The Films
LeafPresser
- Year 2022
- Country United States
- Runtime 2 min
- Director Brett Foxwell
Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere
A film made from 12,000 pressed leaves opens up the visual language of the plant kingdom and speculates on what message nature might have for us.
Everything I Learned When My House Burned Down
- Year 2023
- Country United States
- Runtime 9 min
- Director Joe Pickett
Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Adult Language, Michigan Premiere
A rural comedian tries to make sense and nonsense out of a tragic loss.
Local Legends: Milverine
- Year 2020
- Country United States
- Runtime 9 min
Staff Pick
There’s a mysterious man in Milwaukee nicknamed “The Milverine” because of his resemblance to X-man character Wolverine. He has a theme song, there is a beer emblazoned with him on the label and even a bobblehead in his likeness. What does the life of a local legend look like from the inside?
In Order for a Dune to Form
- Year 2022
- Country USA
- Runtime 11 min
- Director Jordy Brazo
Michigan Premiere, Filmmaker in Attendance
Cycles of extraction, consumption, and reclamation continue as the past, present and future of a ghost town on the banks of Lake Michigan repeat themselves.
Pioneers
- Year 2023
- Country United States
- Runtime 25 min
- Director Chris Parr
Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Staff Pick, Adult Language
After winning the American Birkebeiner - the largest cross country ski race in North America - Joe Dubay was disqualified for wearing the wrong bib. Now, 11 years later, Joe and his former roommate who lent him the bib -Chris - document their return to the Birkebeiner to pioneer a new sport: tandem cross country skiing.