WSU Industry Innovation Center (I2C) · 461 Burroughs St, Detroit, MI 48202 · Detroit, Michigan
An outsider in her own culture, half-Filipina Nia secretly trains with queer outcast Malic to join a popular Filipino Martial Arts team in Manila, only to discover that winning starts with accepting who you truly are.
"Catalogue of Noses" is a short musical comedy. It tells the story of Emily, a Jewish teen actor on the day of her scheduled nose surgery, who faces off with her mother, a plastic surgeon, and the weight of her cultural identity. Through original songs that parody 'Fiddler on the Roof,' we follow Emily's emotional state as she navigates this decision and learns unsettling truths about the consequences of assimilation.
A kindly janitor witnesses criminal activity at a neighboring building but struggles to get help when no one believes the address exists.
Melvin brushes his teeth. This proves too much.
Lucie and Jean-Michel grapple with an existential crisis and a computer crash. In this dark comedy blending poetry and artificial intelligence, they search for meaning.
When idealistic rookie cop Ethan Hart is paired with jaded officer Riley Dawson, their opposing philosophies about control and accountability surface on patrol. What begins as routine duty gradually exposes deeper fault lines between them, culminating in a shift that reshapes Ethan's understanding of power, responsibility, and the cost of wearing the badge.
In a dystopian society, Mariam, like all citizens, receives a government call precisely 24 hours before her predetermined death informing her of her final day.
Large room in a dream apartment. Unbeatable location. Ready to move in. Plenty of light.
When Sora discovers she's pregnant by the wrong man, one night of confrontation unravels the carefully constructed life she's built, and the body she's been fighting to control. A psychological drama film about lies, coercion, and what happens when a woman's body becomes the only honest narrator in the room.
Sixty years after the 1965 Watts uprising, twenty residents, including rival gang members, police officers, students, parents, and victims of violence, receive iPhones to film their own lives. With no script or outside narrator, they shape their community's story together. In the editing room, participants confront conflicting experiences and long-held assumptions. A screening for active gang leaders gives the project consequences beyond the film itself.
Shortly before the end of the summer holidays, a country boy spends his savings on his dream of a city hairstyle, with surprising results. A story about bidding farewell to childhood and the poetic end of a summer.
After her mother's death, a despondent schoolgirl is drawn to a glowing portal. Haunted by the memories of her abusive alcoholic father, she chooses to follow an apparition of her mother, only to discover the portal is the lights of an oncoming train.
When a bullied young boy discovers an elderly man quietly covering a forgotten brick wall with painted eggshells, an unlikely friendship forms, and a “pointless” act becomes something transformative.
When Nicole reveals to her childhood friend and cousin, Reine, that she's been addicted to heroin since she was 13, they decide to document Nicole's rehab journey. Hyphen follows her struggle to move out into the world as an adult and grown woman despite the lack of economic opportunities and a poisonous cultural upbringing that teaches young women to suppress their ideas and sexuality and to follow a set of religious and cultural rules.
In a remote North Carolina monastery, Father Thomas, a retiring priest obsessed with recent Byzantine discoveries in Istanbul, summons Adriel, a scarred young priest from Istanbul, to translate government letters. Grace, Thomas's curious daughter, grows intrigued by Adriel. Drawn together by a philosophical game of perfection, they explore ideals of flawlessness, uncovering hidden talents and a deep spiritual love that unites their imperfect souls.
An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. An exploration of identity, mental health and the erosion of childhood innocence, Trading Cards is a dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
When a group of independent filmmakers attend ScorpiusFest, a small film festival in Park City, Utah held the same week as Sundance, they discover a chaotic one-man operation held in a conference room with no projector. After meeting the festival's founder, Steffon Olsen, they return the following year with cameras to document and help run the event.
Fylm TV Film Festival 2026 · Awards ceremony Saturday 7:22 PM · FylmTV.com/ticket