Doc10 Presents
The Doc10 Film Festival premieres 10 highly curated documentary films in Chicago. Since 2016, Doc10 has developed a reputation as a premier festival on the awards circuit. CMP, Doc10’s parent organization, believes in the power of great documentary storytelling. CMP created Doc10 to bring to our hometown 10 cinematically powerful non-fiction films that illustrate the power of documentary films to entertain, ignite, inspire, and activate audiences.
Give Me the Ball!
- Thu, Apr 30
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Elizabeth Wolff, Liz Garbus Run Time: 101 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Directors Liz Garbus & Elizabeth Wolff and Producer Dan Cogan in attendane for post-show Q&A As thrilling to...
Soul Patrol
- Fri, May 1
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: J.M. Harper Run Time: 100 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Starring: Danielle Lyn, Deion Smith, Michael Oloyede
Director J.M. Harper in attendance for post-show Q&A In the summer of 1968, 17-year-old soldier Ed Emanuel was...
A Child of My Own
- Fri, May 1
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Maite Alberdi Run Time: 96 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026 Language: in Spanish w/ English Subtitles
Starring: Ana Celeste, Ángeles Cruz, Armando Espitia, Luisa Guzmán, Mayra Sérbulo
Director Maite Alberdi in attendance for post-show Q&A From two-time Oscar nominated director Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent,...
Remake
- Sat, May 2
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Ross McElwee Run Time: 114 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2025
Starring: Adrian McElwee, Charleen Swansea, Ross McElwee
Director Ross McElwee and Hyun Kyung Kim in attendance for post-show Q&A Forty years after Sherman’s March, his...
Everybody to Kenmure Street
- Sat, May 2
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Felipe Bustos Sierra Run Time: 98 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026 Language: in English and Punjabi w/ English Subtitles
Starring: Emma Thompson, Kate Dickie
When immigration enforcement officers attempt to remove two individuals from their community, hundreds of local citizens spontaneously rush...
Cookie Queens
- Sat, May 2
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Alysa Nahmias Run Time: 91 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Director Alysa Nahmias in attendance for post-show Q&A There’s so much more to the story than Thin Mints...
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
- Sat, May 2
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Judd Apatow, Neil Berkeley Run Time: 116 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Starring: Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford and co-director Neil Berkeley in attendance for post-show Q&A You might know and love comedian Maria...
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie
- Sun, May 3
Midnight weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights, so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Alex Gibney Run Time: 107 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2026
Starring: Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie and director Alex Gibney in attendance for post-show Q&A In 2022, at a small public lecture...