Updates
Sun Never Again
*U.S. PREMIERE* Vid, a father grappling with the threat of a corporate iron ore mine near his home, finds hope and resilience through his young son’s imagination, which infuses their grim reality with optimism, fairy tales, and mysticism.
Desire: The Carl Craig Story
An intimate portrait of legendary techno producer, DJ and record label creator Carl Craig and an ode to his beloved city, Detroit. Raised in a middle class African American family, Carl’s parents fostered his artistic pursuits, even if that meant breaking with his family’s tradition of pursuing higher education.
CCFF x NOCTURNE presents: REBLOOM
Featuring Sero, Rinbossanova, NO.AH, and IZOTROPE. Melt away the daily drudge with Lansing’s Nocturne DJ collective for this special benefit show for a local farming co-op.
Jake Blount’s Afrofuturist Salon
A powerfully skilled musician and music scholar, Jake Blount speaks ardently about the African roots of the banjo and the profound and often under discussed ways Black people and culture have influenced the amorphous categories of roots music and Americana.
Edie Arnold is a Loser
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* Timid dork Edie makes waves when she starts a punk band with her fellow “turds,” becoming an icon to the rest of the losers at her Catholic school while pissing off the hot girls, the nuns, and the horniest altar boy you’ve ever seen.
NIGHTSHADE: Official CCFF Afterparty ft. Petal Supply
Dim the lights and step into a glowing garden of sickening beats and ineffable fun for the Capital City Film Festival Afterparty.
Closing Night Feature: A Sad and Beautiful World
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.
When We Get There
*WORLD PREMIERE* After their mother passes away, Cal and Ty embark on a cross-country trek to meet their father. Along with Cal’s girlfriend, Ellie, and a new guitar named Stevie, they are forced to navigate uncertain futures on a 2000-mile journey. Screens with the short film What We Carry.
Another German Tank Story
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* While an American film crew shoots a war series in a former sugar factory in Germany, the residents of the nearby village of Wiesenwalde chase their personal dreams – until a sudden power failure threatens to disrupt all plans and a tank stands in front of the mayor’s house. Screens with the short film A Little Grace.
Documentary Mediums
Not quite shorts, not quite feature length… these incredible stories are mediums – and just like Goldilocks, we think they’re just right. Selections include: Is That All There Is?, The Last Puestero, and On Healing Land, Birds Perch (ÐÁT LÀNH CHIM ÐÂU).