Updates
Jack Has a Plan
Jack Tuller’s career as a budding San Francisco musician was altered in 1994 when he was diagnosed with a terminal condition and given six months to live. Jack Has a Plan tells the story of the following 25 years as Jack dodges one bullet after the next. How is it possible to be terminal for two decades? Screens with the short film The Desert King
The Sun Rises in The East
*DIRECTOR AND CAST IN ATTENDANCE* The Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth, rise and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Screens with the short film Lifetimes
Opening Night Feature: Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
*WRITER/PRODUCER IN ATTENDANCE* Miserable after her family moves to a small town, teenage aspiring journalist Itsy befriends Calvin, her strange, space-obsessed neighbor who believes his parents were abducted by aliens, and joins him on his journey to find them. Screens with the short film This Wild Abyss
Everybody Wants to be Loved
*DIRECTOR AND WRITER IN ATTENDANCE* A blisteringly hot summer day. Psychotherapist Ina notices something is wrong with her. But she doesn’t have time to worry about it: Patients are waiting, her daughter is threatening to move, her boyfriend wants to emigrate to Finland, and her self-centered mother is celebrating her 70th birthday. Screens with the short film The Unfaithful One
‘Just a Vibe’ Shorts
Selections include: Self Care, Us, The Unreliables, Romeo and Juliet?, Time Traveling Through Time, Marry, Nothing Happened
Red Carpet Premiere Party (FREE)
What’s a film festival without a red carpet? We’re not sure, but it’s probably something like a Midwestern city without an abandoned Sears…
Music Video & Poetry Shorts
Selections include: There is a Hole in the Ground, Molly – Don’t Be Surprised, Jesse Northey – Picking the Numbers, Roses by Nolia Noon, Flower, Pink Sky – Behind the Sun, Jeff Hilliard – Abandon, Running in Circles, The Hours Before Sunrise, Reka WW – Salt, Spiritual Warfare, Unfinished Business, The Wolf Music Video, Lawla, Wild Music
Preview Night Feature: Hundreds of Beavers
*FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE* In this 19th century, no dialogue, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers. Screens with the short film Chop! Chop!
CCFF Poetry Project Readings
CCFF is excited to share this result of this year’s Poetry Project, directed by Poet-in-Residence Nancy DeJoy. The program includes area poets who responded to the festival’s films and events, enriching the ways in which CCFF inspires the community. This new initiative is generously underwritten by Redhead Creative Consultancy The 2022 CCFF Poetry Project includes 20 local […]
Official CCFF Afterparty
The doors are open at the Electric Safari and the party animals are climbing out of their cages. Come dance with your friends to a hypnotic blend of funk, house, electro, techno, disco and everything in between at the official Capital City Film Festival Afterparty. Free for all CCFF pass-holders, $10 tickets available at the […]