Purchase Tickets:
To buy advance tickets you have to go to the website of the Avalon theater. And scroll down to near the bottom of the page. The Avalon will be handling all ticketing for the festival.
avalonmke.com/
There are seven blocks of programs. Voices Heard, Juried Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and two miff Sunday blocks. Please be sure that your friends and family know the program block that your film is in.
Below are each of the blocks, and they link to the blocks on the Avalon's site.
Also, please be sure to tell them that the Avalon has a strict policy on refunds and exchanges.
TICKET REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES - The Avalon Theater/Neighborhood Theater Group Refund Policy.
Tickets are valid only for the film, theater, showtime and date specified. Refunds and exchanges are available in person at the theater for which the ticket was purchased before the showtime and date on that ticket.
Purchases made online can additionally be refunded and exchanged in person before the showtime and date on the ticket. Refunds will not be provided after the showtime and date specified on the ticket.
We are suggesting everyone to arrive up to 30 minutes earlier. Our shows have sold out in the past and you want to be sure that you can sit with your group.
Prices:
The Avalon has priced the tickets at a reasonable $11.00, a price lower than the average ticket price in the city. But if you purchase a ticket online there is a surcharge of $1.00.
Parking:
The Avalon does not have their own parking space. It is all street parking. Please come early. Again, we are suggesting everyone to arrive up to 30 minutes earlier since our shows have sold out in the past.
SHORT FILMS | R | 88M
A strong showing of local and International fare with drama, documentary, comedy, animation and a bit of the Avant-garde.
Order of films:
Brief Q&A to follow after the films with attending filmmakers.
Click here for more information on the films, or on the title of each film.
TICKETS
Presented by Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, FM102/1, WUWM, Pizza Shuttle, and Fractured Imagination.ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
SHORT FILMS | R | 105M with Q/A
A strong showing of local and International fare with drama, sci-fi, crime, documentary, comedy, and some animation.
Order of films:
Big Break by Löki MartinMiles and Flowers by Danny Volosozhar
Videotape by Peter Thomson
To: Tillie by Prisca Elzen
Family Business by Jacob Lefeber
Fabric of Reality by Brennan Kirby
Divide by Jeanette Buck
i hope you're happy. by Gretchen Mahkorn
Hip Hop is a Home by Jherrisha Barr
Three Chicken Dinners by Ethan Kulinski
Brief Q&A to follow after the films with attending filmmakers.
Click here for more information on the films, or on the title of each film.
TICKETS
Presented by Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, FM102/1, WUWM, Pizza Shuttle, and Fractured Imagination.
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SHORT FILMS | R | 105M
The Milwaukee Short Film Festival celebrates diversity in filmmaking with the tenth year of "Voices Heard", the only film event in Milwaukee spotlighting the work of local filmmakers of color. This wildly successful program returns this year to screen ten films from talented local, multicultural filmmakers.
Order of films:
Brief Q&A to follow after the films with attending filmmakers.
Click here for more information on the films, or on the title of each film.
TICKETS
Presented by Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, FM102/1, WUWM, Pizza Shuttle, and Fractured Imagination.
After this block of films, Voices Heard will hold a free panel at venue's lounge.
"Filmmaker Pitfalls.
Featuring: Executive Producer/Director, Erin McKenzie (Let Me Be), Award Winning filmmaker, Hisonni Mustafa (Legend Has It: The Remarkable Rise of Stephen McCain), and Filmmaker/Festival Director, Ross Bigley.
Moderated by Clarence Aumend
This will be at 3:00PM in the Avalounge.
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SHORT FILMS | R | 105M
More thought-provoking films that'll entertain you. A great mix of the avant-garde, comedy, drama, social commentary, and some horror.
Order of films:
Brief Q&A to follow with attending filmmakers.
Click here for more information on the films, or on the title of each film.
TICKETS
Presented by Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, FM102/1, WUWM, Pizza Shuttle, and Fractured Imagination.
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The last block of the night has more films to excite you, with local horror, drama, comedy, music, dance, animation, and romance.
The night closes with the awards presentation after the Q/A.
Order of films:
Brief Q&A to follow with the Awards ceremony after the films with attending filmmakers.
Click here for more information on the films, or on the title of each film.
TICKETS
Presented by Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, FM102/1, WUWM, Pizza Shuttle, and Fractured Imagination.
The Awards ceremony will take place after the films have screened in our Juried part 4 7PM block. This includes the Voices Heard Films.
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2025 MIFF Shorts: Block 1 Lavender Constellations 9/7 3:30PM
We are proud to present the 3rd Milwaukee Illuminate Film Festival (miff), which is an underground, intersectional film festival illuminating the work of queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, Asian and Pacific Islanders, all People of Color, Jewish, femme, fat, neurodivergent, & disabled filmmakers. As well as filmmakers who are survivors of sexual violence.
They had their previous two seasons at the Fitzgerald, and festival director of miff., Amber Rose McNeill has brought her miff. staff with her and they'll screen two blocks (3:30 & 6:30) on Sunday Sept 7th, the final day of the festival.
SHORT FILMS | R | 95M
Order of films:
Spotless [Acicalado] by Denise Umaschi
Horizon to Horizon by Gabriel Nerovčić
The Gaze by Magda El Bayoumi
My Horoscope Says I Should Go Ahead With What I'm Doing
by Aderet Fishbane
Grandessimo by Luca Perrin
Safe Space [Güvenli Alan] by Nurcan Çoban
Coffee & Lavender by Allie Morgan
Sisterhood by Jolee Mallmann
Good Intentions by Aubrey Laux
Anyone by Thao Tran
Daughters by Brittani Nightengale & Sharyon Culberson
Baba Yaga’s Beastiary by Tamara Finlay
My Gay Demon Girlfriend by Samantha Wyss
TICKETS Presented by Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, FM102/1, WUWM, Pizza Shuttle, and Fractured Imagination.
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SHORT FILMS | R | 95M
Order of films:
Your Favorite Late Night Show's Favorite Late Night Show
by Madds Dittmer
Without Flesh or Voice [Sans Chair ni voix] by. Louise Massis
My Monthly Struggle by Crystal Tai
Mother [NNE] by Thecla Chidimma Uzozie
Mermaid Musings by Elizabeth McKenzie Gorney
The SS Minnow by Sophie D Hatton
A Model's Purpose Unveiled by Raquel Monique & Vinicius Burger
I don’t know if I’ll have to say everything again [Eu não sei se vou ter que falar tudo de novo] by Vitória Fallavena & Thassilo Weber
Miss Mix by Vir Zone
I Would Be the Bullet by Ricardo Bouyett
Smoke Break by Megan Lim En
Sultana's Reign by Hadi Moussally
God Breast America by Monica Bliss
TICKETS Presented by Outpost Natural Foods Co-op, FM102/1, WUWM, Pizza Shuttle, and Fractured Imagination.
