Now in its 26th year, the annual East Lansing Film Festival is the longest-running non-experimental film festival in Michigan, according to its website. It aims to bring independent films to mid-Michigan and to foster filmmaking in the region.
The festival, taking place at the Studio C! theater in the Meridian Mall, begins 6:30 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 9) with a showing of “The Stan Project,” a documentary about Discovery Channel “Yukon Men” star Stan Zuray and his life in the remote interior of Alaska. Zuray and director Ryan Walsh will be in attendance.
The festival continues with plenty of dramas, comedies, documentaries and short films throughout the week. For a full schedule, visit elff.com/films-schedule.
Notably, director Arthur Musah will be in attendance for the showing of his documentary “Brief Tender Light” 3 p.m….