2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Mar 13, 2023

On/Off

An Afrikaans-speaking man helps his elderly German neighbour in a time of need, despite a language barrier. In the process, he learns volumes about himself.

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Party’s Over

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* The night turns to terror when uninvited guests crash a Halloween party.

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Ousmane

Feeling uprooted and looking for a purpose, Ousmane, a newly arrived immigrant living in Montreal, has his life take a turn when he meets and elderly, disoriented lady, Edith, at the end of a long workday. After learning about Edith’s terrible living conditions, but not fully understanding what the task entails, he naively decides to […]

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Jack Has a Plan

Jack Tuller’s career as a budding San Francisco musician was altered in 1994 when he was diagnosed with a terminal condition and given six months to live. Jack Has a Plan tells the story of the following 25 years as Jack dodges one bullet after the next. How is it possible to be terminal for […]

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Requiem

Requiem is a story of love and revenge that takes place in 1605 and is set against the backdrop of the witch trials. The film follows Evelyn as she engages in a game of cat and mouse against her father, Minister Gilbert, in order to be with Mary, the woman she loves. When Minister Gilbert […]

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Join or Die

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* Join or Die is a film about why you should join a club — and why the fate of America may depend on it. In this feature documentary, follow the half-century story of America’s civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking “Bowling Alone” research into America’s […]

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Kumina Queen

Imogene “Queenie” Kennedy was a contemporary priestess in post-colonial Jamaica who catapulted her African spiritual practice into renown. But after centuries of erasure, what remains of the dance between the living and the dead? In the wake of the loss of her mother, the filmmaker travels into the heart of the Jamaican countryside to research […]

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Mystic Michigan: The Rocks Cry Out

Explore the riches of the rocks of the Great Lakes State with Mark Jager, in the third installment of Mystic Michigan. Jager, the author of the Mystic Michigan books series, returns to host this docu-series which explores the many beautiful geological formations across the state of Michigan. Jager unravels the rich beauty, history, and spirituality […]

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Jesse Northey – Picking The Numbers

Official music video for “Picking the Numbers” by Toronto-based artist, Jesse Northey. Shot on Super 8 film by Laura La France in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Nature vs Nurture

An experimental film about nature and the industrial world through the comparing and contrasting of sound and image