Each year, the Fargo Film Festival juries nominate titles and vote on an overall Best Picture in competition.

2024: Closing Dynasty (Lloyd Lee Choi)
2023: JessZilla (Emily Sheskin)
2022: The Letter Room (Elvira Lind)
2021: Paper Tiger (Paul Kowalski)
2020: The Neighbors’ Window (Marshall Curry)

2019: Caroline (Logan George and Celine Held)
2018: Sami Blood (Amanda Kernell)
2017: Always Shine (Sophia Takal)
2016: Wildlike (Frank Hall Green)
2015: The Overnighters (Jesse Moss)
2014: Bending Steel (Dave Carroll)
2013: Informant (Jamie Meltzer)
2012: Incident in New Baghdad (James Spione)
2011: The Butterfly Circus (Joshua Weigel)
2010: Under Our Skin (Andy Abrahams Wilson)

2009: I Am So Proud of You (Don Hertzfeldt)
2008: The Children of Leningradsky (Andrzej Celinski and Hanna Polak)
2007: East of Euclid (Jeff Solylo)