2026 FESTIVALApril 8-18, 2026Lansing, MI

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You heard it here first! Check out the latest Capital City Film Festival announcements below.
POSTED: Mar 7, 2026

LOST&FOUND

After being jolted awake by his alarm, a weary Wei-De finds himself overwhelmed by monsters formed from work frustrations and family expectations. As he scrambles to escape, he tears apart his home in search of something important. Under such pressure—how will he respond?

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Line 12

In a world of towering mountains, dutiful train conductor Peregrin navigates his train through dangerous terrain like a well-oiled clock. One day, the free-spirited musician Clara smuggles herself into his machine room. Soon, catastrophe strikes, and Clara and Peregrin have to overcome their differences to save the train from derailing.

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Ka-Pew

A struggling millennial gets a priest to exorcise his imaginary friend.

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Kind Mother

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* An estranged mother arrives at the silent retreat that her daughter is attending. When the two women engage in an unusual – and fantastical – power struggle, limits are tested, generational trauma is brought to light, and together they must grapple with mortality and forgiveness.

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Las Cosas Que Brillan

A curious trans mermaid defies her mother’s warnings to venture up to the surface, only to discover the world above is not what she dreamt. Las Cosas Que Brillan explores the impacts of environmental destruction, and the danger of being desired in a postcolonial world.

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God forgive me

Irida, a queer Greek woman living in London, is summoned back to her ancestral home in Greece after the sudden death of her father. Inheriting a crumbling estate and overwhelming debts, she faces an impossible choice: sell the home and sever ties with her past or risk everything to keep it. As grief and the […]

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Deform

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* A mysterious man decides to prevent the birth of a child in a decaying city.

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Anyone lived in a pretty how town

In a picturesque town, a man named “anyone” rejoices in the beauty of everyday life and celebrates the natural world. The people around him, however, are more focused on conforming to modern society, and ostracize anyone for being different.

POSTED: Mar 6, 2025

Eraserhead

Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newborn mutant child.

POSTED: Feb 20, 2025

Weave a dream

A human girl lives with a furry doll, enjoying happy and warm times until she accidentally loses a button from the doll’s body. Despite her efforts to repair it, the doll’s cotton keeps leaking out, and its body gradually becomes tattered. Eventually, the doll’s cotton runs out, disappearing from the girl’s world. Our daily lives […]