Entrepreneur

2024 • USA • 52 min • Kate Stapleton

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

The Inner Sea is an unconventional love story–a story about music, adoption, the journey of a lifetime, and a bright blue 40 foot school bus. This film explores the complex issues of identity that result from the decision to place a child for adoption. It is also a film that explores the role that art plays in suffering, and healing.

2025 • USA • 20 min • Nicholas J. Santore

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Michigan Premiere

Bouncy Brothers examines the unspoken bond of brotherhood and what it looks like to take a second crack at the American dream.

2024 • USA • 4 min • Thomas C Johnson

Family Friendly

Love & Sugar celebrates how Stephen Loveland, renowned Saint Paul, Minnesota ice cream man, purposefully inspires kindness.