Chicago Underground Film Festival to Showcase Bold, Locally-Sourced Cinema This Fall
Chicago, IL – The 32nd Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF) kicks off this Wednesday, September 18th, and runs through September 21st, promising a diverse and challenging lineup of 26 features and 38 shorts. This year’s festival highlights locally-produced films that fearlessly tackle contemporary themes, particularly the allure and anxieties surrounding Chicago’s burgeoning tech scene.
two films generating buzz are Brandon daley’s ”$POSITIONS!” and Jake Myers‘ ”Kombucha.” Daley’s debut feature plunges viewers into the high-stakes world of cryptocurrency, following a debt-ridden blue-collar worker’s desperate gamble for financial salvation.Myers, meanwhile, offers a satirical look at corporate culture through the lens of a struggling musician who lands a gig with a kombucha company – a setting ripe for “a comic HR horror show,” according to festival organizers.
[Image of Brandon Daley’s “$Positions” will close out the Chicago Underground Film Festival.]
Both films, rooted in the Chicago experience, exemplify the spirit of CUFF, a festival co-founded by Bryan Wendorf that has long been a haven for self-reliant and experimental filmmaking.As roger Ebert famously wrote in 1996, attending CUFF isn’t just about seeing films; it’s about “admission to a subculture.”
This year’s festival continues that tradition, boasting a program
