2024 FESTIVALApr 10-20, 2024Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Mar 24, 2024

Tales of Jan Mayen

A team sails to the remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen to recreate the 1921 British expedition to summit the world’s northernmost volcano, Mount Beerenberg. They conduct marine science, alongside discovering how climate change is affecting the volcano’s glaciers today.

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Waterfall Hunters

The stakes couldn’t be higher, as the men abseil, climb and hike into the heart of the jungle.

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The Illness

This adventure documentary follows a loud-mouthed crew of Appalachian adventure seekers deep into the mountains of the Western United States as they climb, talk shit, fish for their dinner, and try to use their single-pitch skills to summit a 1,300ft rock face.

POSTED: Mar 18, 2024

Underneath: Children of the Sun

A captivating and mind-bending Afrofuturist story that embarks on a breathtaking journey of galactic politics, heritage, and destiny. In 1857, a slave in Little Dixie, Missouri (U.S) is thrust into an intergalactic crises after encountering an alien from a crashed spaceship. UNDERNEATH: Children of  the Sun is David Kirkman’s feature film debut.

POSTED: Mar 2, 2024

Phase Space

It’s the not-too-distant future. Tom, a somewhat introverted but talented guy, works as chief programmer at PixelBlast gaming studios alongside his longtime friend, Dylan, who is the creative director. PixelBlast produces immersive games that look and feel realistic. In recent years, the company has begun recycling plot points and code, and creating sequels. Tom feels […]

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Fantasy A Gets a Mattress

Fantasy A, real-life autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar. After being kicked out of his group home onto the grim summer streets, Fantasy A sets off on an odyssey to achieve fame and find a good mattress to sleep on in this ensemble comedy […]

POSTED: Mar 13, 2023

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.