AN EVENING WITH JANE SCHOENBRUN

Dialogue: Pre-screening Q&A with director Jane Schoenbrun. "Genre-defying, subtly unnerving." — Vox "It's impossible to shake." — IndieWire Wednesday, October 28, 6:30 p.m. | In partnership with Women & Children First, the Gene Siskel Film Center celebrates the release of filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's debut book, Public Access Afterworld, with a special screening of their breakthrough feature WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR. The evening includes a conversation with Schoenbrun, with every ticket including a pre-signed copy. Dialogue: Pre-screening Q&A with director Jane Schoenbrun moderated by film critic Sam Bodrojan. Sold out: This event has reached capacity. A limited first-come, first-served waitlist line will open at the box office one hour prior to the event. Review our full waitlist policy here. WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR 2015, USA, 86 min., In English Alone in her bedroom, teenager Casey accepts the "World's Fair Challenge," an online horror game that slowly begins to consume her life. Jane Schoenbrun's acclaimed debut is a haunting portrait of adolescence, loneliness, and digital self-invention. A mysterious realm on the other side of our screens. A dark force that draws victims into its static. The unlikely hero called to save them and herself from this electric hell. Public Access Afterworld is the profound, binge-all-night, headrush of a novel by the celebrated filmmaker of I SAW THE TV GLOW and TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA. The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email [email protected]