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