The East Lansing Film Festival - ELFF

11th Annual ELFF a Great Success!

This article was posted on Thu, Mar 27 2008

Thank You and Congratulations to All for Helping Make the 11th Annual ELFF a Success!

The ELFF staff would like to thank everyone for participating in the eleventh annual East Lansing Film Festival. Your contribution made this year one of the best ELFF’s we’ve ever had. People are still talking about it!

Thank you again for all of your support and we certainly hope you will come out again to watch, volunteer or even make a film next year. From everyone at ELFF, we wish you all the best.

Nayana Sen & Heidi Gustad, ELFF & LMFC Program Directors

ELFF is now on Facebook!

This article was posted on Wed, Mar 19 2008

ELFF is happy to announce that we are now available on Facebook as a Fan Page, a Profile, and you can always join our existing East Lansing Film Festival and East Lansing Film Society groups.

See you on Facebook!

“Turn Your Cell Phone Off” Trailer Contest Winners Announced

This article was posted on Thu, Mar 13 2008

This year we received more submissions than ever for our “Turn Your Cell Phone Off” Trailer Contest, and of these submissions, we selected just three. The following 30-second trailers will screen before every film shown at Wells Hall during the festival this weekend.

In no particular order:

“Turn Off Your Cell Phones” (computer animation)—Amelia Kosciulek, age 14

“Cell Phone Trailer” (stop-motion animation)—Dan Blustein, Madison, WI

“S.W.A.T. T.V.”—Karen Thomas & Daniel Frazier, Frankfurt, KY

Congratulations to our winners!

MY NAME IS BRUCE!! Tonight!

This article was posted on Thu, Mar 13 2008

MY NAME IS BRUCE! Thursday! Tonight! He’s there, be there, or be square!

There are still tickets left at the Box Office for tonight’s showing at 7:30 of Bruce Campbell’s film MY NAME IS BRUCE. The tickets will be going fast so plan to be at Wells Hall, MSU when the Box Office Opens at 6:30 PM. Michigan’s favorite son, Bruce Campbell himself is scheduled to attend.

This year’s ELFF has so much to offer - highly praised features, undiscovered gems, compelling documentaries, a wonderful collection of short films and films from the Lake Michigan region that shows our homegrown talent. We’ve been implementing a new Festival Schedule here on the web site this year so check out the main Festival Page to see all of the new features.

See our important notes about parking for this year’s Festival.

Tickets and passes are available here through the Festival Program or at www.brownpapertickets.com.

First-Ever Screening of Every 48/5 Winner!

This article was posted on Tue, Mar 11 2008

The ELFF is proud to announce that, for the first time, we will be screening all first through third place winners we’ve had in our 48/5 Film Contests. The 48/5 began in the spring of 2006, the brainchild of Shannon Burton.

Filmmakers from the Mid-Michigan area came together to write, shoot, edit, and premiere an original five-minute production in a mere 48 hours. Participants were given specified elements, such as a theme, prop, or line of dialogue at the start of the competition, and they had to incorporate those elements into their finished film. There is more information in the Full Announcement.

Check out the Festival Schedule to buy tickets and for more information on the screening of these films.