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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. -- The Soo Film Festival has announced its selection of films for 2026, a mix of features, shorts, music videos, and animation. The festival focuses on Great Lakes films and filmmakers, but entry was open worldwide. The Soo Film Festival takes place Sep. 16-20 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at Bayliss Public Library, a Superior District Library, and, for the first time, at the Lake Superior State University Arts Center.
“We’re thrilled to welcome The Soo Film Festival to the Lake Superior State University Arts Center this fall and to partner with an organization that celebrates the power of storytelling through film. Bringing the festival to our campus creates an exciting opportunity to connect our students and community with outstanding independent cinema,” said LSSU Arts Center Director Noah Lucé.
A full list of the films and their descriptions, as well as the schedule and ticket information, will be available soon on the festival website, soofilmfestival.org.
Festival passes and individual tickets will be sold online and at the door. Ticket prices are $7 General Admission (per block), $5 Seniors and Students (per block); $20 Daily Pass (admission to all blocks on a single day); $50 Festival Pass (admission to all films and shorts programs, all days). Films screened at Bayliss Library are free of charge.
“We have a fantastic lineup of films for 2026 and we are looking forward to another great weekend watching them with our friends. We are grateful the LSSU Arts Center was able to accommodate us this year to ensure we would have that great weekend,” said festival president Jason Markstrom.
Featured selections will screen at the library September 16 and 17 for free, all programs at LSSU Arts Center are ticketed. Dates and venues are subject to change.
The most up-to-date festival news is online. Find Soo Film Festival on Facebook at facebook.com/SooFilmFestival, Instagram and Threads @soofilmfestival, and on Bluesky @soofilmfest.bsky.social.
2026 Soo Film Festival Official Selections:
Narrative Features:
-- Hekla
-- Small Business
-- Sunfish (& Other Stories On Green Lake)
-- Yooper Frankenstein
Documentary Features:
-- Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]
-- Detroit and Me
-- EVERYTHING WE NEED IS HERE
-- Spectacular by Comparison
-- TRI FOR HOPE – From Hell to Paradise
Narrative Shorts:
-- All the Money in the World
-- Ana Sees Her Dad
-- Bypassing
-- Cafe Chronicles: The Loop Must Be Closed
-- CHECK PLEASE
-- CITIZEN FATHER
-- The Climb
-- Deaf Date
-- The Door Next Door
-- Dream To Sleep
-- The Lake
-- Lake St. Clair
-- Love In All The Small Places
-- Love’s Lost is Found: A Case Flipowitz Mystery
-- Me, My Dad, and the Thing in the Shed
-- The Message
-- Nuisance
-- Past Tense
-- the SCRIPT
-- Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up
-- slowly, gently
-- Still Life
-- Tea Time
-- Tin Can
-- Tomato Soup
-- TYLER MESSES WITH TIME TRAVEL
-- Uniformed
-- V’s Secret
-- Zero Dopamine
Documentary Shorts:
-- 29 Men and God
-- Evenly Matched
-- F*** Your Policy
-- GENERATION: CURE
-- GTFO: The End of Harvey’s
-- I Wanted To Hear Your Voice
-- Mall Video Store
-- Normal
-- Sincerely, Sage Jo
-- Tall Jessie
-- The Understanding of Me
-- VENO, Struggling Artist
-- WealthWashed
-- Why Native Plants?
Animation:
-- A Grieving Heart
-- A Sparrow’s Song
-- Dance Is Everything
-- Line 12
-- Papá
-- Process
-- Sleepless Night
Music Videos:
-- RUNNING