Thinking Differently

5 films in this block • 72 minutes

The Films

An Outlook on Your Life

  • Year 2024
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 4 min
  • Director syddonut24

Family Friendly, Student Filmmaker, First Time Filmmaker

A visual essay from a first-time filmmaker explores how life is beautiful and complex. Enjoy every second of every day you have in this life. One day it will all be gone.

The Bird and the Bee

  • Year 2024
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 18 min
  • Director Matt Pirrall

Adult Language, Filmmaker in Attendance

How does a satire comedy website find itself on the front lines of the debate over free speech online? Seth Dillon and his team at the Babylon Bee,tell the story of how they unwittingly found themselves at war with Twitter over a joke, eventually garnering the attention of Elon Musk and ushering in a new era for the social media company.

Entrepreneur

  • Year 2025
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 13 min
  • Director Nate Sheppard

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere

What does it take to start a small business in rural Wisconsin? ENTREPRENEUR explores the stories of four interconnected businesses in a historic building in downtown Rhinelander.

A Paranormal Night in Eagle Harbor Lighthouse

  • Year 2025
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 15 min
  • Director Eric Machiela

Filmmaker in Attendance, Michigan Premiere, World Premiere

On the shores of the Keweenaw Peninsula, a group of paranormal investigators break out their ghost hunting equipment and expertise to prove the historic Eagle Harbor Lighthouse is haunted. But their evidence leaves some unconvinced.

Driven Apart

  • Year 2025
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 22 min
  • Director Rachel Kozlowski

First Time Filmmaker, Filmmaker in Attendance, Student Filmmaker

A documentary about urbanism and life on the road- how is a car centric society changing the way we interact?