The 12th Annual 41 North Film Festival

Podcast: The Michigan Travel Show · Cumulus Media Detroit

Opublikowano: 2026-10-25

Dave Lorenz introduces the 41 North Film Festival, now in its 12th year, held on the Michigan Tech campus in Houghton. Erin Smith, the festival director, explains that Michigan Tech has no formal film program but offers strong work in sound design and the arts, so film fits naturally into campus life. Because the Keweenaw is remote, Erin Smith brings films from across the national festival circuit. The festival focuses mainly on feature documentaries, with narrative films, animation, and shorts also included. Erin Smith chooses films that spark discussion and push boundaries. The example given is Wild Inside, about an owl...