{"id":9030717,"date":"2026-10-26T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=9030717"},"modified":"2026-10-26T15:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T15:56:11","slug":"2026-eunic-chicago-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/2026-eunic-chicago-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 EUNIC Chicago Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EUNIC Film Festival showcases films that explore the diverse cultural landscapes of Europe, offering fresh perspectives on the continent\u2019s evolving identities. This year\u2019s lineup brings together heartfelt stories about family and identity set in communities across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France will present <a href=\"https:\/\/facets.org\/programs\/leave-one-day\/\"><strong>Leave One Day<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Partir un jour<\/em>), a musical-drama film directed by Am\u00e9lie Bonnin (2025) as part of <strong>Young French Cinema<\/strong>, a program of UniFrance\u202fand Villa Albertine that aims to bring French films that are not distributed in the US to art house cinemas, film societies, the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise network, and American universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday, Nov 6, 2026<\/strong><br><strong>Opening Night Reception &#8211; 6PM<\/strong><br><em><strong>Leave One Day<\/strong><\/em><strong> &#8211; 7PM<\/strong><br>DIR. Am\u00e9lie Bonnin | France<br>LANGUAGE French<br>C\u00e9cile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born. Far from the hubbub of Paris life, she runs into her teenage crush. The memories come flooding back, destabilizing her certainties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Saturday, Nov 7, 2026<\/strong><br><em><strong>Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake <\/strong><\/em><strong>&#8211; 4:30PM<\/strong><br>DIR. Irene Iborra Rizo | Spain, France, Belgium, Chile, Switzerland<br>LANGUAGE Catalan<br>After their family is evicted, young Olivia turns the upheaval into a game, pretending she and her brother are filming a movie, and finds an unexpected new family along the way.<br><br><em><strong>R<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>enovation<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; <strong>5PM<\/strong><br>DIR. Gabriel\u0117 Urbonait\u0117 | Lithuania, Belgium, Latvia<br>LANGUAGE English<br>In Vilnius, a young woman about to turn thirty begins to doubt the settled life she has built after befriending a Ukrainian construction worker, and starts writing poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>How Could I Live Without You<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; <strong>7PM<\/strong><br>DIR. D\u00e9nes Orosz | Hungary<br>LANGUAGE Hungarian<br>Reading her mother\u2019s old letters, Lili relives a memorable summer at Lake Balaton, where music, love, and jealousy changed everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday, Nov 8, 2026<\/strong><br><em><strong>Tarrac<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>1PM<\/strong><br>DIR. Declan Recks | Ireland<br>LANGUAGE Irish<br>Back in the Kerry Gaeltacht to care for her ailing father, Aoife joins her friends in a traditional rowing race and finds a chance to mend their relationship.<br><br><strong><em>Pinnochio<\/em> &#8211; 3PM<\/strong><br>DIR. Enzo D\u2019Al\u00f2 | Italy<br>LANGUAGE Italian<br>An animated feature film based on the 1883 novel <em>The Adventures of Pinocchio.<\/em><br><strong><em><br>Stelios<\/em><\/strong> <strong>&#8211; 5PM<\/strong><br>DIR. Yorgos Tsemberopoulos | Greece<br>LANGUAGE Greek<br>A tribute to the legendary singer, Stelios Kazantzidis, whose voice touched the hearts of all Greeks around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9031309,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[219],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[504],"class_list":["post-9030717","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-cinema","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-film-festival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026 EUNIC Chicago Film Festival - Villa Albertine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"France joins the EUNIC Film Festival with Leave One Day, Am\u00e9lie Bonnin\u2019s 2025 musical drama, part of the Young French Cinema program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/2026-eunic-chicago-film-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 EUNIC Chicago Film Festival - 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