A selection of short films from Michigan.
Screening: Saturday, Sep 13, 1pm at Soo Theatre (Block 8) |
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Director: Garrett Sammons
Narrative Short, United States, 2025, 10 min, Color
A contented ghost stirs his tea, blissfully unaware that he's dead. His peaceful afterlife unravels when two young paranormal investigators—one a believer, the other a fraud—accidentally tear the veil between their worlds.
Told through colliding parallel timelines, Lightly Ghosted is a light-hearted spectral comedy that asks: who's haunting whom?
Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Detroit. All cast and crew are local to southeast Michigan.
Project Links: Project Website Twitter Facebook Instagram
Director: Fédor Benton
Narrative Short, United States, 2025, 8 min, Color, Student Project—Marshall Greene Middle School,
Birch Run, Michigan
When 10-year-old Fédor discovers a locked safe buried in his backyard, his world transforms into a thrilling quest to uncover its secrets.
Great Lakes Connection: The film was made in Clio, Michigan.
Director: Jack Horrigan
Narrative Short, United States, 2025, 8 min, Color
Two indie musicians go to a bank to film a music video. The lines between a staged robbery and a real one get blurred.
Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Michigan and everyone who worked on it is a Michigan native.
Director: Jonney Zomberg
Animation, United States, 2025, 5 min, Color, Student Project—University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Set in a far polluted future, a scavenger resourcefully creates to survive in this stop-motion film.
Great Lakes Connection: The animator is a Grand Rapids, Michigan native and created this film in Ann Arbor.
Project Links: Instagram
Director: Jonathan Todd Frank
Narrative Short, United States, 2025, 20 min, Color
Four high school seniors with a complicated history get separated on a field trip in the woods. As they grow further and further apart physically, they may find their way back to each other emotionally.
Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Michigan.
Director: Mark Broe
Narrative Short, United States, 2024, 10 min, Color
A couple fights for survival in a post-apocalyptic world.
Great Lakes Connection: All of the cast and crew are Michiganders. The film was shot in Grand Rapids.
Project Links: Project Website
Directors: Bryce Mackie, Brennan Collins
Narrative Short, United States, 2024, 15 min, Color
Be kind to yourself.
Great Lakes Connection: The film was shot in Evart, Michigan.
Director: TL Westgate
Narrative Short, United States, 2024, 8 min, Color
A mob boss suspects foul play among her minions and has her henchmen help her get answers out of the accountant. Hilarity ensues.
Great Lakes Connection: The writer/director/lead actor is from Lansing, Michigan. We had a cabin at Higgins Lake, too.
Project Links: Project Website Twitter Facebook
Directors: Andrew Alan, E Holder
Narrative Short, United States, 2025, 16 min, Black & White and Color,
Student Project—Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan
A young man must overcome the weight of his family's years of defeat at the hands of the British. By winning a scrabble championship, he can overcome the failures of his ancestors and redeem his father.
Great Lakes Connection: Everyone who worked on this film is currently living in Michigan. Both directors grew up here as did a lot of the crew. The project was produced for Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor.
Audience Choice Award Winner: Music Video
Directors: Jim Diamond, Joseph Frezza
Music Video, United States, 2025, 3 min, Color
Music video promoting a record release.
Great Lakes Connection: The artists are from Michigan.
Project Links: Facebook Instagram
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