(Short Films)
These Michigan-made short films will fire up your cinematic circuits—from animation and migration to nature and comedic satire—and put a mitten-shaped mark in your movie-going imagination.
Q&A with filmmakers in attendance
Aliens come to planet Earth and witness its demise.
Roger is a medical lab technician near Philadelphia working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic; he is Chinese-American and facing rising anti-Asian sentiment, he’s grieving the loss of his father, but he loves to perform and make people laugh.
Stuck at home with no ride, Erik is forced to test out the Metro Detroit SMART Bus system.
A comedic satire about pregnancy, ageism and medical practice.
The Scrivener finally finds her voice. Based on the short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" by Herman Melville (1853).
A mother bear and her two cubs escape one threat, only to be thrown into another. This retelling of an Odawa legend shows the love a mother has for her babies, at any cost.
What is the meaning of life?
We follow Girl, a disconnected young adult who feels alone and lost in a society that praises conformity. As a way to cope with this, she boxes herself in and explores the world around her. She soon finds that people only live on the surface which makes her confront her ultimate choice.
During their annual migration to Mexico, thousands of Monarch butterflies funnel into Point Pelee National Park in Leamington, Ontario, where they wait for calm weather to allow them to fly across Lake Erie. The Wind That Held Us Here uses images and sound captured at Point Pelee National Park, as well as poetic text, to explore the concept of transmigration. The visual style uses monochromatic tones to isolate the shapes of the natural features of the park, inviting the viewer to focus on the invisible, but always present wind.
Jeni De La O is an Afro-Cuban poet and storyteller living in Detroit. This piece is a collaboration between the words and voice of Jeni and the vision of Reel Clever Films.
