2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

The Capital City Film Festival celebrates artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experiences for the community.

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AFI Shorts (FREE)

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE*
The American Film Institute DWW+ educates traditionally underrepresented filmmakers through the production cycle of a short film, providing hands-on instruction led by industry experts. Since the program’s inception in 1974, DWW+ has trained over 350 filmmakers who give voice to historically underrepresented perspectives. DWW+ is proud of its legacy as one of the first gender impact programs in the cinematic arts, as well as one of the longest-running and preeminent film and television workshops nationwide. All of the films in this collection at CCFF are directed by DWW+ alumni.

DATE
Saturday, April 15, 2023
TIME
12:00 PM
VENUE
Lansing Public Media Center
TICKETS
FREE

Work
Picture Day
Fernanda
Bite
Redondo
Hysterical

Work

Struggling to get over her ex-girlfriend, Gabriela impulsively decides to drop into an old job, where she unexpectedly runs into a friend from her past.

WORK Trailer from AFI DWW on Vimeo.

DIRECTOR
April Maxey
YEAR
2022
RUNTIME
13 Minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
USA

Picture Day

The day before school pictures, a newly transplanted tomboy’s decision to pierce her ears sparks a family crisis.

PICTURE DAY Trailer from AFI DWW on Vimeo.

DIRECTOR
Kelly Pike
YEAR
2022
RUNTIME
16 Minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
USA

Fernanda

An angry Latinx dyke in her twenties wants to make the world a better place, but can barely keep her own life together. FERNANDA and her friends deconstruct their lives, fuck them up, and then continue to deconstruct them.

FERNANDA Trailer from AFI DWW on Vimeo.

DIRECTOR
Mar Angélica Molina
YEAR
2022
RUNTIME
13 Minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
USA

Bite

A Taiwanese mother turns on her teenage daughter the night she discovers she will lose her house.

BITE Trailer from AFI DWW on Vimeo.

DIRECTOR
Michelle Krusiec
YEAR
2022
RUNTIME
15 Minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
USA

Redondo

In a small Korean-owned beauty supply store in South Los Angeles, a misunderstanding between a Black customer and the Korean shop owner explodes into a violent confrontation that is captured on a cell phone recording by a bystander. REDONDO deconstructs what led up to this moment.

REDONDO Trailer from AFI DWW on Vimeo.

DIRECTOR
Lucretia Stinnette
YEAR
2022
RUNTIME
13 Minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
USA

Hysterical

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE*
In the days following a sexual assault, a stand up comedian fails to find solace in comedy, forcing her to look inward to heal.

HYSTERICAL Trailer from AFI DWW on Vimeo.