2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

Updates

You heard it here first! Check out the latest Capital City Film Festival announcements below.
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

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

The Newcomer

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Amy forges an intense bond with the ghost in her apartment, risking the erosion of her own identity.

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Vampire Zombies…from Space!

From the depths of space, Dracula has devised his most dastardly plan yet; turning the residents of a small American town into his personal army of vampire zombies! A motley crew consisting of a grizzled detective, a skeptical rookie cop, a chain-smoking greaser, and a determined young woman band together to save the world from […]

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Nono

After the birthday party, Nono waves goodbye to his friends. He suddenly feels very empty and disoriented. Growing up is a weird, bittersweet thing. It’s worth celebrating, but it also brings so much discomfort and confusion. Nono is about those moments of surreal terror that come with growing up.

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Shadow Dancer

An underestimated tap choreographer must fight her surreal and violent hallucinations in order to keep her grip on reality before she loses the biggest opportunity of her life.

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Strings

Sally joins a dream summer trip to Sicily with her childhood bestie Poppy, hoping to re-connect before they start university. Confronted with Poppy’s volatile new friend Alex, Sally is strangely drawn to the traditional puppets decorating their villa, and the strings that bind the two friends threaten to rip them apart. ‘Strings’ is produced by […]

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Hag.

This story follows Reesa Crawford, a queer black woman from South Carolina who is having her first child with her wife, Khari. During this pregnancy, remnants of her past begin to torment her via the old urban legend of the boo hag. As this creature takes a toll on her mental and physical health and […]

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Lapse

A star competitive swimmer blacks out alone one night in the pool—the same pool a dead body is found in the next morning.

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Locations

An American locations scout in France is haunted by his surroundings, while vying for approval from his expecting girlfriend’s mysterious parents.