2026 FESTIVALApril 8-18, 2026Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Mar 13, 2023

Live in 5

An intern for a live cooking show production must fill in for a much bigger role than he signed up for.

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Marry

After a few drinks in the park, two friends wander the streets and stumble upon life’s toughest questions.

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Night

The dust of war keeps the eyes sleepless. Night brings peace and sleep to all the people in the broken town. Only the eyes of the mother of the missing child stay resilient. Night has to trick her into sleeping to save her soul.

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Bachelorette Party

Maïa will soon get married. It’s an opportunity to get together with friends, during a weekend in the countryside. But the party gives way to melancholy: Maïa realizes all that she is burying with her life as a young girl.

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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.

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Brother

With his wedding to Carlos approaching, Tony, a young immigrant to the US, invites his conservative elder sister to the ceremony — a fateful decision that forces Tony to choose between his family and his happiness.

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Cancelled Stamp

When sex comes between aging conjoined vaudevillians, each sister must make her own life and death choice.

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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.

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Dead Dogs Don’t Lie

On the way home from another night of drinks at another neighborhood dinner party, Claire and Hugh brutally run over the family dog. While trying to get rid of the body before their daughter April wakes up in the morning, cracks start to reveal themselves in their marriage.

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Depraved Mind

A criminal psychologist struggles to help a serial killer, stricken with amnesia, come to grips with his heinous crimes.