The East Lansing Film Festival - ELFF
Locations and Times
Weekday screenings are shown at the Albert A. White Performing Arts Theater, Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Rd at Burcham in East Lansing. All films shown at Hannah Community Center begin at 7:30.
The weekend screenings take place at Wells Hall, Room 108b (just east of Spartan Stadium, across from the MSC smokestack). Films at Wells Hall begin at 7:00 PM and 9:15 PM.
Ticket Prices
For Hannah Screenings, $7 General Price, $5 students with ID and seniors 65 and older.
For Wells Screenings, $6, General, $3, students and seniors 65 and older.
About the East Lansing Film Society Film Series
The East Lansing Film Society Film Series was created in the fall of 1998 when the closing of the only art house movie theater in Greater Lansing, The Odeon, closed. The ELFS Film Series gives you the chance to see intelligent, creative independent films that are offered in major cities but do not have a venue in this area. The films are shown on the campus of Michigan State University in Wells Hall in room 108B that has 35mm projection and seating capacity of 600.
In 1999, MSU created The Campus Center Cinema that offers second run films (mainstream movies that have left the theaters) in three adjacent rooms in Wells Hall. We share a ticket booth and a concession stand with delicious popcorn and regular movie theater fare. Free parking is available in many nearby parking lots. Ticket prices are almost half of what you would pay in New York or San Francisco! The East Lansing Film Series is brought to you by the East Lansing Film Festival a non-profit organization that holds a world-class film festival each March for four days in Wells Hall. Come enjoy films that stimulate, enthrall, amuse and enlighten!
After The Wedding (Efter Brylluppet)
- Genre: Drama, Foreign
- Directed by: Susanne Bier
- Running time: 120 min
- MPAA Rating: R
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Synopsis: This Academy award nominated film from one of today's best directors is a well-acted, highly emotional but cerebral film about the secrets hidden in people's lives. Jacob Petersen (Mads Mikkelsen) has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jørgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions... Not only must Jacob return to Denmark, he must also take part in the wedding of Jørgen's daughter. The wedding proves to be a critical juncture between past and future and catapults Jacob into the most intense dilemma of his life. "'After the Wedding' defies the odds: For once, the bigger the emotion, the truer the moviegoing experience." - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Genre: Drama, Foreign
- Directed by: Julian Schnabel
- Country: France
- Language: French with English Subtitles
- Running time: 112 Min
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Synopsis: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon) is the remarkable true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who believes he is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the physical challenges of Bauby's fate leave him with little hope for the future, he begins to discover how his life's passions, his rich memories and his newfound imagination can help him achieve a life without boundaries. Winner of 27 awards including Best Foreign Language Film for the Golden Globes and the Independent Spirit Awards. "It is wonderful: a rhapsodic adaptation of a memoir, a visual marvel that wraps its subject in screen romanticism without romanticizing his affliction. It left me feeling euphoric." - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
La Vie en Rose (La Môme)
- Genre: Biography
- Directed by: Olivier Dhan
- Country: France
- Running time: 140 min
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Synopsis: The East Lansing Film Society Film Series presents La Vie en Rose (La Môme) Considered one of the best biopics in decades, this engrossing film is about the extraordinary life of the French singer, Edith Piaf. Marion Cotillard, up for an Oscar for Best Actress, is mesmerizing as "The Little Sparrow." She seamlessly portrays Piaf from a teenager singing on the streets of Paris to her deathbed at the age of 47. A must-see on the big screen! "A technically virtuosic and emotionally resonant performance that elevates the material from a somewhat episodic melodrama into something strange and riveting." - Los Angeles Times
The King of Kong
- Genre: Documentary
- Directed by: Seth Gordon
- Running time: 79 minutes
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Synopsis: A middle-school science teacher and a hot sauce mogul vie for the Guinness World Record on the arcade classic, Donkey Kong. There's more drama in this small documentary than in most serious Oscar contenders. A marriage is on the line, integrity is tested, and friendships falter -- all in the name of a video game called DONKEY KONG. "The King Of Kong" may inspire both tears and frustrated sighs, but it's most remarkable for its humor. "It's all true -- every magical, exhilarating, infuriating, dumbfounding, jaw-dropping second of Gordon's miniature masterpiece." -- William Wilonsky, Village Voice