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FILM FESTIVALS

The Grand Rapids Comic-Con Film Festival exists to support independent filmmakers, particularly those who have made short films for audiences who love science fiction, fantasy, action, comedy, animation, superheroes, and other nerd-oriented genres.             
Film Set

Live Action Short

Grindhouse Short

This is our more adult-oriented category. Films  may contain content equivalent to an R rating. Relevant genres for this category include horror, thriller, science fiction, action, and R-rated animation.

 

Nobody will be allowed to enter this film festival that is under the age of 17 unless they are accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.

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“Grindhouse” refers to a bygone era of movie theaters that mostly specialized in B-pictures of all kinds of “nerdy” genres and foreign films long before these genres were mainstream. These theaters starting popping up in the late 1920’s in mostly closed Vaudevillian theaters in more undesirable downtown neighborhoods. When mainstream movie theaters began moving out to the suburbs in the 1950’s the now-irrelevent downtown palace-style theaters gravitated toward more grindhouse-style cinema in an effort to stay open.

Short films (narrative, documentary, and experimental) no longer than 25 minutes. Films in this category must be appropriate for a family audience (rating equivalent of G, PG, or PG-13). 

Animated Short

Animated short films (minimum 90%animated) of any genre no longer than 25 minutes. Films in this category must be appropriate for a family audience (rating equivalent of G, PG, or PG-13). 

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Short Film Festival

Saturday, November 4, 2023 • 11:00am-2:30pm

Grand Gallery E-F

BLOCK 1 (1 hr 16 minutes)

Siege of Paris
Connor's Cake
The Mercenary Magpie
Emily's Mountain
GLOW
The Good Word

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•10 Minute Intermission•

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BLOCK 2 (1 hr 19 minutes)

Justice for Batman: The Mark Racop Case
Talk Nerdy To Me
Initiative
Going Rogue
Vida
Innermost

Award Winners Announcement after Block 2!

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Grindhouse
Film Festival

Friday, November 3, 2023 • 9:00pm-10:30pm

Grand Gallery E-F

BLOCK 1 (1 hr 14 minutes)

 

El Dracula

CLOSET SPACE

Thumper's Revenge

The Assassin's Apprentice 2: Silbadores of the Canary Islands

The Bad Trip Home

Movie Night

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