The Fargo Film Festival is committed to providing a safe and healthy movie-going experience for audiences, guests, and our team members. During the 2022 Festival, Fargo Theatre staff and FFF team members will be masked. Audiences and guests are encouraged to wear masks. – March 1, 2022 Statement

Please note: The COVID-19 safety protocols and measures for the 2022 Fargo Film Festival are subject to change. 

The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce the F-M premiere of the wickedly funny, fully improvised feature The Bobcat Boys. The film screens at 3:00pm on Saturday, March 19 at the Fargo Theatre. Special guests Mac Alsfeld (director/co-star) and Andrew Megison (co-star) will appear live on stage for a Q&A immediately following the film! Tickets are on sale now.

About The Bobcat Boys:
With only seven days to live, Bobby’s best friend Max drives him across the country so that he can die in his childhood home. For one last shot at cinematic glory, the two failed actors decide to film a documentary about his last days along the way. Visit the film’s website to learn more: www.bobcatboys.com/

About the filmmaker:
Mac Alsfeld is a Los Angeles-based comedy writer, actor, and director. For the past five years, Mac has worked as Melissa McCarthy’s on-set comedy punch-up writer, providing the director and actors additional jokes to use in lieu of the scripted dialogue. His most recent work with Melissa includes Thunder Force and Superintelligence. He has also written for Will Ferrell and Gary Sanchez Productions.

The Fargo Film Festival is excited to announce the 2022 screening schedule for March 15 -19. Please note, times and locations are subject to change.

Tuesday Afternoon, March 15, Theatre 1
1:30pm Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine
1:45pm The Beauty President
1:55pm In the Shadow of the Pines
2:05pm Oldboy’s Apples
2:10pm Our Bed Is Green
2:20pm Sales Per Hour
2:30pm The Criminals
2:55pm Break
3:05pm The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night
3:20pm Marlon Brando
3:40pm The Kicksled Choir
4:00pm Break Any Spell
4:15pm GraceLand
4:30pm Paper Geese

Tuesday Afternoon, March 15, Theatre 2
1:30pm Charlotte
1:45pm Sea Dragon
2:00pm New Horizons (Andries)
2:20pm The Right Words
2:35pm Making Beethoven Proud
2:45pm Underdogs
3:00pm Break
3:10pm Supper Club
3:25pm Vinyl Nation

Tuesday Evening, March 15, Theatre 1
7:00pm Presentation of the Margie Bailly Volunteer Spirit Award to Lisa Faiman
7:10pm Krimes

Wednesday Morning, March 16, Theatre 1
10:00am FreeBird
10:05am The Sands of Time
10:20am Dreamover

Wednesday Morning, March 16, Theatre 2
10:00am Hello Sunshine
10:15am New Horizons (Andries)
10:45am Souvenir Souvenir
11:00am High Maintenance

Wednesday Afternoon, March 16, Theatre 1
1:30pm Muscle Memory
3:10pm Break
3:20pm Marlon Brando
3:30pm Numb
3:40pm Kendra and Beth

Wednesday Afternoon, March 16, Theatre 2
1:30pm Anchorage
2:50pm Break
3:00pm Feast
3:15pm Flux
3:30pm What’s Mine Is Yours
3:40pm Revolykus
3:55pm Summer Light for Tula
4:10pm Studies at Huningue / Basel or the Tree to Sleep
4:20pm Hold Me Tight
4:30pm Discovering of Fire

Wednesday Evening, March 16, Theatre 1
7:00pm Fly
7:20pm Fourth of July
7:50pm The Call
8:05pm Shark
8:20pm Please Hold
8:40pm The Letter Room

Thursday Morning, March 17, Theatre 1
10:00am Little Bird
10:15am The Right Words
10:30am The Grand Bolero

Thursday Morning, March 17, Theatre 2
10:00am Junior
10:10am 6,000 Waiting
10:40am Drawing on Autism
10:50am A Different Kind of Different
11:00am Trusted Messenger

Thursday Afternoon, March 17, Theatre 1
1:30pm Hair-Trigger
3:10pm Break
3:20pm The Intervention
3:40pm Sadie Breaks the Silents
4:05pm Final Chapter
4:25pm Kinesthesia: A Walk Through the Fargo-Moorhead Music Scene

Thursday Afternoon, March 17, Theatre 2
1:30pm GraceLand
1:45pm Cherry Cola
2:00pm Pops
2:20pm The Kicksled Choir
2:40pm The Letter Room
3:10pm Break
3:20pm The Painting
3:25pm Inheritance
3:40pm Hazel
4:00pm There’s Something in the Silence
4:10pm Human Trash
4:25pm Marked
4:40pm Final Masterpiece

Thursday Evening, March 17, Theatre 1
7:00pm Snowy
7:15pm New Horizons (Scholtz)
7:45pm ¿Que Haces Aqui? A Documentary About Karen
8:25pm When We Were Bullies

Friday Morning, March 18, Theatre 1
10:00am The Train Station
10:05am Forever
10:10am In the Shadow of the Pines
10:20am Documenting Death
10:30am North by Current

Friday Morning, March 18, Theatre 2
10:00am Aurora
10:05am Polka-Dot Boy
10:15am Little Forest
10:25am Stereotype
10:35am Wayback
10:45am Eatnameamet: Our Silent Struggle

Friday Afternoon, March 18, Theatre 1
1:30pm A Decent Home
3:00pm Break
3:15pm Everything in the End

Friday Afternoon, March 18, Theatre 2
1:30pm A Different Kind of Different
1:45pm Ace of Clubs
1:55pm Annah la Javanaise
2:00pm Seahorse
2:15pm A Little House in Aberdeen
2:25pm Georgia
2:55pm Break
3:05pm The Secret History of Donnelly
3:30pm Smelly Little Town
3:55pm All I Can Do
4:20pm Black Gold
4:40pm Put the Brights On

Friday Evening, March 18, Theatre 1
7:00pm We Burn Like This
9:30pm 2-Minute Movie Contest

Saturday Morning, March 19, Theatre 1
10:00am Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine
10:15am Silent Night
10:25am Myrtle
10:40am Gabriela
10:50am Our Bed Is Green
11:00am Leylak
11:15am An Occurrence at Arverne
11:25am Sales Per Hour
11:35am The Criminals

Saturday Morning, March 19, Theatre 2
10:00am The Mohel
10:15am Synthetic Love
10:40am Kendra and Beth

Saturday Afternoon, March 19, Theatre 1
1:30pm North Star
2:15pm The Dress
2:45pm Break
3:00pm The Bobcat Boys

Saturday Afternoon, March 19, Theatre 2
1:30pm Vinyl Nation
3:05pm Break
3:15pm Homebird
3:25pm These Voyages Unknown
3:50pm Annah la Javanaise
3:55pm Frankie
4:05pm Nsenene
4:15pm The Length of Day
4:30pm Ace of Clubs
4:40pm Winter of ‘79

Saturday Evening, March 19, Theatre 1
7:00pm 2-Minute Movie Contest Winner
7:05pm Like the Ones I Used to Know
7:20pm Glob Lessons

The screening schedule for the 2022 Fargo Film Festival will be announced on Tuesday, February 22nd! Additionally, tickets and passes will go on sale at noon on February 22nd.

The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce that “Glob Lessons” will screen as a part of the closing night Best in Fest showcase at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 19 at the Fargo Theatre. Writer/director/star Nicole Rodenburg and writer/star Colin Froeber will both appear live on stage for a Q&A immediately following the film. Tickets are $12 and go on sale at 12:00 p.m. on February 22.

Fargo natives Rodenburg and Froeber wrote and star in the film which was shot locally and throughout the region. The acclaimed comedy/drama had its world premiere screening at the internationally renowned Tribeca Film Festival in 2021. “Glob Lessons” received the Prairie Spirit Award at the 2022 Fargo Film Festival, one of the festival’s top honors. The film was also awarded Honorable Mention by the Narrative Feature Jury.

About Glob Lessons:
While performing two-person low-budget children’s theatre out of a minivan across the frozen Midwest, two aimless thirtysomething strangers struggle to overcome their fears of inadequacy and intimacy in order to survive that lonely tundra called life. Visit the film’s website: www.globlessonsmovie.com

About the filmmaker:
Originally hailing from Fargo, North Dakota, Nicole Rodenburg is an actor, writer and director based in New York City. She’s known for her work developing new plays with our most groundbreaking and lauded contemporary playwrights, starring in Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Flick,” Samuel D. Hunter’s “The Whale,” and most recently, Ming Peiffer’s hit play “Usual Girls” at the Roundabout Theatre Company. Her screen credits include the starring role in “What Children Do” alongside John Early and Josh Ruben, Lifetime’s “Amish Witches,” and “Inside Amy Schumer.” “Glob Lessons,” written with her longtime collaborator Colin Froeber, is her directorial debut. Rodenburg says, “It has been our lifelong dream to have a feature film at the Fargo Film Festival. We’re so excited that this dream has become a reality, and that we’re getting the opportunity to share Glob Lessons, a love letter to our home state, with the community that did so much to make the film possible.”

The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce the F-M premiere of the award-winning feature “We Burn Like This,” with special guest Alana Waksman, on Friday, March 18th at 7 p.m. at the Fargo Theatre. Writer/director Waksman will appear live on stage for a Q&A immediately following the film. Tickets are $12 and go on sale at 12:00 p.m. on February 22.

“We Burn Like This” was filmed on location in Montana. In 2021 it premiered at the prestigious Santa Barbara International Film Festival and has since been touring the global festival circuit. “We Burn Like This” was named Best Narrative Feature of the 2022 Fargo Film Festival.

About We Burn Like This:
When 22 year-old Rae, a descendant of Holocaust survivors, is targeted by Neo-Nazis in Billings, Montana, her ancestors’ trauma becomes real. As antisemitism continues to rise in the community, we follow Rae on her journey to forgive herself, her mother, and the broken world.

Inspired by true events, this coming-of-age story shows the inherited effects of historical trauma and the strength of survival and healing. Visit the film’s website: https://www.weburnlikethis.com/

About the filmmaker:
Alana Waksman is an Ashkenazi writer, director, producer, and first generation descendant of Holocaust survivors from Poland. She is an alum of the USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA in Film & Television Production. As an actor, she trained at Shakespeare & Company, Berkshire Theater Festival, St. Petersburg Dramatic Arts Academy in Russia, and The O’Neill National Theater Institute where she studied under Colman Domingo.

While at USC, Alana was chosen as one of ten top directors to co-direct USC’s first feature film, DON QUIXOTE: THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN OF LA MANCHA (Palm Springs International Film Festival) with the guidance of James Franco. Her short film BLACKOUT, written by David Haskell, received the Audience Award at the LA Shorts Fest, and Best Actor and Best Cinematography at the Women’s Independent Film Festival.

WE BURN LIKE THIS, Alana’s debut feature, stars Madeleine Coghlan (THE ROOKIE) and Devery Jacobs (RESERVATION DOGS) and is executive produced by Emmy and Peabody award-winning producer Neda Armian (RACHEL GETTING MARRIED). The film premiered at Santa Barbara International Film Festival in April 2021, internationally at Deauville American Film Festival in competition in September, and is currently in the festival circuit.
Alana is in development for her second narrative feature, and a personal documentary about her father’s relationship to Jewish identity, also executive produced by Neda Armian. Learn more about Alana on her website: www.alanawaksman.com 

Each year, the Fargo Film Festival commissions an original piece of cover art from a regional artist. Lynette Triebwasser is the Cover Artist for the 2022 Festival. Lynette has served as the Festival’s graphic designer since its inception. The Fargo Film Festival is proud to reveal the official cover art for the 2022 Festival.

Festival Director Emily Beck says, ““Lynette Triebwasser has enriched every Fargo Film Festival with her unique artistry, creative mind, and exquisite sense of style. We are deeply grateful for her contributions to the FFF and proud to feature her as our 2022 Cover Artist.”

The Radisson Blu Fargo is offering discounted rooms for Film Festival guests again this year.

To book a room in the Fargo Film Festival discount block, guests can use one of the following methods:

1. Call the Radisson Blu Fargo directly at (701) 232-7363 and ask for the Fargo Film Festival Room Block.
2. Go to www.radissonhotelsamericas.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-blu-fargo, enter the appropriate dates, select “Promotional code” in the Special Rates drop-down menu and enter FGFILM in the fillable field.

Guests need to book by February 26, 2022 to get the promotional rate.

The Fargo Film Festival jurors are proud to announce the slate of movies selected for the 2022 event. Congratulations to all the filmmakers for sharing your talents with our audiences.

Selections for the 2-Minute Movie Contest will be announced in the coming weeks.

Animation 

Winner: Fly (Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado)

Honorable Mention: Annah la Javanaise (Fatimah Tobing Rony)
Honorable Mention: Homebird (Ewa Smyk)

Official Selections
Aurora (Jo Meuris)
A Different Kind of Different (Jordan Baseman)
Drawing on Autism (Alex Widdowson)
Forever (Mitch McGlocklin)
Freebird (Joe Bluhm and Michael Joseph McDonald)
Hold Me Tight (Mélanie Robert-Tourneur)
Little Forest (Paulina Muratore)
In the Shadow of the Pines (Anne Koizumi)
Oldboy’s Apples (Brad Hock)
Our Bed Is Green (Maggie Brennan)
Polka-Dot Boy (Sarina Nihei)
Souvenir Souvenir (Bastien Dubois)
Stereotype (Dahyun Beak and Nahyun Beak)
The Train Station (Lyana Patrick)
Wayback (Carlos Salgado)

Documentary Feature 

Winner: Krimes (Alysa Nahmias)

Honorable Mention: High Maintenance (Barak Heymann)

Official Selections
A Decent Home (Sara Terry)
Eatnameamet: Our Silent Struggle (Suvi West)
Muscle Memory (Mary Trunk)
North by Current (Angelo Madsen Minax)
Trusted Messenger (Chris Newberry)
Vinyl Nation (Christopher Boone and Kevin Smokler)

Documentary Short 

Winner: When We Were Bullies (Jay Rosenblatt)

Honorable Mention: Snowy (Alexander Lewis and Kaitlyn Schwalje)

Official Selections
6,000 Waiting (Michael Joseph McDonald)
All I Can Do (Maxwell Moser)
Documenting Death (Sara Joe Wolansky)
Final Chapter (Conor Holt)
Hello Sunshine (Joe Quint)
Junior (AJ Wilhelm)
New Horizons (Kelsey Andries)
New Horizons (Mike Scholtz)
Nsenene (Michelle Coomber)
¿Que Haces Aqui? A Documentary About Karen (Rob Rook) Seahorse (Nele Dehnenkamp)
The Secret History of Donnelly (Mike Scholtz)
Smelly Little Town (Zach Neumeyer)
Supper Club (Matthew Koshmrl)

Experimental

Winner: The Length of Day (Laura Conway)

Honorable Mention: Feast (Li Yongzheng)
Honorable Mention: Discovering of Fire (Seunghwan Kim)

Official Selections
Flux (Cléa van der Grijn)
Revolykus (Victor Orozco Ramirez)
Shadows in a Landscape (Edwin Miles)
Studies at Huningue / Basel or the Tree to Sleep (Lutz P. Kayser)
Summer Light for Tula (Silvia Alison Turchin)
To the Girl That Looks Like Me (Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah)
What’s Mine Is Yours (Nick Ribolla)

Invited Films

The Beauty President (Whitney Skauge)
Hair-Trigger (S.G. Warkel)
Put the Brights On (Raymond Rea)
Sadie Breaks the Silents (Tom Brandau)

*Additional titles may be added to this list in the coming weeks.

Narrative Feature 

Winner: We Burn Like This (Alana Waksman)

Honorable Mention: Glob Lessons (Nicole Rodenburg)

Official Selections
Anchorage (Scott Monahan)
The Bobcat Boys (Mac Alsfeld)
Dreamover (Roman Olkhovka)
Everything in the End (Mylissa Fitzsimmons)
The Grand Bolero (Gabriele Fabbro)
Kendra and Beth (Dean Peterson)

Narrative Short 

Winner: The Letter Room (Elvira Lind)

Honorable Mention: Frankie (James Kautz)
Honorable Mention: Like the Ones I Used to Know (Annie St-Pierre)

Official Selections
Ace of Clubs (Henri Kebabdjian)
Break Any Spell (Anton Jøsef)
The Call (Aisha Schliessler)
Cherry Cola (Amandine Thomas)
The Criminals (Serhat Karaaslan)
Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine (Ethosheia Hylton)
Gabriela (Natalia Kaniasty)
Georgia (Jayil Pak)
Girl with a Thermal Gun (Rongfei Guo)
GraceLand (Bonnie Discepolo)
Hazel (Jordan Doig)
Human Trash (Aitor Almuedo Esteban)
Inheritance (Annalise Lockhart)
The Intervention (Ryan Becken)
The Kicksled Choir (Torfinn Iversen)
Leylak (Scott Aharoni and Dennis Latos)
Little Bird (Tim Myles)
A Little House in Aberdeen (Emily Goss)
Marked (Matthew Avery Berg)
Marlon Brando (Vincent Tilanus)
The Mohel (Charles Wahl)
Myrtle (Patricia McCormack)
North Star (P.J. Palmer)
Numb (Natasha Jatania)
An Occurrence at Arverne (Robert Broadhurst)
The Painting (Seth Colón)
Paper Geese (Elizabeth Chatelain)
Please Hold (KD Dávila)
Pops (Lewis Rose)
The Right Words (Adrian Moyse Dullin)
Sales Per Hour (Daniel Jaffe and Michelle Uranowitz)
The Sands of Time (James Hughes)
Sea Dragon (James Morgan)
Shark (Nash Edgerton)
Silent Night (Haz Al-Shaater and Yaz Al-Shaater)
The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night (Fawzia Mirza)
Synthetic Love (Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix)
There’s Something in the Silence (Mike Castro)

Student 

Winner: Winter of ‘79 (Julia Elihu)

Honorable Mention: The Dress (Tadeusz Łysiak)
Honorable Mention: Final Masterpiece (Patrick Hanser)

Official Selections
Black Gold (Sydney Bowie Linden)
Charlotte (Zach Dorn)
Forgive Me, Father (Jona Schlosser)
Fourth of July (Major Dorfman)
Kinesthesia: A Walk Through the Fargo-Moorhead Music Scene (Trinah Szafranski)
Making Beethoven Proud (Brian Naughton)
These Voyages Unknown (Kyle Odefey)
Underdogs (Alex Astrella)

The Fargo Film Festival proudly and exclusively accepts entries on FilmFreeway, the world’s best way to enter film festivals. The 22nd Fargo Film Festival will be held March 15-19, 2022.