2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Mar 28, 2025

Final Destination

Alex Browning (Devon Sawa), is embarking on a trip to Paris. Alex experiences a premonition — he sees the plane explode moments after leaving the ground. Alex insists that everyone get off the plane and 7 people including Alex, are forced to disembark. All watch as the plane actually explodes in a fireball. He and […]

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.

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Vulcanizadora

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Director’s Statement: “One of my biggest concerns about fatherhood is that I’d soften up and start telling stories of hope and inspiration. Five years after the birth of my one and only son, and I’m mostly consumed with fears of inadequacy, abandonment, and mortality; going to prison by accident, falling off a […]

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

When Everything Was Blue

A heartfelt drama that unfolds through the intimate lens of a home video camera. It tells the story of Luke, a firefighter, and his family, as they navigate the heartbreaking aftermath of September 11th. Capturing the family’s everyday moments, juxtaposed against the backdrop of Luke’s declining health due to 9/11-related illnesses, the film immerses us […]

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You Don’t Mess with James

A young production assistant has a confusing day while on set.

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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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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.