Capital City Film Festival

09/10/2024

Hey filmmakers and storytellers! We’re now open for submissions to the 2025 Capital City Film Festival. If you have a story to share, be sure to check out our submission page for earlybird pricing. ccff.co/submit

08/20/2024

The 2024 Capital City Film Festival was a party!

05/16/2024

We were thrilled to have as an A-List sponsor this year! CATA and CCFF share in our commitment of bringing accessibility to our community and uplifting voices of marginalized populations. Thanks to their support, we were able to bring film, art, and music from all over the world to Mid-Michigan.

CCFF celebrates independent artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experien

05/09/2024

Arts Midwest is building creative community and opportunities across our region and is currently accepting applications for the Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities. It supports accessibility in the arts and celebrates the work of disabled Midwestern visual artists. Check it out and apply by May 23, 2024 to be considered.

A $3,000 award celebrating the work of mid-career 2D and 3D visual artists with disabilities working and living in the Midwest.

05/02/2024

Want to win a festival pass for 2025? Fill out our survey to let us know what you thought of . ccff.co/survey

04/28/2024

Congratulations to our CCFF 2024 juried prize winners!

Best Narrative Feature: DARLA IN SPACE
Best Documentary Feature: CAMP RICSTAR
Best Narrative Short: THE STEAK .dadgar
Best Documentary Short: SYDNEY G. JAMES: HOW WE SEE US

04/25/2024

Our friends at Fresh Coast Film Festival have a long tradition of recognizing and encouraging new and emerging filmmakers, and with their Making Waves commitment grant, they support filmmakers and film projects from the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest region.

Projects in production or post production that align with the festival’s themes of Adventure, Conservation, and Inspiration will be considered. Fresh Coast promotes and encourages diversity both behind and in front of the camera.

Application deadline is April 30, 2024, so apply if this matches you and your projects!

The Fresh Coast Film Festival has a long tradition of recognizing and encouraging new and emerging filmmakers from the Midwest. It is in this spirit that we introduce the Making Waves commitment grant to support filmmakers and film projects from the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest region.

04/22/2024

Thank you so much to all our filmmakers, artists, volunteers, sponsors, hosting venues, and moviegoers for making such a party!

04/20/2024

Thanks crew for joining us today!

04/20/2024

We love our friends at and are so thankful for their continued provision of treats and coffee to our CCFF team over the past 10 days 🩷✨🪩

04/20/2024

Thanks so much to Ruckus Ramen for the rice bowls tonight! They were a delicious dinner for our CCFF crew.

CCFF celebrates independent artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experien

04/20/2024

Tonight was such a great time at Symphonic Cinema hearing a brand new score to FRESH. Thanks and and all the other musicians for sharing your music and talents with us!

04/20/2024

A captivating and mind-bending Afrofuturist story that embarks on a breathtaking journey of galactic politics, heritage, and destiny. In 1857, a slave in Little Dixie, Missouri U.S. is thrust into an intergalactic crisis after encountering an alien from a crashed spaceship. UNDERNEATH: CHILDREN OF THE SUN is David Kirkman’s feature film debut. Details at ccff.co/schedule

04/19/2024

Big thanks, bigger impact! A heartfelt thank you to our founding sponsors - Lansing Public Media Center, Traction, and the City of Lansing, Michigan. Your unwavering support has been the cornerstone of our success, bringing the community together through the power of storytelling. Cheers!

04/19/2024

Huge shoutout to Beggar's Banquet for the fully donated meal, and extra bonus labeling names and venue drops for us. So kind of them!

CCFF celebrates independent artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experien

04/19/2024

Cheers to all of our Fortnight Film Contest Winners!!
1st Place - Lot Lizard
2nd Place - Instant Replay
3rd Place - Jumble
Top 12 Audience Choice Tie - Post Post Mortem / Jumble
First Round Audience Choice - Inheritance

04/18/2024

ABSTRACT & EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS: To push the limits of the visual medium; these filmmakers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn’t stop to think if they should. In all seriousness, these works transcend the usual styles in favor of a more visceral experience.
The Steak .dadgar
Lo-tech Reality
Natural Art .Bobb
Living Reality@livingrealityfilm
If Only We Had Eyes To See
The Rooms
The Smith

04/18/2024

TONIGHT ONE NIGHT ONLY: The New Boom Room at with Lansing Facts. Many thanks to The Funky Tiki for helping transform our space!

04/18/2024

A sentient kombucha scoby, a space alien, and taxes that are too big; what more could you want in a closing night feature? Join us for DARLA IN SPACE on Saturday to close out Details at

Capital City Film Festival

04/18/2024

CCFF is grateful for grant funding support from many wonderful foundations. Special thanks to the National Endowment for the Arts, Michigan Arts and Culture Council, Michigan Humanities, Arts Midwest, Arts Council of Greater Lansing, and Ingham County for supporting the collaborative programming at this year’s festival.

04/18/2024

Thanks Nuthouse Sports Grill for feeding the CCFF team tonight!

CCFF celebrates independent artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experien

04/17/2024

Cheers to all 26 of the 2024 Fortnight Film Contest contestants! Join us Thursday night for the screening and awards of these films and stick around after for a filmmaker and artist afterglow 🪩✨ Details at ccff.co/schedule

04/17/2024

PRESENTING YOOPER DAY! A whole lineup of Yooper films is coming your way this Saturday. Full details at ccff.co/schedule

Portraying the fascinating history of motion pictures through one iconic screen – and featuring dozens of Michigan locations and characters – is a true story of chasing your dreams, redefining failure and success, and reembracing the enduring magic of cinema. Sponsored by .

FRESH COAST SHORTS SHOWCASE: Traveling to you from Marquette, Michigan, where the annual Fresh Coast Film Festival is held each October, these six films are drawn from about 100 documentary films with a focus on celebrating the outdoor lifestyle, water-rich environment, and resilient spirit of the Great Lakes region.
Birds of Paradise
The Illness
The Birth of the Modern Snowmobile
Waterfall Hunters
Tales of Jan Mayen
Ephemeral

04/17/2024

OTHERWORLDLY SHORTS: In the glowing light of the screen, there exists a portal to other dimensions. This portal is both technological and magical, and the visions you may witness are scientific, supernatural, and beyond uncanny.
Lost in the Sky
Roket Coma - The End of the World
Phase Space
Bird Hours http://www.instagram.com/kyledubiel
Stay
Soul
Cults

04/17/2024

Forget the daily drudge and let loose with Detroit noisemakers, Day Residue. This Saturday at 9 PM at the band will open for L.A. darkwave ravers, . The lineup up for our 4/20 afterparty aka “Weird Barbie’s Hideout” paints a broad stroke of DIY aesthetics tinted with bold resistance. Details and tickets at ccff.co/attend

04/17/2024

We rolled out the red carpet for this year’s Capital City Film Festival in part thanks to our fantastic sponsor, Capital City Market! Their support is bringing the best of cinema right to our community’s doorstep. Join us in celebrating the magic of movies.

The Capital City Film Festival (CCFF) celebrates artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experiences for the community. The annual festival showcases an eclectic mix of independent films, live music, interactive media, and more in Michigan's capital city. This year, the Cap

04/16/2024

They're heeeeeere! Now presenting, this year's Red Carpet Premiere Party Photos — brought to you by Kayla Turpin Photography. Tag yourself, tag your friends, share them with everyone you know! And don't forget, weekend 2 of CCFF is coming in hot — check out what we have going on tomorrow through Saturday: ccff.co/schedule

CCFF's 2024 Red Carpet Premiere Party at the R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in downtown Lansing.

Photos by Kayla Turpin Photography, Casey Cavanaugh, Cameron Warren Photography

04/16/2024