Festival

Sidebars

In addition to the main Festival program, there are special film sections that add interest and diversity to the overall Festival and help attendees navigate the offerings. These special categories include the following, and the list of films can be found through the Sidebar Filter on the Films Listing page or clicking into each Sidebar.

After Hours

Ready for your mind to be blown? Prowl the Festival and feast on these dark, mysterious, thrilling, and bizarre films.

Asian Cinema

These films elevate stories, topics, and themes that are embedded in both Asian communities and the Asian diaspora.

Black Cinema

These films elevate stories, topics, and themes that are embedded in both Black communities and the African diaspora.

CIFF47 Streams

Comedies

Let laughter bring us together with this group of comedies sure to make you smile.

Family Films

You can take a family trip around the world without leaving your home! These family-friendly films are great for kids and young adults.

*CIFF films are not rated by the MPAA, so we advise viewer discretion for all films.

Indigenous Cinema

These films elevate stories, topics, and themes that are embedded in Indigenous communities around the world.

Jewish Cinema

Latinx & Hispanic Cinema

These films elevate stories, topics, and themes that are embedded in both Latinx and Hispanic communities, including films from Spain and North, Central, and Latin America.

Music Movies

Only at Playhouse Square

This listing of films are those that are not part of CIFF47 Streams and will only have in-person screenings at Playhouse Square.

Parability Cinema

This enlightening collection of films features stories about people with a wide range of abilities and their lived experiences.

Queer Cinema

Films focusing on issues, topics, and stories from LGBTQ+ communities.

Teen-Friendly Cinema

These films are friendly for our teen audience, but appeal to adults too!

* CIFF films are not rated by the MPAA, so we advise viewer discretion for all films.

Ukrainian Cinema

A special focus on Ukrainian cinema, in partnership with the Odesa International Film Festival (OIFF), one of the best known film festivals occurring in Eastern Europe. This selection of films not only includes documentaries chronicling the ongoing war in Ukraine, but also narrative cinema from some of the country's most celebrated filmmakers.

While OIFF has partnered with other festivals to showcase their National Competition films, including the Warsaw International Film Festival and Stockholm International Film Festival, this will be their first collaboration in the United States.

Anna Machukh, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Film Academy and General Director of the Odesa International Film Festival, is an advocate of how these partnerships can amplify the voices of the Ukrainian people and how films can be used as conversation starters to address diplomacy.