We’re excited to share that Any Given Day is the winner of the Chicago Award, an honor presented to an outstanding film in the festival’s City & State program.

Selected by jurors Andre Muir, Jenny Shi, and Jon Siskel, the jury shared the following commendation:

Margaret Byrne’s Any Given Day is a powerful and genuine portrait of what life is like while living with mental illness. Through an intimate and compassionate lens, the film observes the joy and struggles of three subjects as they participate in the Cook County mental health court probation program, and their friendships with the filmmaker as she confronts her own history of mental illness. Crafted with love, respect, bravery, and deep empathy, the film not only de-stigmatizes mental illness but also contemplates a better way to support those in need.

If you missed last week’s festival and you live in Illinois or Missouri, you can screen the film during the St. Louis International Film Festival. Click here for tickets and details.