MUBI Fest is coming back to Chicago! The Fandads were lucky to attend a few screenings last time it took place here and this year there is a great line-up of movies to see! Get your tickets now!

MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service and production company, is pleased to announce that this year’s MUBI FEST will return to Chicago from July 10 – 12 2026.

Returning to The Salt Shed, The Music Box Theatre and the Gene Siskel Film Center, MUBI FEST Chicago once again presents a weekend full of curated cinema. This year’s program theme is “Better Together”: A series of cinematic pairings that reflect and refract one another, exploring relationships as a shifting bond shaped by loyalty, intimacy and power. Each film might echo or even complicate the other, but they’re always better together.

Festival highlights include the Chicago premiere of Jane Schoenbrun’s hotly anticipated TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMAstarring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson; a sneak preview of Karim Aïnouz’s ROSEBUSH PRUNING starring Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Elle Fanning and Pamela Anderson; a live score performance of Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND featuring composer Rob Mazurek and a special scented screening experience of Coralie Fargeat’s Academy-Award® winning THE SUBSTANCE, reminiscent of the classic John Waters’ Odorama screenings. The festival will also host special repertory 35mm screenings, including Film Independent Spirit Award-winning LURKER featuring an in-person Q&A with director Alex Russell; a 10th anniversary sing-along screening of Lonely Island’s POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING and a 25th anniversary screening of Steven Soderbergh’s heist classic OCEAN’S ELEVEN.

The outdoor MUBI Market returns to the Salt Shed, featuring new and returning local businesses as well as an exclusive MUBI merch pop-up. Last year’s market featured local vendors such as Fad2Fresh, Reckless Records, Quimby’s Books and more. The full list of vendors for this year is to be confirmed.

MUBI FEST represents a unique opportunity to experience great cinema in unforgettable settings, exploring new perspectives and hearing from leading voices of cinema and contemporary culture. Tickets and the full festival schedule are now live at mubifest.com/chicago