It screens over 100 films in 9 days, including several shorts programs.
The focus is to present a diverse selection of independent and foreign features, documentaries, shorts and student films.
The festival started in 1997 and continues with the help of the City of East Lansing and Michigan State University.
The festival is operated by the East Lansing Film Society.
The ELFS screens films year-round at the new high tech theater, Studio C!