Upcoming and GIVEAWAY: Cinetopia Film Festival, May 10-19, Detroit & Ann Arbor


My favorite time of year will soon be afoot: the Cinetopia Film Festival is back! I've been attending the festival since 2014, and there are always a slew of films shown that are great. This year, they've expanded their theater lineup, too, so I'm pleased that Emagine Royal Oak will be a part of the festival, as I live about ten minutes away from that theater.

Other venues include the Michigan Theater and the State Theater (Ann Arbor), Arab American National Museum (Dearborn), The Maple Theater (Bloomfield Hills), The Wright Museum, Cinema Detroit, and Senate Theater (Detroit), and Angell Hall (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor).


You can check out the 2019 lineup here. Some of the films I am most looking forward to seeing include:
  • Before You Know It (opening night film)
  • Styx
  • Well Groomed
  • The Farewell
  • Wild Rose
  • Killing God
  • Midnight in Paris
  • To Dust
  • 93Queen
  • Welcome to Commie High
  • Gaza
  • Complicity
  • Bite Me
  • Amateurs
  • Them That Follow
  • Midnight Traveler
  • The Third Wife
  • The Witch Hunters
....and more (too many to list!). 


Single tickets per movie are $12 for Michigan Theater members and $15 for non-members, or you can choose from a variety of options. They range from $50 for a student pass (with a valid student ID), to $150 for an all-movie pass, which gets you into any movie you'd like to see. 

If you're wanting to go to tons of movies plus the parties and events offered, I'd recommend a Festival Pass ($200), and if you're wanting those benefits plus access to the Filmmaker Lounge and FREE concessions, you should go with the VIP Pass ($300).

credit: cinetopiafestival.org

Have you been to a movie festival before? If so, what did you like most about it?

 GIVEAWAY:

One of my lucky readers will win TWO festival passes to use for Cinetopia - that's a $400 value!

Festival passes get you Priority Admission to all films, plus admission to all parties and events. They do NOT include access to the Filmmaker Lounge, or free concessions.

Enter via the widget below. Giveaway will end on Friday, April 26th, at 11:59pm EST, and winner will be contacted via email the next day, and have 24 hours to respond, or an alternate winner will be chosen.

Must live in the Detroit, Metro Detroit, or Ann Arbor area to enter this giveaway.

 Good luck!

Two Cinetopia festival passes ($400 value!)

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