The second Cans Film Festival was held on June 27, 2024 at NODEHAUS Media
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Wavelengths
Dir. Ian Gilbert
Documentary, Local Music • Runtime: 13:41
A documentary about synthesizers and the people who love them. The film centers around three synth creators and musicians and their loves and struggles with the synthesizer community in Grand Rapids.
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Seeing Double
Dir. Charlie Baker
Music Video • Runtime: 2:44
This video explores the realms of original bluegrass music, mountain biking, and an allusion to me filming myself. My dad and I made and recorded the music, filmed everything on local trails and my backyard, and I spent upwards of 50 hours editing.
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We Could Live Near the Beach
Dir. Megan Christine Raisch
Personal Drama • Runtime: 12:50
Two sisters prepare for an upcoming shift in their relationship as they depart from beloved childhoods and enter the reality of adult life.
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Junk Genius
Dir. Kelley Wolf Griffith
Documentary, Local Story • Runtime: 15:25
Damon Drummond takes us through his process of finding worthless junk and turning it into something valuable.
►AUDIENCE FAVORITE, 1st place
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Entropy - Bus
Dir. Carly Nichols
Music Video • Runtime: 3:59
Boy meets girl, but only in the romantic fantasy between them riding the bus across from each other.
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The Hallway Between Death and Rebirth (El pasillo entre la muerte y el renacimiento)
Dir. Sebastian Rivera-Mendoza
Personal Drama • Runtime: 12:11
Pancho Jiménez, a young twenty-something year old man, finds out his estranged father passed away in the house he was raised in.
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The False Finish of Thee Spyder
Dir. Jacob J. Wilkins
Documentary, Local Story • Runtime: 11:36
A 43 year old man from Detroit finds new meaning in life by pursuing his dream of becoming a professional wrestler.
►AUDIENCE FAVORITE, 3rd place
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Murphy's Law - For Those Moving On From College
Dir. Aagosh Chaudhary
Spoken Word Poetry Film • Runtime: 10:55
Murphy's Law is a film poem about life in college, letting things go, and coming to terms with the popular adage: Whatever can happen, will happen.
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It's As Shrimple as That
Dir. Bailey Blyveis
Animation • Runtime: 2:51
A shrimp cook learns to make it big, but does this make him happy?
►AUDIENCE FAVORITE, 2nd place
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Proteus
Dir. Tanner Hamilton
Sci-Fi Thriller • Runtime: 11:42
Two stranded astronauts descend into paranoia and madness after a mysterious deep-space accident.