Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel will be welcomed as guests of honor for the 2023 Fargo Film Festival. An on-stage conversation with the artists will serve as the Festival’s Closing Night showcase at 7:00pm on Saturday, March 25. This will be Siegel’s first visit to the FFF. Flanagan attended in 2011 to premiere his debut feature Absentia.

Writer/director/producer Mike Flanagan is one of modern horror’s preeminent creators. With acclaimed feature films and episodic series, Flanagan has developed a signature artistic style and devoted fan base. His Netflix “Flanaverse” series include The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass. Flanagan has directed many popular horror/thriller features including Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Hush, and Oculus. In 2021, Flanagan received the Visionary Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

Writer/actor Kate Siegel has been dubbed the “Queen of Netflix Horror” (Collider, Oct 2021), but her filmography is impressively diverse. Several of Siegel’s most celebrated performances are featured in collaborations with husband Mike Flanagan. Their shared projects include The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, for which Siegel received a Critics Choice Award nomination. Siegel co-wrote and starred in the Netflix thriller Hush, for which she received multiple genre award nominations.

Tickets for “An Evening with Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel” will go on sale at 12:30pm on Thursday, January 19. Seating is reserved for this special event. Tickets on the floor are $35 and tickets in the balcony are $25. Tickets will be available for purchase at FargoTheatre.org or in-person at the Fargo Theatre box office. The box office is open in-person from 12:30pm-7pm Tuesday to Sunday.

Join Cary Elwes (Westley) for a behind-the-scenes look at life on and off the set of the classic film, THE PRINCESS BRIDE.

After a screening of the iconic movie, Elwes will engage in a moderated discussion revealing never before shared secrets and tales of inconceivable antics! Journey back to the lands of Florin and Guilder in an adventure filled with fencing, monsters, chases, and of course, true love.

A limited number of tickets includes a pre-show book signing, copy of Elwes’ best-selling book, “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of THE PRINCESS BRIDE” and a post-show meet-and-greet. Tickets go on sale Friday, December 16, 10 a.m. A special online only presale Thursday, December 15, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. Reserved seating $39.50, $59.50 and $149.50*. Additional fees may apply.

Elwes has been in a multitude of films and tv shows, including SAW, TWISTER, ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS, STRANGER THINGS, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA, and LIAR LIAR.  He recently starred in Guy Ritchie’s OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE and he just wrapped MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART 1 with Tom Cruise. He is currently working on Zack Snyder’s sci fi epic, REBEL MOON. 

Now Elwes is hitting the road to share with fans the personal stories behind the making of this piece of cinematic history. Don’t be a “Humperdinck”, make haste to see THE PRINCESS BRIDE: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes for a night you will always “tweasure”.

Please note: this event will be ticketed separately from all other Fargo Film Festival programming. Admission to THE PRINCESS BRIDE: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes will not be included with Fargo Film Festival passes of any level.

The Fargo Film Festival proudly and exclusively accepts entries on FilmFreeway, the world’s best way to enter film festivals.

With the exception of 2-Minute Movie Contest entries, films selected for the 2023 Fargo Film Festival must be provided in approved DCP format for exhibition.

The 23rd Fargo Film Festival will be held March 21-25, 2023.

The organizers of the Fargo Film Festival would like to express our most sincere gratitude to all the people who helped make 2022 a spectacular event.

THANK YOU to festival sponsors, audience members, visiting filmmakers, Fargo Theatre staff, festival volunteers, and everyone else who contributed to this year’s edition.

In just a few weeks, we will begin accepting submissions for 2023, and we can’t wait to see what’s in store for us.

The 2022 Fargo Film Festival Program is available now. Click the image below to open the program guide to read descriptions of each film and to plan your festival experience.

Tickets and passes for the 2022 Fargo Film Festival are now on sale online: https://bit.ly/3C7acOQ

Want more of the Fargo Film Festival? Watch exclusive filmmaker Q&A’s moderated by FFF team members for the following films:

Charlotte
The Grand Bolero
Kendra and Beth
Please Hold
Vinyl Nation
When We Were Bullies

“21,” directed by Damian Gonzalez and Jeremy Weinstein, received first place in the 2022 Fargo Film Festival’s 2-Minute Movie Contest.

An encore screening of the movie happens at the closing night session, Saturday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at the Fargo Theatre.

Arthur Fanget’s “How Much?” received third place and Ryan Tynan’s “Kick Rocks” received second place.

Congratulations to all the moviemakers who submitted their work. We look forward to seeing you in 2023.

The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce the winners of the Best in Show Awards for the 2022 Fargo Film Festival.

Best Picture: “The Letter Room” (Narrative Short)

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Best Director: Annie St-Pierre for “Like the Ones I Used to Know” (Narrative Short)

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Best Cinematography: Xavi Amoros for “Nsenene” (Documentary Short)

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Pat Hansen Award for Best Screenplay: KD Davila and Omer Levin Menekse for “Please Hold” (Narrative Short)

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Best Actor: Steve Laplante for “Like the Ones I Used to Know” (Narrative Short)

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Best Actress: Anna Dzieduszycka for “The Dress” (Student Film)

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The Ruth Landfield Award is presented to “We Burn Like This” (Narrative Feature)

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The Prairie Spirit Award is presented to “Glob Lessons” (Narrative Feature)

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The Rusty Casselton Award is presented to “Fourth of July” (Student Film)

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Congratulations to all of these talented artists from all of us at the Fargo Film Festival. Learn more about each of these titles in our 2022 Program.

Keep the conversation going! Watch exclusive filmmaker Q&A’s moderated by FFF team members for the following films:

Charlotte
The Grand Bolero
Kendra and Beth
Please Hold
Vinyl Nation
When We Were Bullies

The annual Fargo Film Festival 2-Minute Movie Contest takes place on Friday, March 18 at 9:30 p.m. at the Fargo Theatre. Tickets are $2.

Congratulations to all the moviemakers whose entertaining and creative work was selected. From coast to coast and around the world, big visions come in small packages. First, second, and third place winners are announced as part of the screening.

21 (Damian Gonzalez and Jeremy Weinstein)
Again and Again (Lutz Kayser)
Annie (Luis Alberto Martín)
Chronos (Emmanuel Dubois)
Creatures of Habit (Josh Drake)
Driver’s Test (Alessandro Sassi)
Enter the Dragon (Eugene Yuxuan Wong)
Eureka! (David Creighton) 
Follow (Yoh Komaya)
Food Apnea (Alex Nabors)
Fruit Salad (Emma Balstad and Mary Balstad)
Going Back Home (Daniele Gangemi)
Going to Beyond (Kalli Paakspuu)
How Much? (Arthur Fanget)
How to Wash Your Dishes (Chloe Elie)
In Plane English (Brian Plonka)
Isolation (Sasha Ihnatovich)
Kick Rocks (Ryan Tynan)
Kui Tume (Kalli Paakspuu)
Light on a Wall 2 (Andrew Payne)
Liquids (Giulia Sbaffi & Valentina Savi)
A Little Noir Music (Deb Ethier)
Losing Sight (Betsy Stern)
The One (JD May)
Penn-ar-Bed (Emma Ramsay-Tanniou)
The Phoenix in the Graveyard (Zeke Hanson) 
Plant Man (John Akre)
The Pointe (Rachel Evans)
Queen Bee of the Middle School (Jeryl Parade)
Rebirth (Deniz Akyurek)
The Right Wing (Donal O’Dea)
Ruhwunsch (Jim Hall) 
Sweet Waiting in Lockdown (Massimiliano Nocco)
Three Days (Luis Alberto Martín Bravo)
Traditions (Goldie Krauss)
Tutopique #Spleen (Maurice Huvelin)
Witchcraft Unlike Any Other (Aaron Crume)

Tickets and passes for the 2022 Fargo Film Festival are now on sale online and at the Fargo Theatre box office,

Please note that a service charge of $1.25 will be added to every ticket purchased online.

You can view the complete glossy program guide for the 2022 Fargo Film Festival here.