2026 FESTIVALApril 8-18, 2026Lansing, MI

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POSTED: Mar 7, 2026

Paranormal Activity

Soon after moving into a suburban tract home, Katie (Katie Featherston) and Micah (Micah Sloat) become increasingly disturbed by what appears to be a supernatural presence. Hoping to capture evidence of it on film, they set up video cameras in the house but are not prepared for the terrifying events that follow.

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The Third Dream

A dreamer resists interrogation by a relentless doctor determined to extract the truth about his dream by coercive use of psychoanalysis. As pressure deepens, memories are altered, erased, and rewritten at will. With no escape from the authority’s reach, he realizes the truth was never his to protect, and confession was inevitable from the beginning.

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Shadow

A lonely retail worker’s closing shift takes a harrowing turn when a mysterious stranger comes in asking to shadow her for the night.

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Furry-Anxi

This is a story about appearance anxiety. The doll begins by exploring its surroundings, gradually becoming drawn to external objects, and eventually grows dissatisfied with itself, leading to a transformation. To make the doll appear more lifelike on screen, we combined real locations with live-action footage, creating a world where reality and fantasy seamlessly merge.

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Game of 21

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm* Heath is a somewhat experienced gambler, though he doesn’t know the stakes at hand as he enters a game of 21 he was given coordinates for.

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Cinco

Ruby is a young man from a working-class neighborhood in Madrid, tired of the violence and distrust that define his group of friends’ daily lives. Together with Nélson, Daniela, and Alexis, he spends the eve of Saint John’s Night, where every plan and every action turn into a competition among the boys to validate their […]

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: Feb 20, 2025

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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Devolution

A couple fights for survival in a post-apocalyptic world.