Grand Rapids Film Festival

The Grand Rapids Film Festival is looking for quality films that provide meaningful, constructive and encouraging entertainment, while harnessing the transformative power of film. Our vision is to implement regular events that promote content creation, funding, distribution and exhibition in one of two focus areas: quality entertainment or transformative. Content focus areas: Quality entertainment – A captivating story has the ability to connect viewers to emotions and ideas that might not be found in their daily experiences. Films provide a window to another world, an escape from the daily ‘grind’ and challenge viewers intellectually and emotionally, like no other medium. GRFF would like to encourage filmmakers to create content that is meaningful, constructive and encouraging while being entertaining. Transformative – Challenging films addressing social issues, injustice, discord and polarizing voices have the power to transform viewers by creating awareness, offering solutions and calling for change. GRFF aims to use the transformative power of film to impact issues by presenting content containing balanced perspectives from credible sources. GRFF, as a contributing community organization with a responsibility to our audience, desires to champion deeply talented filmmakers who are aware of the full transformative power of their art. These filmmakers can transcend the 'easy road of attention grabbing' and really explore the development of their talent and message. At times, they will express themselves in a merely entertaining manner. At times, they will advocate a cause or a message of challenge and call for change. This is the type of filmmaker GRFF builds a festival around and develops.