Features & Docs A-Z

A dark, distressed poster features the large red wavy text 1969 and the phrase Killers, Freaks, and Radicals, positioned above a blurred red car taillight on a shadowy road with various film credits at the bottom.

1969 : Killers, Freaks, and Radicals

Directed By Andrew Templeton | 112 minutes
Against the backdrop of radical politics and seismic cultural upheaval in the late 1960s, a series of brutal murders targeting young women gripped the twin university towns of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan. Home to the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University, the communities descended into mounting anxiety as law enforcement appeared unable to… View Article

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Friday, February 27, 6:00 pm, Studio C

Premarital

Directed By Robert Ingraham | 93 minutes
Pastor Stewart Whitaker’s beloved daughter Sophie is getting married in one week, and there is just one problem: her fiancé Alan is not a believer. After his attempts to convince Sophie to reconsider fall flat, Stewart enlists the rest of the family in a carefully orchestrated campaign to convert Alan to Christianity before the wedding… View Article

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Saturday, February 28, 6:00 pm, Studio C

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Reverie

Directed By Alex Adam | 91 minutes
Joe is a lonely writer yearning to be the hero of his own story, only to find that reality has cast him in a far less glamorous role. Retreating into the boundless landscape of his imagination, he discovers a world where fame, love, and even superpowers are his for the taking. But as the allure… View Article

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Friday, February 27, 8:15 pm, Studio C

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SHORT DOCUMENTARIES A


Zastava Brothers Directed By: Pep Stojanovic, 22 minutes A group of immigrants from the former Yugoslavia, now living in America, discover an unlikely bond that transcends their different backgrounds: a shared love for the iconic cars of their homeland. United by nostalgia and mechanical passion, they form a brotherhood built on grease-stained hands and open… View Article

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Friday, February 27, 12:30 pm, Studio C

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SHORT DOCUMENTARIES B


For Isaiah Directed By: Jack Fauser, 11 minutes After a tragic accident claims his brother’s life, an amateur MMA fighter channels his grief into a fierce commitment to honor his sibling’s memory. Stepping into the cage with a heavy heart and an unbreakable resolve, he carries his brother’s legacy with every fight. Both inside the… View Article

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Friday, February 27, 3:30 pm, Studio C

The image displays the title Short Documentaries C above a black silhouette of a whimsical, horned figure interacting with a strip of film uncoiling on the ground.

SHORT DOCUMENTARIES C


Branching Narratives: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Tappan Oak Directed By: Jennifer Proctor, 12 minutes When a majestic oak tree finally dies on a college campus, it leaves behind a complex legacy woven from the lives it silently witnessed over generations. A lone undergraduate found solace communing with the tree when the campus… View Article

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Sunday, March 1, 8:15 pm, Studio C

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SHORT FILMS PROGRAM 1


C-NOTE Directed By: Jack Horrigan, 8 minutes Two scrappy indie musicians hatch an unconventional plan to film their latest music video inside a bank. But as cameras roll and the performance intensifies, the line between their staged robbery and reality begins to blur in ways none of them anticipated. This sharp, fast-paced short keeps audiences… View Article

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Saturday, February 28, 3:30 pm, Studio C

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SHORT FILMS PROGRAM 2


HYPERBURN Directed By: Travis DuBridge, 12 minutes In a scorched, post-apocalyptic wasteland, a reluctant hero awakens to find an AI companion freshly implanted in his brain and an impossible mission ahead of him. Together they set out across an endless, soul-crushing desert—first to locate his scattered team, then to survive the maddening boredom of infinite… View Article

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Sunday, March 1, 3:30 pm, Studio C

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SHORT FILMS PROGRAM 3


Lightly Ghosted Directed By: Garrett Sammons, 10 minutes A contented ghost spends his days stirring tea in peaceful oblivion, blissfully unaware that he has shuffled off this mortal coil. His tranquil afterlife is thrown into chaos when two young paranormal investigators—one a true believer, the other a shameless fraud—accidentally tear the veil between their worlds…. View Article

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Sunday, March 1, 6:00 pm, Studio C

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SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARIES


Wronged: The Maurice Carter Story Directed By: Nathan Roels, 43 minutes Maurice Carter, a man convicted of a crime he did not commit, finds himself trapped in the machinery of an unjust legal system in Benton Harbor, Michigan. As years behind bars erode his hope, his case captures the attention of Doug Tjapkes, a former… View Article

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Sunday, March 1, 12:30 pm, Studio C

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STUDENT FILMS


Hitchhiker Directed By: Zachary Wendeln, 11 minutes A lonely trucker navigating the endless stretch of open highway encounters the most unexpected of passengers: a curious alien with no concept of human grief. As the unlikely pair share the cab and the miles, their playful and sometimes bewildering exchanges open the door to something deeper. This… View Article

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Saturday, February 28, 12:30 pm, Studio C

A vintage black and white image of a city skyline featuring many buildings and boats on water is prominently overlaid with the text THE BEST OF THE BEST JAZZ FROM DETROIT.

THE BEST OF THE BEST – Jazz from Detroit

Directed By Daniel Loewenthal | 90 minutes
The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit is a landmark double portrait of Detroit’s extraordinary jazz legacy and the dynamic city that produced it. Weaving a compelling historical and cultural tapestry, the film chronicles the defining influence of Detroit’s innovative jazz musicians while tracing the city’s dramatic rise and fall as an industrial power,… View Article

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Thursday, February 26, 7:00 pm, Studio C

A poster for The Daughters of the Domino features two women, one in glasses looking up and another holding a domino tile, against a dark background filled with Wanted and Missing posters, cryptic symbols, a ghostly figure, and the somber face of a bearded man.

The Daughters of the Domino

Directed By Jesse McAnally | 98 minutes
When Detective Nina Rose arrested her own father—the notorious serial killer known as The Domino—she became an overnight sensation. But years later, the media spotlight has faded and the emotional scars remain, particularly in her fractured relationship with her sister Laura. When a chilling new killer emerges and Laura’s daughter goes missing, the estranged siblings… View Article

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Saturday, February 28, 8:15 pm, Studio C