Programs State Theatre

Benji's Hour

Gabriel Kahane1h 39mEnglish Narrative Feature
Benji is sentenced to three months of court-ordered community service, to be completed at a wig shop for cancer patients. Benji’s interest is piqued by his coworker Laura, the intensely private, cagey woman he works alongside daily. Benji and Laura discover they share a kindred spirit, and when Laura’s cancer becomes too violent to fight, Benji is faced with the most difficult question of them all: What now? It's a film that gives an honest peek into the often bleak (albeit exceedingly human) Upstate existence of Benji, his drug-addicted, alcoholic mother, absentee father, and the others in his orbit.

Cerebrum

Sébastien Blanc1h 37mEnglish Narrative Feature
After waking up from a year-long coma, an insecure young man must fight his controlling father in order to discover what really happened to his seemingly absent mother, as the true consequences of his past actions unravel before him.

Chasing Chasing Amy

Sav Rodgers1h 35mEnglish Documentary Feature
A documentary that examines the complex legacy of Kevin Smith's Chasing Amy (1997) on LGBTQ+ people and its life-saving impact on director Sav Rodgers.

Friday Shorts Two

In this Program
Write a Song About Heartache
13mEnglish Narrative Short
Dadu
16mEnglish Narrative Short
Shadow Brother Sunday
15mEnglish Narrative Short
Hit Friends
13mEnglish Narrative Short
It's Not Real
8mEnglish Narrative Short
Your Guardian (Čuvam te)
20mEnglish Narrative Short
Paper Planes
17mEnglish Narrative Short

Hayseed

Travis Burgess1h 47mEnglish Narrative Feature
After the shocking death of a small-town reverend, insurance investigator Leo Hobbins (Bill Sage) arrives at Emmaus Holy to interview the faithful congregation members. Sifting through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies over the next 24 hours, he attempts to solve the case with the help of the church secretary, Darlene Halsey (Ismenia Mendes).

Join or Die

Rebecca Davis, Pete Davis1h 39mEnglish Documentary Feature
Join or Die is a film about why you should join a club—and why the fate of America depends on it. Follow the story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of Robert Putnam, whose legendary "Bowling Alone" research into American community decline may hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis.

Kindling

Connor O'Hara1h 33mEnglish Narrative Feature
Kindling follows a group of young men who return to their hometown in order to turn their friend's final days into a celebration of life and friendship.

Late Bloomers

Lisa Steen1h 32mEnglish Narrative Feature
An aimless 28-year-old Brooklynite lands in the hospital after drunkenly breaking her hip being stupid. An encounter with a cranky elderly Polish woman who speaks no English leads to a job caring for her. Neither likes it, but it's time to grow up.

Mad Cats

Reiki Tsuno1h 28mJapanJapanese (English Subtitles)Narrative Feature
Taka, a shiftless young man, sets off on a quest to find his brother Mune. Teaming up with a quirky new friend and an edgy, mysterious young girl along the way, Taka finds himself taking on a pack of vicious monster cats determined to execute unscrupulous pet shop owners.

Michigan Shorts Two

In this Program
Santa, Maybe?
6mEnglish Narrative Short
Hide & Beep
7mEnglish Animation Short
To Be Frank
15mEnglish Documentary Short
The Ceremony
22mEnglish Narrative Short
Just A Piece of Cake
3mEnglish Narrative Short
Somewhere Outside Lemmings
16mEnglish Narrative Short
The Unfaithful One
11mEnglish Narrative Short
Ice Scream
7mEnglish Narrative Short
LINT
9mEnglish Narrative Short

Saturday Shorts One

In this Program
Breakfast to Go
5mEnglish Narrative Short
Play Date
10mEnglish Narrative Short
Sleep Study
10mEnglish Narrative Short
From Dreams to Dust
10mEnglish Documentary Short
Toy Phone
16mEnglish Narrative Short
Shafted
20mEnglish Narrative Short
I'm on Fire
24mEnglish Narrative Short
Run Amok
13mEnglish Narrative Short

Saturday Shorts Two

In this Program
PART-TIME
11mEnglish Narrative Short
A Mind Cannot Touch
15mEnglish Narrative Short
Anirudh
11mEnglish Narrative Short
The Pragmatics
3mEnglish Narrative Short
El Umbral (Threshold)
17mNarrative Short
Lunchbox
17mEnglish Narrative Short
Crack Shot
15mEnglish Narrative Short
Mahogany Drive
13mEnglish Narrative Short

Starring Jerry As Himself

Law Chen1h 15mEnglish Documentary Feature
A family documents how their immigrant father Jerry, a recently retired Florida man, was recruited by the Chinese police to be an undercover agent, only to discover a darker truth.

Sunday Shorts

In this Program
Don't You Go Nowhere
8mEnglish Narrative Short
The Hereafter
22mEnglish Narrative Short
The Other Side of Fortune
17mEnglish Narrative Short
Chipper
23mEnglish Narrative Short
Traces
15mEnglish Narrative Short
Seatbelts
4mEnglish Narrative Short
Poof
10mEnglish Narrative Short