Events

Stampila (The Stamp)

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!

‘Speed’ | Beer Garden Screening

Pollyanna Brewing Company - Roselare 245 E Main Street, Roselle, IL

An Imbibe Cinema Special Presentation
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who’s after major ransom money. First it’s a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it’s a rigged bus – if it slows below 50mph, it will blow up. The situation is bad enough anywhere, but in LA traffic: an impossible nightmare.

$6

‘True Lies’ | Beer Garden Screening

Pollyanna Brewing Company - Roselare 245 E Main Street, Roselle, IL

An Imbibe Cinema Special Presentation
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

$6

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