Cinema Columbus Film Festival 2025
Coming on May 1
Happening at venues across Central Ohio from Wednesday, April 30 to Sunday, May 4, 2025
About the festival:
Cinema Columbus celebrates the diverse people and stories brought to life by independent filmmakers, sparking curiosity, conversation, and understanding through independent film. See the full schedule on the Cinema Columbus Film Festival page.
CCFF selections screening at Gateway Film Center include:
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | I Really Love My Husband (2025) | Dir. GG Hawkins | 79 min. | 7PM
Friday, May 2, 2025
- Speak. (2025) | Dirs. Jennifer Tiexiera & Guy Mossman | 104 min. | 5PM
- Happy Hour with Music Columbus in The Festival Lounge | 6:30PM | Free RSVP
- Creative(s) Block | 71 min. | 8PM with Q&A
- Gioncarlo Valentine: Exposures | Dir. Zeshawn Ali
- Somewhere in Ohio… | Dir. Will Cherry
- Stuck in Frame | Dir. Tyler Nguyen
- Tessitura | Dir. Lydia Cornett & Brit Fryer
- Between Gigs | Dir. Brittney Briggs
Saturday, May 3, 2025
- Animated Shorts with Panel | 51 min. | 2pm
- Jus D’Orange | Dir. Alexandre Athané
- CARBOLOAD | Dir. Cole Thiele
- ONE | Dir. Thomas Richner
- Nostril | Dir. Michael Dondero & Shengnan Dong
- A Beetle’s Day Off | Dir. Ashley Olson
- Pride~In~Our~Steps | Dir. Jonathan Riles
- The Stairs | Dir. Faedra Hose
- Tennis, Oranges | Dir. Sean Pecknold
- Shopping for Superman (2025) | Dir. Wes Eastin | 92 min. | 4:30PM with Q&A
- Saturday Shorts 2 | 72 min. | 7PM with Q&A
- Lucky Lenny | Dir. Jack Campise
- Ah-Ma Burns | Dir. Max Kane
- Argie Berman | Dir. Fon Davis
- The Blessing | Dir. Emma Pillsbury
- Ladybug | Dir. Donavan Myles Edwards
- Say As I Say | Dir. Daniel Solé
Sunday, May 4, 2025
- Awards Brunch sponsored by Gateway Film Center & Film Columbus | 11AM | Free RSVP
- Sunday Local Shorts | 76 min. | 1PM with Q&A
- I Had A Really Good Day | Dir. Mags Chamberlain
- Memoir | Dir. Jordan Sommerlad
- ORANGE | Dirs. David James & Essie Baird
- STACY IS GONNA BE A STAR!!! | Dir. Lindy Tran
- Picture of a Lost Family | Dir. Aram Riazi
- Like What Would Sorrow Look | Dir. Hao Zhou
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