East Lansing Film Festival director Susan Woods said more than 200 films were submitted to the festival. The 78 chosen are a variety of genres, lengths and options for panels. More than 60 filmmakers are coming to speak about their projects. One film was chosen so the Michigan Psychiatric Society could do a panel on mental health after the screening.

“We’re showing the film ‘Call Me Crazy,’ which is all directed by women and it touches on different forms of mental illness and we’ll have four doctors discussing it afterwards,” Woods said.

Some MSU students and faculty will have their projects screened in the festival. Media and information senior Elise Conklin’s documentary “From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City” will be at 9 p.m. on Nov. 5 at Wells Hall.

Conklin, the director of the film, said she and her classmates made the film for a documentary capstone class last year. She said they took two and a half months to film and produce the project, about 10 months shorter than the average documentary process length, and aimed to make it as engaging as possible for the audience.

“Its very dear to me,” she said. “It was pretty much my child. ... I know a lot of people shy away from documentaries so we tried to make this in the least documentary way possible. It’s very cinematic and fast-paced. It’s only 24 minutes long and it’s as much information as we could possibly fit.”

Conklin said her and her teammates have submitted their documentary to film festivals nationally and internationally and have gotten into several, including the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and DOC NYC festival.

“It’s always really exciting to get an acceptance,” Conklin said. “It’s always really gratifying and encouraging to know that people want to see your stories.”

One of the best aspects of the festival is its accessibility to students, film studies senior Colin Williams said.

"Being on a major campus like we are, it’s great that we have a film festival so close to our campus, and being able to see local independent films different than a movie theater or Netflix films is great,” he said. “Everyone should hopefully take advantage of it.”

Tickets for Wells Hall screenings are $3 dollars for students and free to residence hall undergraduate students. Ticket pricing for other locations vary, but are $10.50 or less.