2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

Updates

You heard it here first! Check out the latest Capital City Film Festival announcements below.
POSTED: Apr 26, 2019

2019 CCFF Juried Competition Winners

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2019 Capital City Film Festival juried competition! BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE: Olympia BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Father The Flame BEST NARRATIVE SHORT: Togetherly BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: The Big Five Dive: The Movie Congrats to all involved, and thanks for bringing your wonderful films to CCFF!

POSTED: Mar 25, 2019

2019 Red Carpet Premiere Party

Come celebrate the ninth annual Capital City Film Festival with us at the Red Carpet Premiere Party! Hang out with filmmakers, musicians, and artists as part of the 11-day festival lineup. We’ll have plenty of beer, wine, and spirits for drinking, appetizers to go around, and live music at this year’s party hosted by Impression […]

POSTED: Mar 19, 2019

PLAY at CCFF

PLAY at CCFF powered by Michigan State University is a hands-on, interactive media and gaming showcase for all ages, offering the opportunity to explore and experience the latest in virtual reality technology, gaming, and interactive filmmaking. The exhibit gallery will feature: MSU produced and award-winning Plunder Panic, a Swashbuckling, up to 12-person multiplayer arcade game […]

POSTED: Mar 13, 2019

House of More Schedule

The Capital City Film Festival’s House of More schedule is here! Come explore the video art exhibition featuring immersive experiences and live electronic and experimental performances highlighting emerging artists. Taking principles from Laboria Cubonik’s Xenofeminist Manifesto [XFM] and black feminist critical theory, House of More will explore how women, LGBTQ, and gender-non-conforming individuals within art […]

POSTED: Mar 5, 2019

2019 Concerts at The Avenue

Two weekends of CCFF means two weekends full of live music! Get ready for FIVE shows at The Avenue this year. Scroll through the lineup below, and remember: you can grab a $50 all-access pass for entry to ALL concerts, film screenings, and parties during the 2019 Capital City Film Festival, April 11-21. It’s an […]

POSTED: Feb 21, 2019

2019 Concerts @ The Loft + Mac’s Bar

We’re joining up with Fusion Shows once again to bring you SIX stellar shows during the 2019 festival! Check out the lineup and ticket links by clicking on the image below. As always, you can grab a $50 all-access pass [right here] for entry to ALL concerts, film screenings, and parties during the Capital City […]

POSTED: Feb 8, 2019

House of More at CCFF

The House of More returns to CCFF 2019 in full bloom. What was a four-day event now extends to 10 days of digital and interactive art, including virtuality reality experiences, explorative video games, and live electronic, experimental performances featuring artists from Michigan and beyond. Joined by guest curator Crystal Gause, the House of More will […]

POSTED: Feb 4, 2019

2019 Brew & View Series

Our annual Brew & View series is back! You know the drill—we’re showing a couple throwback flicks paired with live music at one of our favorite watering holes, The Avenue (2021 E Michigan Ave.), FREE and open to all. Movies start at 8pm and music will immediately follow. Drinks and grub available for purchase at […]

POSTED: Dec 5, 2018

Arts and Cultural Organization of the Year

Wow, what a way to end 2018: receiving the Arts & Cultural Organization of the year award by the Arts Council of Greater Lansing! We take these accolades as a challenge to do even better, and are stoked to share what’s in store for the ninth edition of CCFF, April 11-21. More about the award […]

POSTED: Oct 15, 2018

2019 Call for Entries Now Open

The 2019 Capital City Film Festival call for entries is now OPEN. Select the submission platform of your choice below for consideration in the ninth annual CCFF taking place April 11-21, 2019. Oh, and hey – good luck! Questions about entries? Email Jason Gabriel at programdirector@capitalcityfilmfest.com or give us a ring at 517.483.4058