2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Feb 20, 2025

Dropped

DROPPED is a comedy that follows Andrew Wallace, a struggling actor who gets dropped by his agent in the middle of teaching a master class to a group of children at his Old Catholic Middle School. Between his crumbling relationship with Laura, best friend turned drama teacher, and rivalry with Bridgit, a young up-and-coming actress […]

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Core

“CORE” is a 3D animation that tells the story of a factory robot who, through an unexpected event, seeks to break free and attempt to change its past. However, it encounters numerous obstacles along the way. This animation aims to inspire viewers to muster the courage to break out of their comfort zones. In the […]

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Domestic Help

Thomas, a timid clown who wasn’t funny enough to make it in entertainment, gets placed in a domestic help position for Jennifer, a woman who needs assistance managing the day-to-day as she works on a never ending to-do list. Thomas is good at taking orders, but his job performance begins to suffer once he ‘notices’ […]

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Dreaming

Our project, “Dreaming”, is a 2D animation inspired by the whimsical imagination of middle school years. Through vibrant scenes and characters, it presents a fantastical and fun world. We hope this animation can become a topic of shared joy among viewers, allowing them to revisit the wonderful imagination of childhood.

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EITR

Grinding away at the inherited family business, Mohamed works tirelessly making sales of knock-off perfume, while living as a knock-off version of his true self. His doting mother Marwa brings him lunch everyday and sets up chay dates with potential romantic interests (and their families) what seems like every night. Inside of this monotony Mohamed […]

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Droplets Dance

After the rain, puddles form on the ground. The puddles, like mirrors, gradually take shape. A group of water spirits dances joyfully, flowing down the stairs, through every corner of the town, converging into a river. The river flows past the lower eyelid, slides over the eyelashes, and crystal-clear tears fall.

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Chimera: Phylogenesis

Can AAPI women in solidarity, as connected foreign debris, evolve into a new creature – a Chimera? The performance film explores these questions through an immersive sound/optics environment.

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Father’s Son

*CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Abuse* Yotam Regev, a teenage boy and the son of the town’s successful Mayor, has to choose: to tell the truth about his father, or lie and succeed him.

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Circle Circle Circle Circle

Four grieving friends gather to release the past year and their night takes a wildly unexpected turn.

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Do Not Feed the Pigeons

An orgiastic mutant monster post-modern pop art pigeon-fueled horror apocalypse!!!