M. Woods’ Commodity Trading: Dies Irae is a surrealist nightmare wrapped in a documentary chronicling the void that emerged with the election of Donald Trump. The movie weaves a narrative through political hells, using 16mm film, mixed media digital experimentation, and archival footage to paint a hallucinatory landscape of Southern California’s break from reality.

VLX5 is the fifth season of VASTLAB's annual showcase of Experimental short Film including an action packed program with local Chicago Artist Amanda Van Valkenburg in person for Q&A as well as local Chicago Musicians & Sound Artists LIVEscoring VLX5 short films.

Presented as part of Chicago Filmmakers’ special series of 50th Anniversary retrospective programming.

ADDED LESSONS is an absurdist fever dream that follows young Francis (Liam Hayes) as he's bounced between maternal demands, burgeoning sexual desires, the church, and pretensions of the art world.

Chicago Filmmakers' podcast, …Like Clockwork, curates conversations between Chicago filmmakers, programmers, curators, and multi-disciplinary artists and colleagues from around the world. This is a chance to see some of the incredible work made by our guests, followed by a unique live conversation featuring all of our local filmmakers. Programmed by M. Woods (host of …Like Clockwork) and the Chicago Filmmakers programming intern team!