2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

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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.

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6 AM

She is going to leave the country to continue on to higher education in Canada. Her family members are worried and act as if they have been already missing her. Before going to the airport, she attends a goodbye party at her friend’s house. Everyone is singing and having a good time when the morality […]

POSTED: Mar 21, 2024

Fresh

In a world where criminals make the rules an innocent boy is out to beat them at their own game.

POSTED: Mar 3, 2024

Rocket Coma – The End of the World

The End of the World” was recorded in home studios in Fayetteville AR, “Dangerfield” at American Recording Studio in Memphis, Cookie Animation was tasked in bringing “The End of the World” to an Animated story. The space race is here and mars is in sight. Only one can lay claim to it through “fair” competition. […]

POSTED: Mar 2, 2024

Natural Art

An unconventional young artist is more than inspired by the sounds of Tchaikovsky and the movements of a passionate ballerino for her next work of art.

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Pontianak

*CONTENT WARNING: Self-Harm and Sexual Abuse Nakia, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship, finds herself at a crossroads when she discovers she is pregnant with her boyfriend’s child. Filled with anger and a desperate need for justice, Nakia resorts to a forbidden path in her quest for revenge. However, her intentions unknowingly set […]

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Rewind, Please

*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* Jason is a lifelong movie lover and collector. More recently, he uses them as an escape from his trauma. His retreat into his compulsion further deepens his isolation. Until one day he finds his solitude may be more permanent than he ever intended.

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Stay

*Content Warning: Self-Harm Just graduated, Laura works as an usher in her mother’s theatre. The razor blade is her only companion. As she faces her dreaded control round; she discovers that she is not as alone as she thought.