The East Lansing Film Festival - ELFF

Film Society

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

$7 General Price, $5 seniors 65 and older, $3 for all students with ID.

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!

Now Playing

35 Shots of Rum

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  • Genre:
  • Directed by: Clair Denis
  • Country: France (2009)
  • Language: In French with English subtitles
  • Running time: 100 Minutes
  • MPAA Rating: Not rated
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Synopsis: This exquisite film earned the highest ranking by Metacritic.com ( a 91 out of 100) for an independent film. This simple story is told with visual poetry. A widowed conductor lives with his daughter in a Paris suburb. As a neighbor begins to show interest in her, he realizes that he may lose her. Claire Denis presents a narrative framework filled with quiet, long passages of everyday events but in truth examines the human condition with insight and illumination.

Showtimes:

» March 19, 20, 21 7pm & 9:15pm - Wells Hall - $7 general admission and $5 students and seniors 65 +

» Thursday March 24, 25 7:30pm - East Lansing Hannah Community Center - $7 general admission and $5 students and seniors 65 +

Coming Soon

Still Walking

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  • Genre:
  • Directed by: Hirokazu Kore-eda
  • Language: In Japanese with English subtitles
  • Running time: 114 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG-13
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Synopsis: Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda directed two previous triumphsAfter Life (1998) and Nobody Knows (2004) and Still Walking can be added to the list. Kore-eda films the familiar but always makes it come across as fresh. A family reunites for a day at the elderly parents’ home to commemorate the death of the eldest sibling who drowned saving a boy. Unmet expectations, simmering resentments and deep sadness are just below the surface as the day goes by.

Showtimes:

» March 26, 27, 28 - 7pm & 9:15pm - Wells Hall - $7 general admission and $5 students and seniors 65 +

» March 31, April 1 -  7:30pm - None - $7 general admission and $5 students and seniors 65 +