Pollock, Hesam Salehbeig, Yoon Shin, Eli Smith, Kate Snider, Omnia Sol, Cyrus Snow Spurlock, streetboymikey, TongZ, Tara V., Vanya, Sharada Venkateswaran, Yujian Wang, Yaz, Mingxu Zhang, Greta Zumbrunnen.
Free admission; acquire tickets at the Gene Siskel Film Center box office.
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