2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Mar 20, 2023

Ela Veezha Poonchira

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* The story is set in llaveezhapoonchira, a scenic hilltop in Kerala’s Kottayam province. Amidst the heavy monsoon season, Sudhi and Madhu receive information at the wireless station of various body parts of a lady scattered in different locations of llaveezhapoonchira. Screens with the short film Party’s Over

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Global Shorts

Selections include: Made of Flesh, Misophonia, At a Glance, Shattered Glass, An Island Drifts, Bachelorette Party

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Documentary Shorts

Selections include: Belle River, A Letter From Home, Babushka, Bounty, Waves Apart, George

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Good Guy with a Gun

*DIRECTORS IN ATTENDANCE* Will Greenwood, a Chicago teenager forced to come to terms with his father’s violent death, visits a small town and finds solace in a group of local kids. When the town bully threatens Will’s new friend, how far will he go to protect him…especially with a gun? Screens with the short film The Final Hours of South U Pizza

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Chasing the Ghost

*ACTOR IN ATTENDANCE* About to enter rehab, a drug-addicted ER doctor is cursed by a sinister force that requires him to find a way to stay high or his loved ones will die. Screens with the short film Whisper

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Symphonic Cinema (FREE)

Symphonic Cinema features live musical accompaniment to film on the big screen!

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Go Through the Dark

*DIRECTOR AND CREW IN ATTENDANCE* Guanglin is a blind boy in China who displays great skill at the ancient board game called Go, in which two players place black and white pieces on a grid in an attempt to dominate their opponent. Screens with the short film A Glimpse of Paradise

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Join or Die

*DIRECTORS IN ATTENDANCE* Join or Die is a film about why you should join a club — and why the fate of America may depend on it. What makes democracy work? Why is American democracy in crisis? And, most importantly: What can we do about it? Screens with the short film Born in the Barn

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‘Film Imitates Life’ Shorts

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* Selections include: The Errand, Set Times, Danavan, Proxy, Brother, Dead Dogs Don’t Lie, Something New, Joy

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Only I Can Hear (FREE)

In search of a place between two disparate worlds, three teenage Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs), come of age in the vibrant, loud Deaf community. Screens with the short films The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot and Silent World; curated in partnership with the ReelAbilities Film Festival