Annual East Lansing Film Festival

Join us for the 27th Annual East Lansing Film Festival!!

Schedule of Events:

1:30 pm: Shorts Program 3

Mehrsalz
Directed By Chris Hirschhaeuser, Karin Schedlbauer -15 Min.
On Their Honeymoon To The Tuscany, She Is Deeply In Love But He Starts To Act Strangely.

The Town Of Dead Dreams
Directed By Manisa Hope -14 Min.
Three Friends Sun, Dew, And Kind Go On A Journey To Find A Town Very Different From Their Own. Hand-Painted Animation.

What To Expect When You're Not Expecting
Directed By Jackson Tropp -16 Min.
Spencer And His Husband Elliot Run Into Multiple Roadblocks In Their Journey Toward Becoming Daddies.

Shakespeare For All Ages
Directed By Hannes Rall -2.5 Min.
Can You Name All The Plays In This Animated Short?

Boulour
Directed By Helia Behrooz-16 Min.
Nineteen-Year-Old Boulour Must Escape From The Cruel Taliban Regime In Afghanistan. Only One Item Is Important To Bring - Her Ancestral Rabab Musical Instrument.

Lorica
Directed By Benjamin Carlucci -14 Min.
A Young Priest Is Confronted With The Horrific Abuse Perpetrated By A Mentor.

Trying
Directed By Emily Alpren-7 Min.
She Thought Getting Pregnant Would Be Easy. Then She Started Trying.

What We Don't Say
Directed By Josep M Pérez Ballano -15 Min.
Javier Visits The Morgue To Identify His Father's Body. They Have A Most Meaningful Conversation Of Their Lives.

3:30 pm: Shorts Program 1

Just One Last Thing
Directed By Oswmer Louis -18 Min.
A Man Hires A Contract Killer To Help Him Commit Suicide; However, His Procrastination Is Too Much.

Dear Daughter
Directed By Vanessa Neff, Rob Underhill-7 Min.
A Mother's Tribute To Her Daughter, And A Reflection On How The Love For Her Evolved Throughout The Years.

Darcine's Day
Directed By Aaron Goffman-16 Min.
Darcine, Divorced And Jobless, Strives To Thrive And Survive In Post-Pandemic Los Angeles.

Collage
Directed By Marius Conrotto -10 Min.
Two Museum Staff Observe A Couple Flirting, Or Are They?

Broken
Directed By Patrick Smith-4 Min.
The Broken Will Slowly Decay, Wasting Away Into Shattered Bits.

The Void
Directed By Sashwat Mohta-17 Min.
A Once Brilliant Teenager Seeks Family Support In His Battle With A Crippling Addiction.

Father's Mountains
Directed By Xiaojun Tan -11 Min.
"Beyond The Mountains Is Another Mountain!" Answers The Father To His Curious Son.

Dark Roads
Directed By Jeremiah Kipp-6 Min.
A Couple Are Stranded On A Dark Vacant Country Road. They Are Disparate In Reaction To The Fear And Tension.

Cycle
Directed By Nicole Denise White-9 Min.
A Young Woman Spends The Night At A Laundromat Struggling To Wash Out A Blood Stain After An Abortion.

Camping In Paradise
Directed By Eirik Tveiten-23 Min.
When Their Car Breaks Down, A Couple Must Spend A Night At A Nudist Campsite, Exposing Their Differences.

6:15 pm: Sweet Dreams - Directed By Ena Sendijarevic

Tumultuous Events Triggered By The Death Of A Dutch Sugar Plantation Owner Who Ends Up Leaving His Indian Ocean Island Estate To His Young Illegitimate Son - The Child Of His Indonesian Housemaid. Winner, Nine Film Festival Awards. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer - 100%

8:45 pm: Shorts Program 2

Jesus Thief
Directed By Kyle Thomas Wyborski -16 Min.
Who Stole The Baby Jesus?

As Easy As Closing Your Eyes
Directed By Parker Croft-22 Min.
A Grieving Mother Battles Her Addiction To A Black-Market Drug That Gives Her Life-Like Dreams Of The Son She Lost.

Stay Strong and Be Quiet
Directed By Anne Loriot -2 Min.
Parents Try To Prepare Their 6-Year-Old Daughter For Her Future.

Rabies
Directed By Alberto Díaz-16 Min.
At The End Of The 19th Century, Filomena ´S Life Is Struck By Poverty, Hardship And Torment.

Revived
Directed By Uriya Hertz -16 Min.
After A Night Out At A Jerusalem Gay Bar, Aaron Finds His Bag Is Missing And The Bartender Helps Him In Many Ways.

Area 52
Directed By Emily Dubovi -4 Min.
The Most Intelligent, Most Talented Scientists In The World Work At Area 51… Then There's Area 52.

An Exam's Journey
Directed By Carl Bengtsson 16 Min.
Follow The Journey An Exam Takes You Through.

Vasomotor Rhinitis
Directed By Mikheil Gabaidze -15 Min.
A Man Sneezes In A Concert Hall And Puts A High-Ranking Official In An Embarrassing Situation. The Bureaucracy Of The Civil Servant Implodes.

Covid Book Club
Directed By David Michael Maurer -14 Min.
To Counter The Pandemic, Dori Starts A Book Club But Wine, Cheese And "Karens" Upset Her Plans.