Any burgeoning teenage filmmakers out there looking for a place to showcase their talents? Scorsese and Spielberg wannabes will delight in this Teen Film Festival evening, which puts the spotlight on the directors of the future. But anyone can participate, and therein lies the beauty of the digital age. If you have a video camera, you can create a semiprofessional piece. Just look at YouTube.com for examples. Informal judging will take place to choose the most promising submissions in a plethora of categories such as Best Scary Film and Best Dramatic Film. Winners will receive a special Naperville Public Library Oscar, movie passes and concession-stand gift certificates. Come for the short films and stay for the complimentary popcorn. 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Naperville 95th Street Public Library, 3015 Cedar Glade Drive. Free; 630-961-4100 or naperville-lib.org.
![Claudia Perez’s children could count on one hand the number of times they had seen their father cry. The day their mother left was one of them. Perez had worked her whole life for a dream that did not come true: Save enough money to take her family back to Mexico and live together in the town where they were all born. Instead, on a cold February day, she stepped onto a bus in Brighton Park and said goodbye, making the difficult choice between her loved ones in Mexico and her family in Chicago. “Don’t leave my love. No te […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ctc-VHR5442_183545767.jpg?w=525 "Claudia Perez’s children could count on one hand the number of times they had seen their father cry. The day their mother left was one of them. Perez had worked her whole life for a dream that did not come true: Save enough money to take her family back to Mexico and live together in the town where they were all born. Instead, on a cold February day, she stepped onto a bus in Brighton Park and said goodbye, making the difficult choice between her loved ones in Mexico and her family in Chicago. “Don’t leave my love. No te […]")
