Get ready for 4 days of can't-stream-this cinema! 🎞️
See bold new films from Cannes, SXSW, Tribeca, and beyond—only in theaters, only in Ann Arbor. Complete with pre and post-screening parties, Director Q&As, VIP tickets, exclusive merch, and more!
✨ Indie gems, global stories, local voices
🎟️ Limited seating—grab your tickets now: marquee-arts.org/cinetopia
🎥 Festival Highlights Include:
• Friendship (Midwest Premiere!) – A whip-smart comedy from A24 exploring the highs and horrors of adult best-friendship in an era of constant reinvention. Starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd. Special Festival Preview screening on May 14!
• Lady Parts (USA) – From Ann Arbor's own director Nancy Boyd, Lady Parts is a heartfelt, laugh-out-loud, and brutally honest exploration of the challenges women face in seeking treatment for vaginal pain—an experience often left unspoken, both on and offscreen.
• Michigan-Made Shorts – Made by local filmmakers right here in Michigan, this collection of Narrative, Documentary, and Experimental short films showcase our state’s filmmaking talent.
• Sister Midnight (UK/India/Sweden) – A psychedelic horror-comedy that takes Bollywood tropes, flips them, and then sets them on fire.
• How to Build a Library (Kenya/USA) – A heartwarming and thought-provoking documentary about literacy, legacy, and local heroes making a global impact.
• 1969: Killers, Freaks, and Radicals (USA) – Amid the radical politics and cultural upheaval of the late 1960s, a series of brutal murders targeting young women gripped the twin university towns of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan.
📽️ Come for the premieres, stay for the community.
🙏 Sponsored by DTE Energy, Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Bank of Ann Arbor, Destination Ann Arbor, and Hylant.
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