2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

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You heard it here first! Check out the latest Capital City Film Festival announcements below.
POSTED: Mar 10, 2025

Shadows

At an over crowded airport, Ahlam, a 14-year old runaway mother, fights the lurking shadows that attempt to steal the only dream that will set her free.

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: Mar 5, 2025

Black Metropolis

Black Metropolis is a feature length Documentary about the 30+ year career of pioneering Visual-Afrofuturist and graphic novelist, Tim Fielder. Fielder blazed a path as he worked the margins of science fiction, race, and technology within the comics and concept design mediums. Featuring revaling interviews with some of the groundbreaking cultural critics, afrofuturists, colleagues, and […]

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PHLO

PHLO is a feature length horror story blended with a poignant coming-of-age tale the chronicles the of a young child, Ezekiel, who is taken and raised by the Father figure, Esrel, and Mother figure, Lupo. The kidnappers raise Ezekiel into a highly intelligent, yet apathetic young man, who has a world of opportunity in front […]

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 […]

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Who am I?

The protagonist, a popular actress, unexpectedly encounters a strange stray cat in an alley, leading to a magical journey.

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Walking on the Moon

A short documentary about a young man diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. His battle rages on until he is faced with his destiny or what seems to be left of it.

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Why My Dad Loves

At the age of 13, my father left his homeland, Laos, seeking a brighter future in the United States. Throughout the years, he devoted himself to supporting his family, seldom sharing the details of his past. This film intimately explores the experiences that shaped my father’s understanding of love.

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Volador

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Volador’ explores the power of acceptance. Mateo, an 18 year old from Mexico, fights his way through challenges that arise in a place (Grand Rapids) he would describe as dull. He works as a part-time cashier and commercial photographer for Supermercado Mexico. While living in a house that’s constantly throwing parties, he […]

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Your Tomorrow

With an historic public park set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its final year open to the public while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark. Filming for nearly 100 days with a fully observational approach, Your Tomorrow documents a […]