Film Festival

Stampila

Classic Cinemas Tivoli Theatre 5021 Highland Avenue, Downers Grove, IL

A BWiFF 2025 Beyond Competition Presentation
A middle-aged woman plots to overthrow an unelected oligarch controlling her tiny country. Using only her intelligence and a stolen government stamp, she must outsmart the oligarch and his team of American political consultants.

$12

Traumnovelle

Facets Film Forum 1517 W Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL

A BWiFF 2025 Beyond Competition Presentation
A colorful adaptation of Schnitzler's work, in which a woman tells her husband that she has fantasies with other people, triggering his desire for his own adventures. Set in modern kinky Berlin, the film is much more than a mere reboot of Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut".

$12

Taste the Revolution

Music Box Theatre 3733 N Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

A BWiFF 2025 Beyond Competition Presentation
Two aspiring filmmakers chronicle the story of a charismatic revolutionary, Mac Laslow (Oscar®-Winner Mahershala Ali), and the group of disillusioned college students drawn together one summer to change the world. But without a unifying direction or clear goals, the movement descends into chaos.

$12

2025 Blue Glass Awards

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Tune-in on Wednesday, May 14 at 7pm/c for the 2025 Blue Glass Awards, presented by the Illinois Film Office, where the festival judges will announce the winners of the 15th annual Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival!

2025 Supporting Sponsors

Reid Brody's Color Nation - For Your Coloration