Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival

End of the World as You Know It

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5 films + livestream in package
Before It's Too Late
Exchange
Escaping the Fragile Planet
The Gust
If Then Else
End of the World as You Know It Filmmakers Q&A
Q&A: Saturday, September 26 at 2:30PM CST
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From diagnoses to disasters to the apocalypse, these shorts take us on an emotional journey through life’s most uncertain and unexpected times. Capturing anxieties that we can relate to in this global pandemic, the protagonists in these moving stories, confronted with the frailties of their existence, find the only way to cope with or transcend the hand life deals them is through human connection.


Click on the titles listed on the right side menu to view trailers for and learn more about each film in the program! Film details will be shown below.


***Please note that one or more films in this program have subtitles which will automatically appear on the screen.***

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE: Brazil, the first week of 2019. A new president takes office in a scenario of fanaticism, prejudice, and violence. Locked in a hotel room, two teenagers decide to change the course of their lives, before it's too late.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    Portuguese (Brazilian)
  • Country
    Brazil
  • Note
    English Subtitles
  • Director
    Leandro Goddinho
  • Cast
    Fernando Siqueira (Cauê), Marcos Oliveira (Julian)
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