Updates
Film & Taste & Tour
Last week we did a walk-through of the Temple Club in Old Town Lansing. We’re excited to use this beautiful building again! Anyone who sees a film there on Saturday, April 13 can tour lofts for free during Taste & Tour of Old Town, and anyone with a Taste & Tour wristband gets in free […]
There Really is Film in Lansing
I love to be by the ocean. I love the breeze forever accompanying its presence, and the looming adventure in its distance. Staring at its vastness, I am made aware of the true scale of humanity, of our sameness and singularity all at the same time. I only get this feeling in one other place: […]
Fortnight Kick-Off
Let the Fortnight begin! The required elements for this year’s Fortnight Film Contest are: -Location: Stairs-Dialogue: “It’s not too late.”-Action: Handshake or high-five-Prop or set dressing: Flower(s) Final entries are due back at the Lansing Public Media Center by 7pm on Thursday, April 4. Good luck to all 30 teams! You can snatch your CCFF […]
CCFF sounds
Once again, friends, we’ve finalized another CCFF schedule, and once again we’re bringing you 4 evenings of fantastic live music. Each night of the festival has a totally unique flavor. Personally, I’m super excited to get very little sleep April 11-14. Because no one tells stories about the nights they got plenty of sleep. Thursday […]
Luminaris
A short film by Juan Pablo Zaramella This awesome, stop-motion styled short has incredible fun throughout while playing at the toil of the work day. Seeming to be set in a old world Italy of yesteryear, it forms a great feel totally different from its Argentinian roots. The filmmaker and his team display real ingenuity […]
Oh hey!
A few quick / SUPER EXCITING updates: Saturday, April 13 :: Day 3Small Parks [EP release]with Wayne Szalinski & Tiger! Tiger!(Tickets here) Sunday, April 14 :: Closing NightTortured Soulwith Robert Perry & Noah DeSmit(Tickets here) Tickets for ALL shows are included in CCFF all-access passes, on sale now for $50!
Only the Young
The documentary has been going through a lot of changes over the past 10 years. Technology, like affordable DSLRs that are capable of creating beautiful images in very low-light situations, has seen the documentary genre itself change. Two of the documentaries that we’re screening during the festival, Only the Young and Tchoupitoulas, are perfect examples […]
Opening Night (and then some)
Hey there! We’re thrilled to start announcing CCFF’s music lineup along with Fusion Shows. Thursday, April 11 :: Opening NightThe Mowgli’s and Family of the Yearwith special guests Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers(Tickets here) Friday, April 12 :: Day TwoLydiawith special guests From Indian Lakes and Sweet Talker(Tickets here) Admission to all concerts are […]
Fortnight Screening
We were blown away by the films created for the Fortnight Film Contest. We had 24 teams enter the contest but only had room to screen 15 of their films. Here are the 15 (in nothing but alphabetical order): -Adrift -Animus -Brawl -Bumbershoot -Concrete Kingdom -For Rent -h00ked -Heartifacts -Inspired -The Patient -Persistence of Vision […]
The World Needs Laughter and So Does a Film Festival
When it comes to a film festival, it is good to have selections with a few laughs. I love documentaries about collecting soup can labels in North Korea, and tense dramas about a divorced couple ordering take-out as much as the next guy, but we can all benefit from a laugh or two. A few […]