Submissions are now open for our 2019 season and we at the Fargo Film Festival are pretty dang proud to share the message we received today from FilmFreeway:

“Dear Fargo Film Festival,

Congratulations!

The Fargo Film Festival is now accepting submissions for 2019.

Filmmakers are encouraged to take advantage of our August 1, 2018 early-bird deadline discount.

All submission information is available here:

We refuse to believe it has already been a month since the 2018 Fargo Film Festival was just about to get underway.

Our 2018 2-Minute Movie Contest winner Jared D. Weiss, whose animated short “A Message for Brazey” was selected from more than 225 entries, wrote to us to say, “Thank you to the Fargo Film Festival and everyone that came out to support short films and short filmmakers, and of course a big thank you for accepting Brazey into your life. Stay Brazey!”

The Fargo Film Festival would like to express our most sincere gratitude to all the people who helped make 2018 a spectacular event.

We say 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 2019, and we can’t wait to see what’s in store for us.

The Fargo Film Festival congratulates Jared D. Weiss as the 2018 first place winner of the 2-Minute Movie Contest.

Weiss’ animated short “A Message for Brazey” was chosen as the winning work from more than 225 submitted movies. Weiss is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

The second place movie was Samantha Gurry’s “Gutterball.”

Third place went to Natt Cali’s “No Place to Hide.”

Thanks to all the moviemakers who shared their excellent work for the showcase. The 2-Minute Movie Contest will return in 2019.

The Fargo Film Festival is excited to announce the availability of SCHED for the 2018 event.

Sched is an interactive online version of the Fargo Film Festival schedule. You can see upcoming titles, browse films by category, and receive reminders for evening pre-parties.

Sched can be saved to your phone’s home screen, so you can be just a tap away from the descriptions of upcoming movies!

Take a look at Sched here.

The Fargo Film Festival is excited to announce the selections to be screened in the annual 2-Minute Movie Contest.

The event will take place at the Fargo Theatre at 9:30 p.m., following the local premiere of “Tater Tot and Patton” on Friday, March 23, 2018.

Ticket and pass holders attending “Tater Tot and Patton” may stay for the 2-Minute Movie Contest. Those coming just for the 2-Minute Movie Contest pay two dollars at the door.

Congratulations to all the talented moviemakers. We look forward to seeing you at the show!

Another Name (Christina Johnson)
Ben Gets Stranded (Ben Dietels, et al.)
Big Brown’s TV Slap-Down! (Cable Hardin)
Black Cat and iPad (Neno Belchev)
Clone (Grace Maloney)
Connecting (Paul Bailey)
Degolas (Clement Treboux)
Different Colors (Cristina Garcia Zarzosa)
Doctor Hook (Aaron Crume)
Dog Lover (Chris Macken)
Easter (Denys Kushnarov)
Eleanor Fixes a Music Box (Lara Graney)
Equality (Sebastian Kuckovsky)
G-AAAH (Lizzy Hobbs)
Granny Smith (Linda Niksic)
Gutterball (Samantha Gurry)
Head over Heels (Leonid Grigurko)
Hipster Zombies (Matt Eckholm)
I Am Wet (John Akre)
IHFZ (Charles Hinton)
I’m Shy But… (Kwak Min Young)
Joust Between 2 Bros (Mary Lykes)
Kentucky Fried Massacre (Ali Alkhafaji)
Let It Snow (Mary Lykes)
Little Monster (Abigail Karl)
Little Olive Best Buds (Paul Scott)
Louise’s Ennui (Maura DeRose)
Mesh (Gunner)
A Message for Brazey (Jared Weiss)
My Self-Reflection (Meghan Judge)
No Place to Hide (Natt Cali)
The Perfect Storm (Samantha LaRochelle)
Pretentious Art Film (Eric Wicklund)
Runda (Maurizio Loi)
Running Sushi (Stepan Etrych)
Secrets by the Moon (Audra Day)
Special Delivery (Maura DeRose)
Static (Emily McNeill)
Under the Bed (George Lee)
The Web Meeting (Edward Linder)
What He Did (Carly Drabeck)
Where Is Maple Hill? (John Gigrich)
World’s Best Axe Murderer (Eric Carlson)

The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce the FM premiere of “Tater Tot and Patton” with special guests Andrew Kightlinger and Bates Wilder.

Shot on location in South Dakota, “Tater Tot and Patton” is a humorous and compelling examination of the bonds of family. With unforgettable performances by Jessica Rothe (“Happy Death Day,” “Forever My Girl,” “La La Land”) and Bates Wilder (“Detroit,” “Joy,” “Stronger”), “Tater Tot and Patton” follows two lost souls unwittingly seeking connection and redemption on the Great Plains.

Writer/director Andrew Kightlinger and star Bates Wilder will participate in a Q and A following the screening of “Tater Tot and Patton” that begins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 23, 2018 at the Fargo Theatre. Tickets are currently available at the Fargo Theatre box office.

The Fargo Film Festival is excited to showcase “Ruin Me,” a horror feature in which the reluctant Alex (Marcienne Dwyer) tags along for “Slasher Sleepout,” an extreme event that is part camping trip, part haunted house, and part escape room. But when the fun turns deadly, Alex has to play the game if she wants to make it out alive.

Key members of the “Ruin Me” production team, including writer/director Preston DeFrancis, writer Trysta Bissett, and star Marcienne Dwyer, will attend the screening and share a conversation with the audience following the film.

Preceded by the special short subject selection “Your Date Is Here,” “Ruin Me” begins at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 at the Fargo Theatre. Tickets are now available at the Fargo Theatre box office.

The 2018 edition of the Fargo Film Festival begins March 20.

Director C.J. Wallis’ “The Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much” has been selected as the opening night film.

The documentary shares the fascinating story of Ted Slauson, a math teacher whose obsessive chronicling of product values for items on “The Price Is Right” culminated in a controversial 2008 episode in which he helped a contestant place a perfect bid.

Featuring appearances by Bob Barker, Kevin Pollak, and longtime “The Price Is Right” producer Roger Dobkowitz, “The Perfect Bid” is the perfect entertainment to begin the 2018 Fargo Film Festival.

The screening begins at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20 at the Fargo Theatre. Tickets are available now at the Fargo Theatre box office.