Eugene Sun Park

Forever House

After a jobless millennial finds out that her parents are selling her childhood home, she fulfills a lifelong goal of trespassing onto a treehouse in a neighbor's backyard.

Debaters

In a debate chamber, affluent high schoolers argue a bill on minimum wage in an effort to impress two working-class adult judges.

Artista

An immigrant child uncovers a world of magic and possibility through the arts at their school.

Desire Lines

Past and present collide when an Iranian American trans man time-travels through an LGBTQ+ archive on a dizzying and erotic quest to unravel his own sexual desires.

The Year Between

Inspired by true events, college sophomore Clemence Miller is coming home to the suburbs and a bedroom in her family's basement. After dropping out of school with a newly diagnosed mental illness, she now faces the challenges of bipolar disorder, the responsibilities of adulthood, and her damaged relationships with family and friends. Clemence struggles to figure out what it means to heal without driving everyone around her… well, crazy. As if reckoning with everything and everyone she has taken for granted wasn’t enough, Clemence has to wrestle with the thought that on top of it all, she might also just have a really bad personality.

De la morera

Guided by their ancestors, two friends go on a magical adventure through Humboldt Park to replace a spiritual offering they knocked over at a lively family barbecue.

Between the Silence

Despite a language barrier, a friendly Indian grandmother connects with her reserved Polish neighbor while gardening in their backyards.

La salida

A Latina couple is forced to protect the lives of their new family from their neighbors and those closest to them.

Holy Trinity

In this eye-popping, spiritually rollicking film, queer femme dominatrix Trinity huffs a magic aerosol can and develops the ability to speak to the dead. Trinity’s submissive partner, Baby, is by her side as she journeys in and out of reality on this wild ride of John Waters–style queer spirituality and alternative sexuality. Absurdity, kink, and camp abound in this film filled with the cream of Chicago’s queer artist community, including the infamous Imp Queen.

Grizzlies

Starting with teenagers at Dairy Queen and ending with boomers at book club, Nancy and her adult daughter Allison must find the courage to fiercely protect each other from their respective bullies.

Make Out Party

Make Out Party is a no-budget, high-style comedy of errors that follows three vibrant characters through a day of misadventure as they set out to attend hostess Mary Woah’s Make Out Party.

The Orange Story

The Orange Story is a narrative short film that tells the story of an elderly Japanese American man who must sell all his belongings and report to a temporary detention center during WWII from where he will be forcibly removed to an undisclosed location. The film also uses archival radio, film, and photographic sources to complement this narrative, providing a strong historical context for the story.