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9th Annual Juggernaut Film Festival

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Nov 05

9th Annual Juggernaut Film Festival

A Chicago Film Festival Celebrating Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Independent Films

By Otherworld Theatre Company

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Date and time

Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 7:00 PM – Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT

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Otherworld Theatre 3914 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60613

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About this event

Join us for the 9th Annual Juggernaut Film Festival, a weekend long celebration of genre independent filmmaking!

Full Schedule Available Here

*Note: Digital Festival Pass is available for purchase and viewing until November 14, 2021.

The 9th Annual Juggernaut Film Festival is a weekend event celebrating Science Fiction and Fantasy films and filmmakers from around the world. It's presented by Chicago's Otherworld Theatre Company, whose mission is to further explore and promote the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre. The festival prides itself for bringing together community - from cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers, artists, and casual movie-goers alike - to encourage and support these new and innovative stories in the cinematic arts.

All proceeds from Juggernaut will go directly towards supporting Otherworld Theatre's mission of producing Science Fiction & Fantasy plays and events.

Juggernaut Film Festival will be a hybrid event with onsite and virtual programming. All onsite programming will require patrons be masked, fully vaccinated, and adhere to CDC, local, and federal guidelines.

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Full Schedule Available Here

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The Juggernaut Film Festival opens with OCCUPANTS, from director Russ Emanuel and starring STAR TREK: VOYAGER’s Robert Picardo as a documentary filmmaker who documents a parallel version of himself and his wife. Other feature films include KHARAKH ODY, a fantasy drama from Mikhail Merzlikin following a husband’s journey to save his wife and unborn child; THE CANDLE AND THE CURSE, a fantasy romance from director Anuja Ganpule-Sheorey; and family fantasy drama JIM BUTTON AND LUKE THE ENGINE DRIVER, based on the bestselling novel by Michael Ende (THE NEVERENDING STORY) and directed by Dennis Gansel.

The Sci-Fi Shorts program includes Chicago filmmaker Catherine Cutaia’s THE TURING TEST; Dale Metzz + TL Westgate’s sci-fi horror comedy BODYHACKERS; FLASHBACK, from Japan’s Fumiya Yoshida; MAP TO THE STARS from director Pedro Jaen R.; and Emma Selinski’s VIRTUALLY HAPPY.

Juggernaut’s Fantasy Shorts program boasts 23 films including Diego Ugalde’s fantasy thriller YAAX CHE; fantasy superhero drama MIDNIGHT ROSE from Vanessa M.H. Powers; and KNIGHTMAN, following a medieval knight’s search for the holy grail in New York City, from Jun Sekiya.

“We started the Juggernaut FIlm Festival to give a platform to genre films, which are often overlooked by mainstream festivals,” said Juggernaut Film Festival programmer TIffany Keane Schaefer. “There’s nothing quite like seeing the work of a new filmmaker and being able to share their artistry and storytelling with Chicagoans for the very first time.”

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*Note: Digital Festival Pass is available for purchase and viewing until November 14, 2021.

COVID-19 Policy

Juggernaut Film Festival will require proof of full vaccination or a negative Covid-19 PCR test result to attend all screenings and events at Otherworld Theatre. Full vaccination means two weeks after the second dose of Pfizer or Moderna or single dose of Johnson & Johnson. Regardless of vaccination status, masks will be required to enter festival theaters and must remain on except when actively eating or drinking in your seat.

You will need one of the following items to for admittance to Juggernaut Film Festival's in-theater screenings:

- Physical vaccination card

- Photo of vaccination card

- Digital vaccination card

- Negative COVID-19 PCR test result (within 48 hours of screening)

- A Photo ID may be requested

About Otherworld Theatre

Otherworld Theatre Company was founded in June 2012 with the mission to bring a theatrical experience to the science fiction and fantasy genre. Our work celebrates the depth of human imagination by engaging our spectators with high quality storytelling. Otherworld Theatre also curates events to create dialogue between patrons and artists, furthering our connection to the Chicago community. For more information, visit www.otherworldtheatre.org.

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