The Capital City Film Festival (CCFF) celebrates artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experiences for the community. The annual festival showcases an eclectic mix of independent films, live music, interactive media, and more in Michigan’s capital city.

Schedule of Events:

11:00 Am

"Folk Music In Film" A Workshop With Tim Eriksen
Free Event Tim Eriksen Is Acclaimed For Transforming American Tradition With His Startling Interpretations Of Old Ballads, Love Songs, Shape-Note Gospel And Dance Tunes From New England And Southern Appalachia. This Workshop, Addressed To Beginners And More Experienced Singers Alike, Begins With The Basics Of The Human Voice And Group Singing.

Location: The Robin Theatre

1:00 Pm

Valensole 1965
Us Premiere Based On A True Story, Maurice Masse, A Farmer, Discovers A Ufo In His Lavender Field That Takes Off At An Astonishing Speed, Leaving Traces On The Ground. Screens With The Short Film Geezers.

Location: Impression 5 Expansion

1:00 Pm

Reelabilities Shorts
Filmmaker In Attendance Reelabilities Celebrates Disability, Promotes Inclusion, And Advances Accessibility Through Film. The Short Films In This Program Have Been Curated In Partnership With The Reelabilities Film Festival. Selections Include: Dungeons Goblins And Broccoli, To My Father, Donald, Bear, Working Differently, Deaf Giants, Portraits Of Poppy

Location: Stage One

3:30 Pm

Animated Shorts
Filmmaker In Attendance Straight From The Mind! Unlike Live Action Filmmaking, Which Is Limited By The Physical Laws Of Our Universe, The World Of Animation Knows No Such Limitations. Selections Include: Odyssey Express, Core, Road Of Lux, Thinkle, Holy Heavêness, Make Money, Damp, Shaped, Weave A Dream, Afterthought, Around U, Sweetsamsara, Who Am I?, Nono, Detlev, Shadows

Location: Central United Methodist Church

3:30 Pm

True Believer
As Roe Is Overturned And Abortion Bans Become Routine, True Believer Is A Call For Reckoning For Every American, But Especially Those Within The Religious Subculture That Threatens Our Very Democracy. Screens With The Short Film Reincarnate.

Location: Impression 5 Expansion

3:30 Pm

Water Lilies
Michigan Premiere The Water Lilies Blooms, Even In The Filthiest Waters. Amid The Mire Of Selfish Desires And The Indifference To Others' Suffering, Hope Begins To Bloom Anew In The Fleeting Moment When We Recognize The Humanity Within One Another. Screens With The Short Film Arcturus Beaming.

Location: Stage One

6:00 Pm

Quality Scary And Lansing Facts Present: Final Destination
Free Event Join Us For The Teen Horror Classic Final Destination, While Lansing Facts And Quality Scary Work To Divine Your Lansing-Specific Final Destination Death. Will You Be Decapitated Moto Surfing Under Penny? Perhaps Choking On An Olive Burger Under The Olympic Broil Drive-In? Only Lansing Facts And Quality Scary Can Reveal Your Impending Doom!

Location: Central United Methodist Church

6:00 Pm

'Forbidden Futures' Shorts
Filmmaker In Attendance Technology Has Overtaken The World. Humanity Relies On It To Stay Connected, And There Is No End In Sight To This Progress. Is This The Digital Future We Were Promised, Or A Dystopian Depiction Of Our Reality? Selections Include: 528, Lover, The Chronocular Device, Locations, Stargazing: A Dialogue On Creation Between Serial-Killers, The Fish Tank (La Pecera), Universe 25

Location: Impression 5 Expansion

6:00 Pm

Tell Them About Us
Free Event - Director In Attendance Tell Them About Us Is A Coming Of Age Story Following Seven Teenage Girls Adjusting To Their New Life In Eberswalde, An East German Provincial City. Presented In Partnership With The Msu Womxn Of Color Initiative.

Location: Stage One

8:30 Pm

Vampire Zombies…From Space!
Michigan Premiere - Filmmakers In Attendance A Motley Crew Consisting Of A Grizzled Detective, A Skeptical Rookie Cop, A Chain-Smoking Greaser, And A Determined Young Woman Band Together To Save The World From — (See Title). Screens With The Short Film Drunk Skunk.

Location: Central United Methodist Church

8:30 Pm

Global Shorts
From The Bold To The Intimate, We're Certain That This Globe-Trotting Collection Of Dramatic Shorts Will Stay With You Long After You Leave The Theater. Selections Include: A Summer's End Poem, Pentaclub (The Club Of Five), Cow Killer, Das Feuilleton: Seemann (Sailor), Maraschino Cherries, Father's Son

Location: Impression 5 Expansion

8:30 Pm

Can I Get A Witness?
Michigan Premiere In The Not-Too-Distant Future, We've Solved All The World's Problems: Mitigated Climate Change, Eradicated Poverty, Achieved True Trans-Species Equality. There's Just One Catch... Humans Have To End Life At 50 And Teenage Artists Have To Document It. It's Kiah's First Day On The Job. Starring Sandra Oh. Screens With The Short Film Lost & Found

Location: Stage One

9:00 Pm

Rinbossanova X Ccff Present: All Dolled Up Ft. Mothercell And Moistbreezy
Free Event Lansing's Hyperpop Royalty Does It Again! Post-Brat Summer, Rinbossanova Lends Their Craft In Diy Party Making In Celebration With Ccff. Calling All Dolls, Femmebots, And Britney Stans To The Avenue For This Stunner Of A Show Featuring Y2k Pop Mixtress Moistbreezy And Mothercell, A Rhythmic Noise-Pop Trio Based In Nyc.

Location: The Avenue

10:30 Pm

'Unraveling Sanity' Shorts
Filmmaker In Attendance Are You A Fan Of Being Frightened? Well If You're In For Some Edge-Of-Your-Seat, Anxiety-Inducing Thrillers, Join Us To Have Your Sanity Unraveled By These Eerie Shorts. Selections Include: Strings, Treadmill, Transylvanie, A Light That Doesn't Dim, Strangers Like Us, Shadow Dancer

Location: Central United Methodist Church

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