KPop Demon Hunters
When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren’t selling out stadiums, they’re using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.
Animated Shorts
A wide range of animated styles and storytelling made by professional and student filmmakers.
Michigan Made Shorts
A collection of short films made by filmmakers here in Michigan. Including:
1-800-HE-HEALS (Directed by Michael Cappelletti): Jacob, a troubled young gas station worker, calls a Christian healing hotline after spotting their roadside advertisement during a moment of crisis. Throughout an increasingly tense day-long phone conversation with volunteer counselor David, Jacob reveals his obsession with his disruptive upstairs neighbor and hints at violent intentions. As David desperately tries to counsel him through scripture and compassion, Jacob's mental state unravels, leading to a confrontation that forces him to confront the true source of his pain. This psychological thriller explores the thin line between seeking salvation and seeking revenge, questioning whether redemption is possible for those consumed by rage and trauma. (16.5 minutes)
DIY (Directed by Heather Turman): A loving couple's deeper issues are brought to the surface when they team up to build a piece of do-it-yourself furniture. (11 minutes)
If You Die I’ll Kill You (Directed by Caitlyn Shaw): In the midst of the 1970 Student Strike, a Mother fights to stop her Daughter from attending increasingly dangerous protests. (13 minutes)
Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up (Directed by Trần Hoàng Calvin): The Clifford family hopes to start a new life by selling their dilapidated, impoverished farm. But when the discovery of an endangered bird on the property threatens to collapse the sale, the son Andy must decide whether to make the bird's presence known or to shoot, shovel, and shut up. (15 minutes)
Tomato Soup (Directed by Brendan Michael Conant): TOMATO SOUP follows Dodd, a freshly signed baseball player struggling to say goodbye to his hometown, desperate for a reason to stay. (19.5 minutes)
Pere Marquette (Directed by Clayton Brown): Sonia has returned to her family’s country house to sell it, hoping to leave behind the nearby train tracks where her deaf son died. But instead of closure, her nights are invaded by vivid, unsettling dreams in which David is still alive—beckoning her from the woods, leading her toward the tracks, always just out of reach, wanting something she cannot understand. With each encounter the visions grow more insistent, blurring the boundary between dream and waking life, memory and haunting. Pere Marquette is a lyrical and unsettling exploration of grief, longing, and the mysteries the dead leave behind. (24 minutes)
Central Michigan University Student Showcase
A collection of short films made by current and former Central Michigan student filmmakers.
It Was Just An Accident
Vahid, an Azerbaijani auto mechanic, was once imprisoned by Iranian authorities. During his sentence, he was interrogated blindfolded. One day, a man named Eqbal enters his workshop. His prosthetic leg creaks, and Vahid thinks he recognizes one of his former torturers.
Did You Guys Eat? / Ya Comieron: Stories of Michigan Agriculture
Did You Guys Eat?/¿Ya comieron? Stories of Michigan Agriculture is a journey into the heart of Mid-Michigan’s agricultural landscape-one of the most diverse in the nation. Second only to California in crop variety, Michigan’s farms are as varied as the people who work them. This documentary follows the rhythm of the growing season, focusing on the individuals whose labor brings food to our tables: small family farmers, organic growers, and the often-overlooked seasonal migrant workers. Did You Guys Eat?/¿Ya comieron? goes beyond the fields and greenhouses to also highlight the support network caring for the well-being of those who help us eat. This is not just a film about farming-it is about the people, the challenges, and the unseen systems that make each meal possible.
The Daughters of the Domino
When Detective Nina Rose arrested her serial killer father, The Domino, she became an overnight sensation. Years later, the glory has faded but the hurt remains; Nina’s relationship with her sister Laura never recovered.
With a new killer in town and Laura’s daughter missing, the sisters must work together, following the convoluted and sometimes absurd trail uncovering dark secrets from their past.
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Family, Drama
Director: Jesse McAnally
Runtime: 98 minutes
1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals
Amid the radical politics and cultural upheaval of 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 grew increasingly anxious as police seemed unable to stop the killer—or killers—responsible.
Through interviews with law enforcement, political figures, and women who lived through the fear, this independent documentary examines not just a series of crimes, but the social and political tensions that enabled them—many of which still resonate today.
Sentimental Value
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child’s mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Genres: Thriller, Drama
Director: Mary Bronstein
Rated R
Runtime: 113 minutes