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Michigan Made Shorts

  • Veteran's Memorial Library Annex 301 South University Avenue Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858 United States (map)

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)

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