Filmmakers and Film-lovers -- come meet local filmmakers and get to know each other through their work while sharing a drink from Speciation Cellars! This event is free and open to the public -- EVERYONE should come get to know the filmmakers who live in their communities.
Tonight's guest of honor: Tran Hoang Calvin - Grand Rapids-based documentary filmmaker.
Showing:
- "Refuge: The Story of Viet Tran" (2021)
- "A Clean Slate" (2023)
- "Has Heart" (2025)
- Exclusive preview of "Shoot, Shovel & Shut-Up" (2025)
About the Cans Film Festival:
The Cans Film Festival organization works to support independent filmmakers by promoting film as an accessible art form to audiences everywhere. Our flagship event series, The Cans Film Festival, is a film screening series where the price of admission is a donation of recyclable cans and bottles, the proceeds of which are given to the filmmakers.