Late Night Shorts Program

Scottish Rite Cathedral 614 Center Ave, Bay City, MI

Creepy. Odd. Maybe a little WTF? These are the kind of short films submit for your late night viewing pleasure.  Alien Grounds Sci-Fi | 10 minutes As Rebecca pecks at a typewriter, Jack dictates from his push-button car phone.  His story of an encounter on an unknown planet turns real as he runs headlong into […]

Michigan Shorts Program

Scottish Rite Cathedral 614 Center Ave, Bay City, MI

Scheduled to Attend: Josh Maday, Jeff Vande Zande (The Artist's Statement, Trample Tino) | Benjamin Armes, John Simpkins, Mary Hourani, Brad Finegan (Goatism) | Aaron Thompson, Noel Fletcher (Gut Instinct) The Artist's Statement Drama | 2 minutes Sometimes an artist longs to see his work again. Cast: Josh Maday | Director: Jeff Vande Zande Blow Job Animation, Comedy | 4 minutes […]

Fulldome Filmmaking

Delta College Planetarium 100 Center Ave, Bay City, MI

Free! A filmmaking reel from the Fulldome Festival from Jena, Germany Creating immersive experiences for the dome theater has become a hot new field for creative filmmakers. The wraparound VR allows for transformative experiences in art, nature, and storytelling. Here you'll see a sampling of short film pieces from world recognized Fulldome Festival.

Saturday Shorts Program

State Theatre 913 Washington Ave, Bay City, MI

The Mess He Made Drama, LGBT | 10 minutes Jude’s got all of 15 minutes to wait for the results of his rapid HIV test, yet it seems interminable.  He smokes a cigarette, buys a few groceries, gets a parking ticket, and takes a couple of phone calls that give us all the insight we […]

Sunday Shorts Program

Delta College Planetarium 100 Center Ave, Bay City, MI

Scheduled to Attend: Clayton Dean Smith (Off Track Betty), Michael Hilf (The Candidate)   Compatibility Romance, Technology | 14 minutes Big data has revolutionized the way we decide what movies to watch, what restaurants to eat at, and what mouthwash to buy … why not our romantic partners?  In Jack Marchetti’s short, a Facebook engineer uses […]