2023 • United States • 8 min • Drew Mason, Nick Nerbonne

Subject in Attendance, Family Friendly, Filmmaker in Attendance

Bugsy Sailor has watched every consecutive sunrise for nearly five years. What started as a project to find purpose and presence in life has now evolved into something with a whole …

2023 • USA • 9 min • Andrew J. Morgan & Nick Nummerdor

Filmmaker in Attendance, Adult Language, Michigan Premiere

A documentary following artist Billy Coulon and his crew making free public parks as skateable art pieces all over the United States. This segment is about a stop near Detroit …

2022 • USA • 25 min • Leneb

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Adult Language

A genre-bending, monologue driven film. 10 stories, 10 locations. One town, Appleton, Wisconsin, plays the 11th character.

2022 • USA • 6 min • Meagan Massa

Michigan Premiere, Filmmaker in Attendance

As two siblings - the filmmaker and her brother - look back on a road trip with their father 20 years ago, they discover their memories have faded, but the feelings they share …

2020 • United States • 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 …

2023 • United States • 87 min • Joseph Beyer and Jordan Anderson

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

No one fights to preserve a multiplex, but some people will risk everything to save a marquee. Through booms and busts, Delft Theatres Inc. - and its innovative gem, The Nordic - …

2023 • USA • 17 min • Mark and Jena Burchick

Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere

Inspired by the growth of the American craft beer movement, a group of Catholic monks in Spencer, Massachusetts produces America’s first “Trappist-certified” beer, a historically …

2023 • United States • 20 min • Kody Kohlman

Filmmaker in Attendance, Adult Language, Michigan Premiere

Peter Hogan’s life went off the rails when he descended into heroin addiction as a teenager. As he began the road to recovery, he picked up a bicycle. In this film, Peter dives …

2023 • United States • 25 min • 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 …

2022 • United States • 12 min • Robert George and Becky Tranchell, and Grant Piering

Filmmaker in Attendance

Long offering refuge to newcomers and regulars alike, Round’s, the iconic Traverse City diner, has a history dating back to 1947. This episode explores the meaning of a diner …

2023 • United States of America • 7 min • Nate Sheppard

Filmmaker in Attendance, Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere

A short documentary chronicling the story of Wisconsin inventor Carl Eliason and his essential contributions to the development of the modern snowmobile.

2023 • United States • 20 min • Jay Melena & Tim Kressin

Michigan Premiere

As a trans-masculine cyclist and policy scholar, Izzy Sederbaum was searching for community and acceptance within the sport. After surviving a rare cougar attack on a ride outside …

2023 • Canada • 11 min • Andrea Wing

Michigan Premiere

**A Yukon trapper, in the twilight of his career, passes along his ethos and his trapline to a young woman determined to carry on his work. **

2023 • United States • 21 min • Kelley Wolf Griffith

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

Embark on an insightful perspective into the realm of empowered “Yooper” women residing in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula. Meet Kim Kee and her extraordinary …