The 2021 Fargo Film Festival proudly announces the thirty-nine films — representing many states and countries — selected to screen in the annual 2-Minute Movie Contest, one of the longest-running festival presentations of its kind.

The 2-Minute Movie Contest films will be available to view as a single session during the virtual Fargo Film Festival from March 18 to 28. First, second, and third place winners will be announced at the conclusion of the festival.

Congratulations to all the moviemakers.

20 Mississippis (Eduardo Moreno Fernandez)
99 Days (Alberto Calvet)
414 Years Later (W. Scott Olsen)
Abscessed (Isaac Rodriguez)
Alestorm Shit Boat (Simon Norton)
Bet (Luis Alberto Martin)
Betula (Jenni Nelson)
Breath (Armin Monibi)
Cabin by the Bay (Freddy Moyano)
Cautionary Tales for Wayward Children (Scott Farrell)
Coronavirus Lockdown with a Baby (Lyr Ben-Ari) 
Dark Passage (Roshni Bhatia)
Deerly Beloved (Laurie Garner)
Dental Cleaning (Thomas Pickarski)
Dog’s Life (Edoardo Maria Brighenti)
Don’t Shoot the Messenger (Bianca Malcolm)
Dream Song: The Tao of Bobo (Daniel Appleby) 
Durga’s Lockdown (Mitesh Take)
Ghost Inc. (Sidney Thompson)
The Guard at the Entrance of the Train Station (Maya Yadlin)
In Perpetuity (Myra Vitela)
Life of a Soap (I.B. Karthikeyan)
Milicent (Laurie Garner)
The Monkey (Allesandro Sassi)
Mother (Kevin McGuiness)
The New World (Hong Ning and Zhao Xiaofeng)
Paddy’s Day ‘90 (Jonny Farrelly)
Pelican Spirit (Freddy Moyano)
Powerlessness (Neno Belchev)
Quarantine (I Keep You Company) [Massimiliano Nocco]
Regeneration (Cameron Carr)
Sad, But True (Lutz P. Kayser) 
Schism (Valerie Steinberg and Jack McDonald)
The Seeker (Rassoul Edji)
Sometimes It’s Just Not Your Day (Naama Freedman)
Stage (Kazuya Ashizawa)
Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stay Sane? (Nick Hales)
Sundae Afternoon (Lauren Hammersly)
Theater in Dramatic Time (Aaron Crume)