2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

Dear Audrey

*MICHIGAN PREMIERE // FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE*

Documentary
  • Dear Audrey
  • Blossom

Dear Audrey

Acclaimed activist filmmaker Martin Duckworth has devoted his life to peace and justice. But now he’s put down his camera to fight for the most important cause he’s ever faced—caring for his wife, Audrey Schirmer, through the final stages of Alzheimer’s. Martin tirelessly embraces each new chapter with grace and resilience, demonstrating his unconditional loyalty as he finds new reasons to love her each day. Dear Audrey intricately weaves together the couple’s gritty yet tender reality, and takes us back to their adventures, from the front lines of the anti-Vietnam War protests to the hippie counterculture movement, with excerpts from Martin’s films and Audrey’s stunning photography. The film is a powerful testament to Martin’s love and devotion, which deepens over the decades. While Audrey gradually fades away—and as their autistic daughter Jacqueline struggles with her mother’s illness—Martin commits everything he’s got to making their lives creative and meaningful.

  • DIRECTOR
    Jeremiah Hayes
  • YEAR
    2021
  • RUNTIME
    89 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    Canada
Pre-Feature Short: A Michigan Frontrunner

Blossom

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE*
A young girl grows up in the company of her imaginary friend, a silent and friendly monster. As she matures and experiences all the joy and tragedy that life has to offer, she is forced to confront the truth about her companion.

  • DIRECTOR
    Tanner Hamilton
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    5 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States
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