Thursday, May 9–Saturday, May 11 | Free

Featuring the work of over 50 School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate and undergraduate students from the class of 2024, this festival includes unique works of animation, documentary, sound, and narrative, as well as feature-length projects by the next generation of moving image and sound artists. The 2024 festival is produced by the Department of Exhibitions and Exhibition Studies in collaboration with the Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation, coordinated by Emily Eddy, curated by Amy Beste, with support from Graduate Assistant Gordon Fung. Learn more and view full program details here.

Participating artists: Matt Alicz, Jordan Alston, Ethan Anderson, Ignacio Arias, Lee, Riley Brown, Ross Chavez, Lin Chen, Raymond Chen, Lisette Coles, Shangyu Dai, AJ Dubler, Jane Dunn, Miles Eden, Alex Esin, Martí Madaula Esquiro, Spencer Farrell, Andrea Guillen, Sydney Violet Gray, Yuxuan Hu, Zhichao Hu, Jazmyn Joi, Grace Kemp, Anastasia Khoubaeva, Sloan Klusendorf, Aida Grace Larson (pictured), Kris Liu, Emily Maloney, Emily Mogilner, Clay Mills, Benjamin Montague, Carmela Murphy, Kenny Nguyen, Bella Raquel Miller, Patrick Offenheiser, Sobe Okoye, Ike Peters, Linds Scott, Becka Erin Seifert, Ahmed Sharmarke, mads thelin, Twistw00d, Elle White, Wanlin Xia, Qinxi Yu, Xinyi Zhan, Bocheng Zhang, Yezhou Zheng, and Wenwen Zhu.

Free admission; acquire tickets at our box office or online. 

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu