Plan Your CIFF50 Schedule

Use the schedule below to map your festival days by time and venue. Click the title of the film you want to see or the event you want to attend to purchase your tickets.

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Note: The film guide was current as of February 17, 2026. For the most recent information, please use the schedule below.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
7:00 pm – 8:38 pm
Playhouse Square State Theatre
Opening Night Event & Screening of A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!

Friday, April 10, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
9:30 am – 11:12 am
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Barbara Forever
10:00 am – 11:42 am
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Once Upon My Mother
11:45 am – 1:25 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 1
12:15 pm – 1:37 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Silent Notes
12:15 pm – 1:56 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Steal This Story, Please!
2:20 pm – 4:01 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 2
2:35 pm – 4:13 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
You Had To Be There: How The Toronto Godspell Ignited The Comedy Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)
2:40 pm – 4:18 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Soul Patrol
4:55 pm – 6:36 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 3
5:00 pm – 6:29 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Paint Me a Road Out of Here
5:05 pm – 6:41 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Hen
7:20 pm – 8:55 pm
Don’t Forget Me
7:35 pm – 9:17 pm
Comedy Shorts Program 1: Love, Loss & Laughter
7:40 pm – 9:08 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Thinestra
9:45 pm – 11:20 pm
Buddy
10:00 pm – 11:27 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Peeping Todd
10:00 pm – 11:44 pm
After Hours Shorts Program 1

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
12:00 pm – 1:42 pm
Shorts Program 4
12:05 pm – 1:38 pm
Brides
12:10 pm – 1:38 pm
The Blind Couple From Mali
2:15 pm – 4:07 pm
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause
2:25 pm – 4:05 pm
Shorts Program 5
2:30 pm – 4:43 pm
Chopin, A Sonata in Paris
5:00 pm – 6:28 pm
We Are Pat
5:15 pm – 6:33 pm
On a String
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Magic Light Showcase #2 – All Ages – Relaxed Screening
7:25 pm – 8:56 pm
Our Hero Balthazar
7:30 pm – 9:04 pm
Comedy Shorts Program 2: Expect the Unexpected
7:35 pm – 9:19 pm
Imposters
9:45 pm – 11:41 pm
The Last Viking
9:55 pm – 11:28 pm
After Hours Shorts Program 2
10:00 pm – 11:23 pm
The Serpent’s Skin

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!
10:00 am – 11:15 am
CSU Common Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
CSU Filmmaker Panel: The Craft – The Creative Team and Their Decisions
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
CSU Common Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
CSU Filmmaker Panel: The Story – The Journey from Page to Screen
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
CSU Common Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
CSU Filmmaker Panel: The Business – Follow the Money
7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Conversation | Social Justice on Film with Catherine Gund and Senator Nina Turner

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
9:20 am – 11:12 am
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Sensory Friendly Space
9:30 am – 11:43 am
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Chopin, A Sonata in Paris
10:00 am – 11:17 am
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Magic Light Showcase #1 – All Ages – Relaxed Screening
11:45 am – 1:13 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Family Shorts Program 1 (All Ages)
12:00 pm – 1:26 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Nuisance Bear
12:15 pm – 1:33 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
On a String
2:15 pm – 3:57 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 4
2:30 pm – 4:03 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Brides
2:35 pm – 4:03 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
The Lake
5:00 pm – 6:14 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts in Focus: Nathanael Matanick – Foster Care – Youth in Crisis
5:05 pm – 6:36 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Our Hero Balthazar
5:15 pm – 6:43 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
The Blind Couple From Mali
7:15 pm – 8:49 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Comedy Shorts Program 2: Expect the Unexpected
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Normal
7:40 pm – 9:24 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Imposters
9:40 pm – 11:13 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
After Hours Shorts Program 2
9:45 pm – 11:41 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
The Last Viking
10:10 pm – 11:33 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
The Serpent’s Skin

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
12:00 pm – 1:27 pm
Family Shorts Program 2 (Older – 10+)
12:00 pm – 1:42 pm
Barbara Forever
12:15 pm – 1:44 pm
Paint Me a Road Out of Here
2:25 pm – 4:05 pm
Shorts Program 1
2:30 pm – 3:52 pm
Silent Notes
2:35 pm – 4:11 pm
Hen
4:45 pm – 6:28 pm
404 Still Remain
4:50 pm – 6:28 pm
You Had To Be There: How The Toronto Godspell Ignited The Comedy Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way)
4:55 pm – 6:36 pm
Shorts Program 2
7:20 pm – 8:58 pm
Soul Patrol
7:25 pm – 9:07 pm
Once Upon My Mother
7:25 pm – 9:07 pm
Comedy Shorts Program 1: Love, Loss & Laughter
9:45 pm – 11:13 pm
Thinestra
9:55 pm – 11:39 pm
After Hours Shorts Program 1
10:00 pm – 11:27 pm
Peeping Todd

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!
10:00 am – 11:15 am
CSU Common Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
CSU Filmmaker Panel: Documentary – Real People, Reel Stories
11:30 am – 12:45 pm
CSU Common Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
CSU Filmmaker Panel: Social Justice – Making a Difference, One Camera at a Time
11:45 am – 12:15 pm
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Workshop | Foley Touch Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired People
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Workshop | Live Foley Demonstration!
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Panel | Sound+Vision with Jason Hanley, Ph.D from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
7:00 pm – 8:35 pm
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Don’t Forget Me

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
9:25 am – 11:08 am
404 Still Remain
9:30 am – 11:13 am
Under the Same Sun
9:45 am – 11:21 am
Forever Free and the Illiteracy Playbook
12:00 pm – 1:40 pm
Shorts Program 5
12:10 pm – 1:48 pm
A Simple Machine
12:45 pm – 2:13 pm
100 Liters of Gold
2:30 pm – 4:08 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Charliebird
2:40 pm – 4:30 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Shorts Jury Awards Program
2:45 pm – 4:13 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
We Are Pat
5:00 pm – 6:40 pm
In The Ever
5:05 pm – 6:58 pm
Shorts Program 6
5:10 pm – 6:49 pm
Jane Elliott Against the World
7:30 pm – 9:15 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Carolina Caroline
7:35 pm – 9:04 pm
Beyond
7:45 pm – 9:23 pm
Shorts Program 7

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
12:00 pm – 1:41 pm
Shorts Program 3
12:10 pm – 2:01 pm
On The Sea
12:20 pm – 1:54 pm
The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo
2:30 pm – 4:12 pm
Parability Shorts Program
2:40 pm – 4:31 pm
Steal This Story, Please!
2:50 pm – 4:40 pm
Hello Betty
4:50 pm – 6:17 pm
Remaining Native
5:00 pm – 6:40 pm
The Christophers
5:10 pm – 6:52 pm
Shorts Program 8
7:20 pm – 8:56 pm
Kikuyu Land
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Normal
7:40 pm – 9:20 pm
Shorts Program 9

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Panel | Film Prize: How to Win $50,000 Making a Short Film
10:00 am – 11:30 am
Audience Mingle | Pedal to the Premier, A Social Ride!

Monday, April 13, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
11:50 am – 1:32 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 8
12:20 pm – 2:10 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Hello Betty
2:20 pm – 4:00 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 9
4:50 pm – 6:15 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Slowburn Shoot
5:00 pm – 6:42 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Parability Shorts Program
5:35 pm – 7:02 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Remaining Native
7:30 pm – 8:50 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Believeland
7:45 pm – 9:36 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
On The Sea
7:55 pm – 9:31 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Kikuyu Land

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
11:50 am – 1:29 pm
Bookends
12:00 pm – 1:14 pm
Shorts in Focus: Nathanael Matanick – Foster Care – Youth in Crisis
12:10 pm – 1:38 pm
100 Liters of Gold
2:00 pm – 3:43 pm
Shorts Program 6
2:10 pm – 3:46 pm
Forever Free and the Illiteracy Playbook
2:20 pm – 4:03 pm
Under the Same Sun
4:40 pm – 6:18 pm
Shorts Program 7
4:45 pm – 6:13 pm
The Big Cheese
4:55 pm – 6:33 pm
A Simple Machine
7:10 pm – 8:49 pm
Jane Elliott Against the World
7:30 pm – 9:15 pm
Carolina Caroline
7:30 pm – 9:20 pm
Shorts Jury Awards Program

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!
5:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Workshop | Stokes’ Dilemma: Politics, Power and a Civil Rights Hero
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Merchant Manor Cheese Shop
Audience Mingle | The Big Cheese Tasting

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
11:20 am – 1:09 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Whisper My Name
11:50 am – 1:33 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 10
2:10 pm – 3:46 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Catane
2:30 pm – 4:03 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
The Sea
4:50 pm – 6:30 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 11
5:00 pm – 6:21 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Missy
5:05 pm – 6:38 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
State of Firsts
7:25 pm – 9:19 pm
Local Heroes Shorts – Program 1
7:30 pm – 9:03 pm
Transplant
7:35 pm – 9:03 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
The Big Cheese

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
12:00 pm – 1:29 pm
Tough Old Broads
2:15 pm – 3:47 pm
The Spies Among Us
2:20 pm – 4:03 pm
Shorts Program 12
2:30 pm – 4:13 pm
Father
4:45 pm – 6:14 pm
Beyond
4:50 pm – 6:25 pm
Shorts Program 13
5:00 pm – 6:49 pm
Oca
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm
Over Your Dead Body
7:30 pm – 9:14 pm
DReam Maker Shorts Program
7:40 pm – 8:51 pm
Cedar Lee 5
Erupcja

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
11:30 am – 1:13 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 12
12:00 pm – 1:43 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Father
2:10 pm – 3:45 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 13
2:20 pm – 4:09 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Oca
4:45 pm – 6:29 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
DReam Maker Shorts Program
5:00 pm – 6:17 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Free Beer Tomorrow
5:10 pm – 6:39 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Tough Old Broads
7:20 pm – 9:13 pm
Local Heroes Shorts – Program 2
7:25 pm – 8:57 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
The Spies Among Us
7:30 pm – 8:51 pm
She’s the He

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
11:55 am – 1:31 pm
Catane
12:00 pm – 1:40 pm
Shorts Program 11
2:20 pm – 3:57 pm
Our Mr. Matsura
2:25 pm – 4:14 pm
Whisper My Name
2:30 pm – 4:11 pm
Shorts Program 14
4:50 pm – 6:23 pm
State of Firsts
5:00 pm – 6:43 pm
Shorts Program 10
5:10 pm – 6:43 pm
The Sea
7:20 pm – 9:17 pm
Poetic License
7:30 pm – 9:03 pm
Transplant
7:40 pm – 9:23 pm
Shorts Program 15

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Screenwriting Competition Winner – Table Read
7:00 pm – 8:58 pm
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
11:00 am – 12:41 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 14
11:15 am – 12:57 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Guess Who’s Calling?
1:35 pm – 3:20 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Groundbreaker Shorts Program
2:10 pm – 3:32 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Departures
4:15 pm – 5:58 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 15
4:45 pm – 6:09 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
My Pathetic Career
5:10 pm – 6:47 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Our Mr. Matsura
6:45 pm – 8:27 pm
Local Heroes Shorts – Program 3 – Students
7:30 pm – 9:02 pm
If I Go Will They Miss Me
7:40 pm – 9:33 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Rains Over Babel
9:45 pm – 11:16 pm
Yesterday Island
10:00 pm – 11:36 pm
Diya
10:10 pm – 11:33 pm
Mārama

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
12:15 pm – 2:13 pm
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
1:30 pm – 3:11 pm
Horsegirls
2:00 pm – 3:58 pm
The Soundman
3:00 pm – 4:14 pm
A Second Life
4:00 pm – 6:12 pm
Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
4:45 pm – 6:32 pm
Shorts Program 16
4:50 pm – 6:37 pm
Bravado
7:15 pm – 9:09 pm
Rose of Nevada
7:20 pm – 8:45 pm
Runa Simi
7:30 pm – 9:08 pm
Babystar
9:50 pm – 11:33 pm
After Hours Shorts Program 3
9:55 pm – 11:23 pm
Caper

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Sophie La Gourmande
Spill The Tea With CIFF Founders

Friday, April 17, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
9:15 am – 11:27 am
Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
9:45 am – 11:38 am
Reading Lolita In Tehran
9:55 am – 11:09 am
A Second Life
11:45 am – 1:26 pm
Horsegirls
12:25 pm – 1:56 pm
Happy Birthday
12:30 pm – 2:10 pm
Trade Secret
2:20 pm – 3:58 pm
Babystar
2:50 pm – 4:18 pm
Caper
3:00 pm – 4:23 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Song Silenced: Coming Out In Christian Music
4:50 pm – 6:34 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Mouse
5:10 pm – 6:57 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Shorts Program 16
5:15 pm – 6:28 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Better Go Mad in the Wild
7:30 pm – 9:06 pm
Run Amok
7:45 pm – 9:18 pm
Comedy Shorts Program 3: Salty, Savory, Spicy, & Sweet
10:00 pm – 11:47 pm
Bravado
10:00 pm – 11:54 pm
Rose of Nevada
10:10 pm – 11:53 pm
After Hours Shorts Program 3

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
11:50 am – 1:21 pm
Yesterday Island
12:10 pm – 1:20 pm
¡Quba!
12:20 pm – 1:42 pm
Departures
2:15 pm – 3:33 pm
Zzaslow K-427
2:35 pm – 4:11 pm
Diya
2:50 pm – 4:35 pm
Groundbreaker Shorts Program
4:30 pm – 6:22 pm
Yanuni
5:10 pm – 6:47 pm
Tramp
5:30 pm – 6:47 pm
Magic Light Showcase #1 – All Ages – Relaxed Screening
7:10 pm – 8:52 pm
Guess Who’s Calling?
7:30 pm – 9:02 pm
Comedy Shorts Program 4: You Think You Know…
7:40 pm – 8:55 pm
Honeyjoon
9:45 pm – 11:33 pm
Obsession
9:50 pm – 11:13 pm
Mārama
10:00 pm – 11:53 pm
Rains Over Babel

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!
5:00 pm – 6:45 pm
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Workshop | Centering Care, Consent and Community in Visual Storytelling

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Playhouse Square Campus

1501 Euclid Ave #200, Cleveland, OH 44115
9:15 am – 11:13 am
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
The Soundman
9:30 am – 11:22 am
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
Yanuni
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Sensory Friendly Space
10:00 am – 11:20 am
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Magic Light Showcase #2 – All Ages – Relaxed Screening
11:50 am – 1:17 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Family Shorts Program 2 (Older – 10+)
12:00 pm – 1:37 pm
Tramp
12:15 pm – 1:33 pm
Zzaslow K-427
2:20 pm – 3:35 pm
Playhouse Square Allen Theatre
Honeyjoon
2:25 pm – 3:35 pm
CSU Screening Room at the Idea Center (Floor 6)
¡Quba!
2:30 pm – 4:20 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Shorts Audience Awards Program
4:45 pm – 6:22 pm
Union County
4:50 pm – 6:22 pm
Comedy Shorts Program 4: You Think You Know…
7:30 pm – 9:08 pm
Playhouse Square Ohio Theatre
Power Ballad

Cedar Lee

2163 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
12:00 pm – 1:44 pm
Mouse
12:05 pm – 1:53 pm
Reading Lolita In Tehran
12:10 pm – 1:37 pm
Family Shorts Program 1 (All Ages)
2:30 pm – 4:03 pm
Comedy Shorts Program 3: Salty, Savory, Spicy, & Sweet
2:45 pm – 4:21 pm
Run Amok
2:55 pm – 4:18 pm
Better Go Mad in the Wild
5:00 pm – 6:50 pm
Shorts Audience Awards Program
5:10 pm – 6:33 pm
Song Silenced: Coming Out In Christian Music
5:20 pm – 6:51 pm
Happy Birthday

Other Locations

Cleveland State University, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more!
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Conversation Center at the Idea Center (WIST)
Workshop | Captured Legacies: Creating Family History Documentary