Updates
Fortnight: Top 15
Here’s the list of the top 15 Fortnight Film Contest entries! Don’t miss this screening on Sunday, April 14th at the Lansing Public Media Center at 11am. It’s a lot of fun, and we’ll be giving away $5000 in cash prizes! These films are in alphabetical order, and this is not the order they will […]
Who is Tortured Soul?
I still play the first Tortured Soul record I bought; “How’s Your Life?” on Central Park Recordings, which I got from Flat, Black & Circular in 2002. A few years later, I saw them play the main stage at DEMF/Movement on a rainy Sunday evening. Despite the terrible weather, they put on an amazing show. […]
The magic of CCFF
When sifting through hundreds of submissions, you watch so many films that you start to notice patterns. What was this year’s pattern? MAGIC. We received 3 magic-related submissions this year, all of which were amazing. We even made one of them our opening night film! Magic Camp is a delightful documentary from director Judd Ehrlich […]
Bones in the Woods, Family Secrets in the Heart
One of the experimental films we’re screening this year is “Consuming Spirits”, an animated feature by Chris Sullivan. You can watch the trailer here. Read on for a New York Times review of what you can expect. This incredible, complex, dark yet wondrous film took 15 years to complete! It likely won’t be showing elsewhere […]
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!