CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) — The Chambana Film Society is bringing back its annual film celebration with the 2nd Annual Savoy Lumière, running from April 7 through May 22 at Savoy 16 + IMAX.
The expanded festival features screenings across multiple weeks, showcasing a wide range of independent films, documentaries, animated works, genre shorts, and international cinema. Tickets are available through the organization’s website.
Festival programming includes standout titles such as Hundreds Of Beavers, Lumière! Le Cinema!, and Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story, along with curated short film blocks spanning comedy, horror, thriller, and animation.
Showtimes and Movie Names:
- April 29 (Wednesday, 7:00pm) – HomeGrown Shorts
- April 30 (Thursday, 7:00pm) – Lumière! Le Cinema!
May 1 (Friday)
- 6:30pm – Comedic Shorts
- 8:30pm – Hekla
May 2 (Saturday)
- 10:30am – Animated Shorts
- 12:30pm – Under The Lights
- 2:30pm – Is This Therapy? Shorts
- 4:30pm – Anywhere
- 7:00pm – Thriller & Horror Shorts
- 9:30pm – When The Night Falls
May 3 (Sunday)
- 10:30am – 25 Cats From Qatar
- 12:30pm – Identities: Asian-American Shorts
- 3:00pm – American Dendrite
- 5:30pm – $POSITIONS
- 8:00pm – Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story
- May 4 (Monday, 7:00pm) – Just One Man
- May 5 (Tuesday, 7:00pm) – Nuisance Bear
- May 8 (Friday, 7:00pm) – Identities: Jewish-American Shorts
- May 15 (Friday, 7:00pm) – Identities: The Souls Of Black Folk Shorts
- May 22 (Friday, 7:00pm) – Tight & Nerdy
Special themed showcases highlight diverse storytelling, including identity-focused programs such as Asian-American, Jewish-American, and Black film collections. Organizers say the goal is to highlight a broad spectrum of voices and creative perspectives in independent cinema.
Screenings are scheduled throughout April and May, with multiple showtimes on select weekends to accommodate different audiences.
Tickets and full schedule details are available at the Chambana Film Society website: the-chambana-film-society.square.site.
