The East Lansing Film Festival - ELFF

The East Lansing Film Festival (ELFF) is the largest and most diverse film festival in Michigan to screen independent and foreign feature, documentary, short and students films from around the world. The ELFF was created in 1997 in cooperation with the City of East Lansing and Michigan State University. Since then, ELFF has been dedicated to bringing quality foreign and independent films to the state of Michigan in order to expose our audience to diverse cultures, ideas, and creative works.

Stay tuned - more films to be posted as soon as we schedule them.

Our Fourth Annual Fall 48/5 Contest was a resounding success! All nine teams qualified for the prizes but the following exceptional films won:

First Place

A Moment, Drama
Pyrite Productions
Producer: Kate Gille

Second Place

Apuppetheid, Comedy
Ace Aviations
Producer: Andy Childers

Third Place

Trio, Drama
Blue Left Shoelace
Producer: Chris Grzbyek

Honorable Mention

Mango Express, Comedy
Daft Studios
Producer: Bryan Plaunt

Thank You to all participating teams:

Ace Aviations, Andy Childers
Apuppetheid, Comedy

Apollo Productions, Carlos Tschirley
Selective Vision, Drama

Blue Left Shoelace, Chris Grzbyek
Trio, Drama

Daft Studios, Bryan Plaunt
Mango Express, Comedy

Don’t Drink the Water Films, David Chakur
Fine Point, Thriller

Kapow, Roxann Larrabee
Stepping Out, Comedy

Last Laugh Productions, Joshua Cook
Night & Day, Drama

Okemos Film Club, Bill Polston
Suspicious Company, Thriller

Pyrite Productions, Kate Gille
A Moment, Drama

A Special Thank You to all our judges:

Errol Allmacher, Creative Director, WLNS, past 48/5 winner
Michael McCallum, local filmmaker
Erika Noud, ELFF staff member
Charlie Palmer, Filmmaker & Cooley Law School Professor
Lisa Whiting-Dobson, LMFC Selection Committee Member, MSU & LCC Professor
Jeff Wray, Filmmaker & MSU Professor