The Festival
We are planning to hold the festivals in the spring or summer of 2021.
IT’S LIVE!
(no streaming)
23rd EAST LANSING FILM FESTIVAL
June 10 – 13, 2021
Celebration Cinema
200 E. Edgewood Blvd, Lansing
517-272-9289
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
MY OCTOPUS TEACHER
Directed by Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
PG 85 minutes Sunday, June 13 – 7:30pm
This incredible documentary deserves to be seen on the BIG SCREEN! Oscar Winner for Best Documentary, MY OCTOPUS TEACHER will amaze you with its unique, almost other-worldly story of one man’s relationship with an octopus in a South African kelp forest. You will gasp, gape, smile and cry at the uncanny human traits of intelligence, loyalty, empathy, determination and survival skills of this eight-tentacled mollusk.
“One of my all-time favorite films” – ELFF Director Susan W. Woods
WATCH THE TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0LTDhqe5A
Info and schedule
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The East Lansing Film Festival
ELFF Indie Series
The Indie Film Series has moved to Celebration! Cinema, South Lansing and will show 4 independent films over a 4-week period from May through August. IFS returns to Studio C! in September.
Contests
Test your filmmaking skills in the 48/5 Film Contest where teams must make a 5-minute film in just 48 hours. Cash prizes are given to the best films.