2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

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You heard it here first! Check out the latest Capital City Film Festival announcements below.
POSTED: Apr 3, 2022

No Skull

Inspired by the heavier side of music and art, books and the occult, No Skull’s sleepy sludgy sound brings to mind such bands as Nirvana and Black Sabbath; with special guest The Live Music

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Wulver’s Stane

*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* Stoney Claire McKenzie, fighting to bury blood dreams and a grizzly past, builds herself a new life by hustling a mind-altering elixir. Screens with the short film Sink

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Documentary Shorts

Selections include: Kojak: A Fuller Life / One Never Kills for Love / Lydia Emily’s Last Mural / Scars / 180 / The Net Makers / Never Again Para Nadie / Amato / Win(d) Over Cancer / The Year of Haydn – Covid Can’t Stop the Music

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Comedy Shorts

Selections include: Artistic Character / Scones / Vacuum / Pretty on Pitch / Rescue / Greed / Babatoura / Johnny the Dime / Still Together / Wizard Uno / Doing Swell / Dirtbag

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Drama Shorts

Selections include: The Valedictorian / Pictures Only / Make Your Soul Grow / You’re My Bruise / Skin Dinner / All I Have / When It Stops / Something in the Clouds

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Quality Scary Presents: Return of the Living Dead

IT’S PARTY TIME! Join hosts Tricia Chamberlain and Emily Syrja as they launch their new monthly horror screening series, Quality Scary, with a raucous screening of the 1985 cult favorite The Return of the Living Dead. Punk attire is optional; partying is mandatory. Just remember, it’s not a costume, it’s a way of life.

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Superfan: The Nav Bhatia Story

*MIDWEST PREMIERE, FILMMAKER & SUBJECT IN ATTENDANCE* From persecution to pride of place at every Toronto Raptors game, SUPERFAN tells the powerful story of Nav Bhatia’s amazing journey and his love story with his favourite team, the Toronto Raptors. Screens with the short film Year of Haydn – Covid Can’t Stop the Music

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Mark Lavengood Band

Mark Lavengood is a walking, talking ray of sunshine. His resonant energy and sparkling smile light up every stage, every studio, every room, RV and embrace he enters; with special guest Jen Sygit

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Music Videos Shorts

Selections include: Underbelly / Fine (Official Music Video) / Let’s Reveal (Silly Bones Valley) / Problems / Chalk Houses / Kreisleriana / Strobe Lights / Rochelle Bloom – Stories I Create in My Head / Sing About It / Mwanje ft Sampa the Great / Life’s Been Good to Me / Blychedelic / Saye Skye – ADHD / Unforgettable

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Hideout

*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* Drug dealer Guo-hao hopes to make enough money so that he and his girlfriend can leave their life of crime behind. One day, he is contacted by Michael, a drug broker with an offer to buy a batch of rare cocaine. Screens with the short film When It Stops