Director Musa Syeed is an emerging talent with concerns far outside the conventional indie realm.
• New York Times •
Operation Avalanche is…a goofily entertaining satire of youthful ambition co-opted as a tool of government intrigue.
• The New York Times •
Life, Animated is tender and patient, as fascinated by the challenges of daily life as it is by the dramatic medical mystery at its heart.
• Village Voice •
[Generation Startup offers] an exhilarating and uplifting look at entrepreneurship.
• Arianna Huffington •
To witness Sonita’s rise from timid rapper to empowered activist over a three-year span is thrilling.
• The Guardian •
All These Sleepless Nights doesn’t ponder over or flaunt its freedoms…. Everything’s just hurtling forward, indefinitely and beautifully.
• Film Comment •
Jason Zeldes makes an accomplished debut…delivering a film whose polished aesthetic matches its social import…
• Hollywood Reporter •
The 10th annual 41 North Film Festival is made possible in part by a grant from Michigan Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Major sponsorship provided by the Department of Humanities, the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, the College of Sciences and Arts, and the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
All events are free and open to the public. They will be held in Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts on the Michigan Tech campus. Please see the Festival Admission page for information about how to get in.
For more information about the festival, including how to become a festival sponsor or volunteer, please contact Erin Smith at ersmith@mtu.edu.
Visit the Archives to see festival programs from years past.