MOMO FF 2025: Official Film Guide
Where form is free, and voices are bold. Now in its third edition, MOMO Film Festival returns with an expanded vision and a renewed commitment to cinematic freedom. Held at the iconic State Theatre in Ann Arbor, the 2025 festival showcases a diverse program of feature films, documentaries, animations, and short films — curated to reflect the boldest voices and most original forms in independent cinema today. Taking place over two days — September 19–20, this year’s edition amplifies our mission to celebrate risk-taking, inclusivity, and artistic experimentation across all formats and genres.
Friday, Sept 19
Brother Verses Brother
United States| 2025 | 91m | English
From executive producer
F R A N C I S F O R D C O P P O L A
SYNOPSIS: Inspired by Francis Coppola's concept of Live Cinema, Brother Verses Brother is a radically personal musical odyssey.
Combative twin musicians hunt for their dying poet father, in an improvisation performed by the director’s own family, in a single unbroken shot through the streets of San Francisco.
One brother seeks love and excitement, while the other seeks to disappear into his music. But as night falls and their father remains missing, their frantic safari leads them from the secret haunts of the Beat poets into the heart of their family. Their tale becomes a testament to the power of music, brotherhood, & the lifeblood of a city - experienced by the viewer in real-time. PENNSYLVANIA PREMIERE
WORLD PREMIERE – SXSW 2025
“It’s a sweet, smart movie that’s not only unlike anything I saw at SXSW this year, but anything I’ll see anywhere all year.” -
Bryan Tallerico – RogerEbert.com
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Director: Ari Gold
Screenwriter: Ari Gold
Ethan Gold
Producer: Michelle G.Stratton
Starr Sutherland
Maya Browne
Executive Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Ari Gold, Ethan Gold
Lara Louise
Cinematographer: Frazer Bradshaw
Editor: Dan Loghin
Composer: Ethan Gold
Friday, Sept 19
Can I Get A Witness?
Canada | 2024 | 110m | English
Director: Ann Marie Fleming
Screenwriter: Ann Marie Fleming , Fleming Raymond Massey
Producer: Ann Marie, Fleming Raymond Massey, Ruth Vincen
Cast: Keira Jang, Sandra Oh, Reece Presley
Cinematographer: C. Kim Miles
Editor: Justin LMusic by: Brent Belke
Saturday, Sept 20
TAGLINE:
How Much Time is Enough?
LOGLINE:
In the not-too-distant future, we’ve solved all the world’s problems: mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty,
achieved true trans-species equality. There’s just one catch... humans have to end life at 50 and teenage artists
have to document it. It’s Kiah’s first day on the job.
SYNOPSIS:
In the near-future, climate change is mitigated, global poverty is eradicated, and all species on the planet can live
in relative peace and equality. The world has walked back on consumption and technology, and recalibrated to
sustainable societies with smaller carbon footprints. People live happy, modest lives. This is made possible
because the World has agreed that human life ends at 50.
Fresh out of school, Kiah (Keira Jang), a gifted artist, lives at home with her doting mother, Ellie (Sandra Oh). It’s
Kiah’s first day of work as a “Documentor,” a Witness who draws End-of-Life (EOL) protocols for the New World
Order. Ellie, an ex-Documentor herself, tries to prepare her daughter for the job but Kiah is not receptive.
Daniel (Joel Oulette), Kiah’s Documentor mentor, shows up at the door. He is upbeat, practical and has a
personal history that makes him wise beyond his years. He is going to take her through the stages of the EOL
protocols, from meeting the soon-to-be-departed, to making sure they understand the process, and helping them
choose and customize their preferred EOL ceremony. It all starts with the delivery of a beautiful box.
Kiah has never witnessed death. Under Daniel’s no-nonsense instruction, she tries her hand at her first set of
EOL drawings of the 50-year-olds who stoically repress their feelings. While Kiah and Daniel were born after THE
AGREEMENT, Kiah’s subjects all remember a world where medicine, infrastructure and money could keep people
alive upwards of 90. But now everyone is committed to this new global expiry date. Or are they? Kiah’s drawings
literally come to life - animate off the page - expressing the underlying emotions of the moment. At home, Ellie is
getting her own things in order. She wants Kiah to know that true planetary equality - the cause she fought so
hard for as a youth - is worth dying for. Does another lesson await?
