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*Disclosure: I received a media pass to attend the Cinetopia film festival. The opinions expressed here, however, are my own. At last year's Cinetopia festival, my first time attending, I saw 12 films. This year, the festival was week-long rather than just over a weekend, and I saw sixteen - 12 of them in Ann Arbor, 3 in Detroit, and 1 at the Maple Theater (metro Detroit area). Last year I wrote a whopping NINE posts about the fest, including a pre-fest write-up and a few reviews; however, that's a lot, and considering I work FT and also run my book blog , I'm going to try  and condense it to just this one post this year. *To see all 16 of the films I saw and a synopsis of each, click here  to see my LETTERBOXD list. Cinetopia 2015 - MINI-REVIEWS Saturday, June 6th : Detroit day Macaroni and Cheese French film that reminded me of Sex and the City , though it wasn't as good. Ironically, it was about these women that went to a film festival (one of them was a...

I had a fantastic time at Cinetopia last year in Ann Arbor, and I'm very excited to attend again this year. My plan is to see a few of the Detroit movies this Saturday, and then I'll be in Ann Arbor next weekend to see more films there. The Maple Theater (Bloomfield Hills) is a new venue this year, as well, and I'll be seeing a movie there next week too. You can read more about what Cinetopia is here , in my 2014 "intro" post, but the gist of it is this: Created for the people of southeastern Michigan, the Cinetopia International Film Festival features the best feature-length dramas, comedies, and documentaries from the world’s best film festivals (e.g. Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca, etc.). Last year I saw a lot of awesome films, a lot of weird films, and a lot of interesting films. My total movie count last year was 12 , but because the festival runs for a week  this year rather than just a weekend , I have about 20 films  on m...