2026 FESTIVALApril 8-18, 2026Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Feb 20, 2025

Victoria

Victoria calls her mom.

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The Compatriots

Javi, an undocumented immigrant facing imminent deportation, unexpectedly reunites with his long-lost best friend, Hunter, a vivacious bachelor seeking deeper connections. Together, they embark on a heartfelt journey to prevent Javi’s expulsion from the only country he has ever called home.

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The Concert

*CONTENT WARNING: Domestic Violence* Farrah and Lisa hang out in Angie’s basement, waiting on her dad to give them a ride to their first big rock concert. Safe in their warm, wood paneled hang-out, they talk about boys and even rehearse their own fledging metal band – The Giant Feminist Electric Mares! But their fun […]

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Nani

On the last day of Ramadan, a disowned daughter takes matters into her own hands, kidnapping her bedridden grandmother from her parents’ house for one final trip to the beach.

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Stargazing. A dialogue on creation between serial silence-killers

Lying in total darkness, two young immortals discuss whether it is time to create the World once again. A cosmogonic screwball comedy.

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Glitter Kiss

After discovering a brutally beaten drag queen Klaudijus, in his apartment building, homophobe Rolandas reluctantly takes him to the hospital and becomes his first response. As the police investigate and Klaudijus’ life hangs in the balance, Rolandas is forced to rethink his beliefs.

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Hearts Of Stone

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* In the heart of a bustling metropolis, Paula, a lonely street artist, entertains people as a living statue. She longs with an impossible love for Agatha, a stone sculpture next to which she can be found every day. One day, when reaching her familiar spot, she finds her stone companion replaced by […]

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High Diver

Since early childhood, Tuan and Felix have been inseparable. As they train to become Olympic high divers, however, their budding love for each other suffers under the weight of the competition. Professional sport is a harsh business, and Tuan will sacrifice everything for it … or will he?

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HOLY HEAVÊNESS

The unbearable lightness of the death of loved ones… There are wounds in life that eat away at you like leprosy… The weight of the death of loved ones sometimes becomes so overwhelming that to get rid of this weight another birth is inevitable.

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Jedo’s Dead

When a young middle-eastern girl finds her grandfather dead, she is forced to grapple with the earthly rituals and spiritual loose-ends of loss.