2026 • USA • 25 min • Annabel Edwards, Mito Habe-Evans

Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere, First Time Filmmaker

Two boys arrive at a remote summer camp in the Vermont woods. Free from screens and societal expectations, they learn to open up, support one another, and redefine what it means to be a boy.

2025 • USA • 15 min • Jacob White

Filmmaker in Attendance, Has Subtitles, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere

On the mend from a knee replacement, ultra marathoner Dane Rauschenberg attempts to break a record in the half marathon portage category – even though he’s never before lifted a canoe!

2026 • USA • 65 min • Chris Ozminski

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Family Friendly, Work in Progress

Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior is the little known sibling to famous Isle Royale. Soak in the rugged wilderness. Explore seldom seen relics and natural wonders. Get to know your seasoned off-trail guides, Michael Neiger and Chris Ozminski. This is a special sneak preview of the nearly completed film.

2026 • USA • 23 min • Mike Brooks

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

At 86 years old, Michigan fly fishing legend Jac Ford still paddles rivers across Michigan and Montana, guiding clients and teaching fellow guides his craft. In Jac, the master angler reveals some of his secrets, and shares a lifetime of wisdom for living a long, happy life.

2026 • USA • 15 min • Taliesin Black-Brown

Staff Pick, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere

Listen is a sensory immersion that dissolves the boundaries between us and the more-than-human world. It follows Alaskan author Hank Lentfer as he records forgotten sounds of the natural world and cares for his mother with dementia.

2025 • USA • 7 min • Keall Emmers

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Family Friendly, Student Filmmaker

Normal is a short reflexive documentary about growing up with divorced parents and living between two homes. Using personal narration, archival footage, and interviews with my parents, the film reflects on how something that seems difficult or overwhelming to others became my everyday reality - and how hearing their perspectives changed the way I understand my own childhood.

2026 • USA • 23 min • Brett Marty and Josh Izenberg

Has Subtitles, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere, Staff Pick

Plant Life captures Dr. Joanne Chory at a pivotal moment: as her Parkinson’s advances and carbon levels surge, she pursues her most audacious experiment yet. Having revolutionized plant biology once already, she and her team are re-engineering crops to draw down carbon dioxide at planetary scale — a scientific race against time that may determine both her legacy and our future.

2026 • USA • 15 min • Kate Stapleton

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Adult Language, Michigan Premiere, Staff Pick

A cowboy doctor has spent a lifetime paying house calls to the Old Order Amish community in Southwestern Wisconsin- but what will they do when he dies?