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Freep Film Festival

Freep Film Festival is a documentary-focused festival produced by the Detroit Free Press — Michigan’s largest news organization — in cooperation with its business and events arm, Michigan.com. The five-day festival features films with a strong connection to the issues, people and places in and around Detroit and Michigan.

General information

Dates
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Submission deadline
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Contact
freepfilmfestival@freepress.com
Official website
https://freepfilmfestival.com/
Last checked
23 September 2026

News

‘Herricanes, The’
13 March 2024
BUY TICKETS HERE About this film The Houston Herricanes were a part of the first women's full tackle football league in the 1970s. Their unknown story is one of commitment, courage, and strength.
‘Regeneration: Films of the Reverend Solomon Sir Jones’
13 March 2024
RSVP FREE HERE About this film The Reverend Solomon Sir Jones was a successful Baptist minister and early documentary filmmaker in Oklahoma during the 1920s. He was a defender of the movement for all-Black Oklahoma towns that would be built and governed by Black inhabitants.
‘Shorts Program #2: Life and Actuality’
13 March 2024
About this program This program of films reminds us of documentary’s capacity to sketch characters. Here the filmmakers follow their subjects through the continuous process of invention and reinvention, discovery and rediscovery, offering a series of remarkably intimate portraits along the way.
‘Truffle Hunters, The’
13 March 2024
BUY TICKETS HERE About this film Deep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, 70 or 80 years young, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle — which to date has resisted modern science's efforts at cultivation. They're guided by a secret culture and training passed The post ‘Truffle Hunters, The’ appeared first on Freep Film
‘Shorts Program #1: The Camera’s Eye’
13 March 2024
About this program Documentaries challenge us to consider what the camera sees, what it cannot see, and how the camera’s eye forces us to recognize the limits of our own senses. Unifying this disparate set of films is a commitment on the part of their filmmakers to move the audience outside of our The post ‘Shorts Program #1: The Camera’s Eye’ appe
‘Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV’
13 March 2024
BUY TICKETS HERE About this film The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and prophesied both the fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding that would arise from the interconnected metaverse of The post ‘Nam June Paik: Moo
‘Shorts Program #3: Catalysts’
13 March 2024
About this program The films in this program set out to see the change in our world, or to change the way we see our world – and in some instances, both descriptions apply. Together, they remind us of the long tradition and important function of documentary film as a catalyst for social The post ‘Shorts Program #3: Catalysts’ appeared first on Free
‘Starring Jerry as Himself’
13 March 2024
BUY TICKETS HERE About this film The true story of Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad retired in Florida, who becomes a spy for the Chinese police. As his family documents his story, they discover a darker truth.
‘Crush: Message in a Bottle’
13 March 2024
BUY TICKETS HERE About this film "Crush: Message in a Bottle" is a manifesto for change, exploring eco-conscious practices and low intervention winemaking through artisanal winemakers and growers who represent changing diversity and inclusivity in the industry. An emotionally evocative, cinematic portrait of four seasons in a new fine wine region,

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