Cinetopia Returns!

May 10-19

Cinetopia Returns!

May 10-19

Cinetopia Returns!

May 10-19

Cinetopia Returns!

May 10-19

Cinetopia Returns!

May 10-19

What is Cinetopia?

The Cinetopia Film Festival is an annual, curated festival in metro Detroit, featuring more than 50 of the best feature-length dramas, comedies, and documentaries from the world’s best film festivals (Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca, and more). It takes place over the span of 10 days every spring at venues throughout the region.

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How to Fest

Passes vs. tickets, where to park, planning your schedule

Why to Fest

What is it about film festivals, anyway?

Latest Updates

Find changes to the schedule, late additions to the program, and the like over here

Special Programs

U-M Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers Symposium

University of Michigan’s Hatcher Library is home to extensive archives and materials documenting the careers of several American filmmakers known for coloring outside the lines: Robert Altman, Ira Deutchman, Alan Rudolph, John Sayles, and Orson Welles. Together they make U-M a major destination for research on these American maverick filmmakers.

Join us this May as we celebrate NANCY SAVOCA as a member of this prestigious group. Panels, screenings, and special guests (including Ms. Savoca herself) will take part.

The Arab Film Festival

Brought to you by the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn. Bringing the best of the best films from the Arab World and Arab American community to the doorstep of metro Detroit.
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Detroit Voices
Short Film Competition

Detroit Voices is a local short film competition that champions Michigan filmmakers by showcasing the talent and creative spirit of our state. Submissions open through April 30!
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"You'll have plenty of chances to see some of the best independent features and documentaries out there - plus the work of local emerging talent."

– Detroit Free Press

"The festival's programming is wide-ranging and eclectic - a mix of big name festival breakout hits as well as the obscure."

– Detroit Metro Times

"A buffet for film fanatics."

– CBS Detroit

"Cinetopia...grace[s] theatres in the Ann Arbor and Detroit metropolitan areas with a variety of dark full-length feature dramas, sardonic comedies, documentaries, and shorts to satisfy any local cinephile."

  • Michigan Daily

Cinetopia Latest Updates

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And the winners are…

And the winners are…

The votes have been counted and the results have been tabulated, and we are pleased to announce the winners of the Cinetopia 2016 Audience and Director's Awards! Click here to see the complete list (and see if your favorite won!) Don't forget to check out our Detroit...

Detroit Voices Winners Announced!

Detroit Voices Winners Announced!

We are happy to announce our complete list of Detroit Voices 2016 Winners. Congrats to all! Detroit Voices 2016 Winners:  Knight Jury Prize -  $3,000 cash award FIVE WINDOWS by Daniel and Adam Cooper An assassin methodically sets up his next hit but all may not be as...

Parade with Detroit Circus to Top of the Park!

Parade with Detroit Circus to Top of the Park!

Immediately following our last show at the main auditorium, Detroit Circus will lead a crowd from the Michigan Theater to the Rackham Stage at Top of the Park for the kickoff of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival's Cinema Series (co-presented with Cinetopia). Detroit...

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