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Micro Budget
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* When Terry (Patrick Noth) discovers he’s about to be a father, he does what any other sane person would do. He moves himself and his nine-months-pregnant wife from Iowa to Los Angeles to shoot a low-budget indie movie and sell it to a streamer for a “fuck-ton of money.” Screens with the short film You Don’t Mess with James.
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Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE // DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* When drag queens start disappearing, a shy young barista must summon his inner super-shero to rescue them from an ambitious evil drag queen bent on harvesting their magical anti-aging tears.
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Closing Night Feature: Firebreak
*MIDWEST PREMIERE // FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* Brandon and Royal are among a small group of firefighters in California who were trained while incarcerated and managed to break through and become professional firefighters post-release, but that’s not the story for most of their peers. After securing their own careers, they decided to take matters into their own hands and start their own nonprofit and fire department. Screens with the short film A Clean Slate.
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Bring Them Home
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE // FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* Bring Them Home tells the story of a small group of Blackfoot people and their mission to establish the first wild buffalo herd on their ancestral territory since the species’ near-extinction a century ago, an act that would restore the land, re-enliven traditional culture and bring much needed healing to their community. Screens with the short film Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin (The First People Taking Care of the Fishery)
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Vulcanizadora
Two friends trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. Screens with the short film Milly.
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Wednesday, April 2
Thursday, April 3
Friday, April 4
Saturday, April 5
Sunday, April 6
Wednesday, April 9
Exploring Environmental Justice with Artists, Activists, and Scientists
*FREE EVENT // FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE* Presented in partnership with Lansing Community College, this event features three short films centering on environmental justice. Join us for a powerful event including a panel discussion with filmmakers following the screening. Selections include: The Forgotten: Sustainable Clean Energy for the Brazilian Amazon, Something in the Water, The Last Rhino
- Wed, April 9 6:00 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE // DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* When drag queens start disappearing, a shy young barista must summon his inner super-shero to rescue them from an ambitious evil drag queen bent on harvesting their magical anti-aging tears.
MSU Student Shorts
*FREE EVENT* A celebration of student films from Michigan State University. Undergraduate micro-shorts will precede senior level projects in documentary and fiction.
- Wed, April 9 8:00 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
Bring Them Home
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE // FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* Bring Them Home tells the story of a small group of Blackfoot people and their mission to establish the first wild buffalo herd on their ancestral territory since the species’ near-extinction a century ago, an act that would restore the land, re-enliven traditional culture and bring much needed healing to their community. Screens with the short film Sacred Waters: Anishinaabeg Naagdawenmaanaanig Giigoonhkewin (The First People Taking Care of the Fishery)
Thursday, April 10
Vulcanizadora
Two friends trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. Screens with the short film Milly.
- Thu, April 10 6:00 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
Fortnight Top Films Screening & Awards
A selection of Fortnight Film Contest submissions in consideration for juried prizes and an Audience Choice Award.
- Thu, April 10 8:00 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
CCFF x The Robin Present: Whorled
*FREE EVENT* Whorled transports their audiences around the globe with fresh interpretations of re-imagined Celtic, bluegrass, French Café, and jazz influences. Whorled is guitarist and digeridooist Thom Jayne, fiddler and bodhrán player Keala Venema, and accordionist Mariko Venema.
- Thu, April 10 8:00 PM
- The Robin Theatre
Filmmaker/Artist Afterglow
*FREE EVENT* Be the main character of your own social capital! Just kidding. But for real, come on out and hang with filmmakers and artists in a chill, no pressure-networking kinda way.
- Thu, April 10 9:30 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
Friday, April 11
CANCELED // Distant Planet Project Presents: “Black Metropolis” and “Phlo”
*FREE EVENT // WORLD PREMIERES // ARTISTS IN ATTENDANCE* Join us for a Fielder Brothers double feature! The documentary Black Metropolis tells the history of the Afrofuturist movement is told through the perspective of comic artist and graphic novelist Tim Fielder. Phlo is a coming-of-age horror film following a high school student from Brooklyn who is faced with a life-altering decision. Screens with the short films Planet Pleasure, IWYTK, and Cottage Grove.
- Fri, April 11 5:00 PM
- The Robin Theatre
Kill Will
*U.S. PREMIERE // FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* When former assassin Will’s location in the witness protection program is compromised and two hitmen descend on his small new hometown, he and Annie are forced on the run. Together, they must escape the killers and reach Will’s handler before they, and the rest of his former crew, are murdered.
- Fri, April 11 5:30 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
‘Pride in Motion’ Shorts
Pride is more than a summer festival and LGBTQIA+ is so much more than an acronym. These shorts explore the nuances, beauty, and heartbreak of those of us who exist within the LGBTQIA+ spectrum around the world. Selections include: EITR, High Diver, Hearts of Stone, The Yellow Sponge is the Dish Sponge, This is Jan, Mélange
- Fri, April 11 5:45 PM
- Impression 5 Expansion
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
In the aftermath of the catastrophic explosion from August 4th 2020 in Beirut, a film crew is facing a serious dilemma: should they defy the chaos and move forward with the shooting of their film or surrender to the multiple crises that are spreading all over the country? Dancing on the Edge of the Volcano captures their relentless battle to keep making cinema in a shattered city.
- Fri, April 11 8:00 PM
- Impression 5 Expansion
Micro Budget
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* When Terry (Patrick Noth) discovers he's about to be a father, he does what any other sane person would do. He moves himself and his nine-months-pregnant wife from Iowa to Los Angeles to shoot a low-budget indie movie and sell it to a streamer for a “fuck-ton of money.” Screens with the short film You Don't Mess with James.
- Fri, April 11 8:15 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
CCFF Presents: Love Effect
*FREE EVENT* Witness the power of Love and alchemy in this funk-fusion set by The Love Effect quartet. Then keep the night pulsating with a DJ set from Ruckus & Ganja Girl following The Love Effect.
- Fri, April 11 9:00 PM
- The Avenue
The Royal Tenenbaums
*A tribute to the late Gene Hackman, one of the greatest actors of our time* Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) and his wife, Etheline (Anjelica Huston), had three children—Chas, Margot, and Richie—and then they separated. The Royal Tenenbaums is a hilarious, touching, and brilliantly stylized study of melancholy and redemption from Wes Anderson.
- Fri, April 11 10:30 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
Saturday, April 12
Family Friendly Shorts
*FREE EVENT* This family friendly shorts loop contains nine creative and engaging animated films from Taiwan. From a bored student daydreaming of animals to a raindrop dancing through the city, these imaginative stories will delight young and old alike. Selections include: The Journey of White Sesame, Droplets Dance, Rainbbit, Odyssey express, Who am I?, Catfeine, Radiance, Dreaming, Around U
- Sat, April 12 10:00 AM
- Impression 5 Science Center
- Sat, April 12 10:30 AM
- Central United Methodist Church
American Film Institute Shorts
The American Film Institute DWW+ educates traditionally underrepresented filmmakers through the production cycle of a short film, providing hands-on instruction led by industry experts. Selections include: The Long Way Home, Evil I, Sixteen, Ukrainian Dance Movie, Made in USA, Interloper, Chocolate With Sprinkles, Bloomed in the Water
Distant Planet Project Presents: Coffee Hour and ‘Illustration & Comics’ Workshop with Tim Fielder
*FREE EVENT* Join us for a coffee social hour with CCFF filmmakers including OG Afrofuturists Jim and Tim Fielder. Then learn the basics of storyboarding from graphic novelist Tim Fielder (DieselFunk Studios).
- Sat, April 12 11:00 AM
- The Robin Theatre
The Prospect
*MIDWEST PREMIERE* When high school senior Jerry Vanetti gets rejected from every college he applied to, he hatches a scheme to pose as an elite baseball prospect in order to trick a school into giving him an athletic scholarship...despite the fact that he's never played a sport in his life. Screens with the short film The Gold Ones.
- Sat, April 12 1:00 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
Documentary Shorts
*FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE* No reality bending here! Open your eyes to new perspectives at this wonderful block of documentary shorts films. Selections include: Walking on the Moon, Toxic Art, Why My Dad Loves, Mahsa - Women Life Freedom, For Isaiah, Power Lines, In Exile, Kalamazoo Gals, All-American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel
Distant Planet Project Presents: Short Films & Afrofuturist Conversations
*FREE EVENT // FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* A curation of short films and music videos utilizing themes and storytelling devices from Afrofuturism and other speculative fiction born of the global diasporas. A panel discussion on Afrofuturism will take place immediately following the shorts. Selections include: Planet Pleasure, IWYTK (I Want You To Know), Telekinetik, Revolutionary Chic, Moments of Stillness, Cottage Grove, Hag
- Sat, April 12 1:00 PM
- The Robin Theatre
Distant Planet Project Presents: Move Ya Body: The Birth of House
*FREE EVENT* Out of the underground dance clubs on the South Side of Chicago, a group of friends turn a new sound into a global movement.
- Sat, April 12 3:10 PM
- The Robin Theatre
6 AM
*U.S. PREMIERE* Before going to the airport to continue on to higher education in Canada, she attends a goodbye party at her friend’s house. Everyone is singing and having a good time when the morality police break in... Screens with the short film Devolution.
- Sat, April 12 3:15 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
Your Tomorrow
With an historic public park set to close for redevelopment, an eccentric yet lovable group of park regulars and staff members live out its final year open to the public while confronting its controversial transformation into a private spa and waterpark. Screens with the short film Don't Cry For Me All You Drag Queens.
Boys Go to Jupiter
*MICHIGAN PREMIERE* A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story. Screens with the short film Le Cosmos.
- Sat, April 12 5:25 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
‘Tear Jerker’ Shorts
*FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE* Weaving together performance and passion, the films in this collection portray the deeply profound connections that bring us closer together. (We’re not crying… *you’re* crying.) Selections include: Glitter Kiss, Karak, Lola, The Concert, When Everything Was Blue, Amplified, Breasts Not Included, Victoria
Closing Night Feature: Firebreak
*MIDWEST PREMIERE // FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* Brandon and Royal are among a small group of firefighters in California who were trained while incarcerated and managed to break through and become professional firefighters post-release, but that’s not the story for most of their peers. After securing their own careers, they decided to take matters into their own hands and start their own nonprofit and fire department. Screens with the short film A Clean Slate.
- Sat, April 12 7:30 PM
- Central United Methodist Church
Atmosphere Stunt: Official CCFF Afterparty
All aboard the Mothership! The official CCFF Afterparty will land somewhere in between a subterranean rave and galactic circus. Punk-techno band Nature (CLE) and AK and Blackmoonchild of Detroit’s beloved…
- Sat, April 12 9:00 PM
- The Avenue