The 2024 Fargo Film Festival includes two Oscar nominated movies! Congratulations to the filmmakers of Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó (Best Documentary Short Film) and Letter to a Pig (Best Animated Short Film). These incredible films screen at the Fargo Theatre during FFF24, held March 19-23.
Every year, the Fargo Film Festival commissions an original piece of cover art from a local or regional artist. This year, the FFF Cover Artist is Troy Becker. The Fargo Film Festival is proud to reveal the official cover art for the 2024 program guide.
The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce the slate of movies selected for the 2024 event. The Festival will be held March 19-23 at the Fargo Theatre. Congratulations to all the filmmakers; we look forward to sharing your talents with our audiences.
Selections for the 2-Minute Movie Contest will be announced in the coming weeks.
Animation
Winner: Starling (Mitra Shahidi)
Honorable Mention: 27 (Flora Anna Buda)
Honorable Mention: Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor)
Official Selections
Armat (Elodie Dermange)
Aube (Vincent Gibaud)
Electra (Daria Kashcheeva)
Finding Home (Maria Stanisheva)
Money and Happiness (Ana Nedeljković and Nikola Majdak Jr)
Oneluv (Varya Yakovleva)
Shackle (Ainslie Henderson)
Witchfairy (Cedric Igodt and David Van de Weyer)
Documentary Feature
Winner: Greener Pastures (Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian)
Honorable Mention: 40 Below: The Toughest Race in the World (Marius Anderson)
Honorable Mention: With Peter Bradley (Alex Rappoport)
Official Selections
Camp RicStar (Sam McConnell)
Dusty and Stones (Jesse Rudoy)
Nathan-ism (Elan Golod)
Show Her the Money (Ky Dickens)
What Happened to Jackson Avenue? (Hakima Alem and Rudi Gohl)
Documentary Short
Winner: Hakki Rising (David Larson)
Honorable Mention: Chasin’ Butterflies (Adam Dobbs, Joshua Harding, and Matt Klug)
Honorable Mention: Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles (Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk)
Official Selections
Ball People (Scott Lazer)
Dynasty and Destiny (Travis Lee Ratcliff)
Heart of an Astronaut (Jennifer Rainsford)
Kambana (Samuel Pastor)
Len and His Spitfire (Noelle Duddridge)
Malignasquelluki: To Live in Harmony (Colin Russell and Ilegvak)
Middle America (Dana Larson)
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó (Sean Wang)
Nina and Irena (Daniel Lombroso)
Please Ask For It (Allison Waid)
Sanctuary (John Haley and Julia Szromba)
Savi the Cat (Netsanet Tjirongo and Bryan Tucker)
Soundscape (Timmy O’Neill)
The Vanishing Point: Tracing Shadows in Prussian Blue (Marek Ryszard Dojs)
The Vanishing Strings of the Andes (Sam Watkins)
Wabanaki Modern (Clem McIntosh)
Will You Look at Me (Shuli Huang)
Experimental
Winner: The Site of Unsure (Zachary Howatt)
Official Selections
balaena (Alessia Cecchet)
Broken Mirror (Sina Maali)
Not Us (James Kautz)
Skin (Leo Behrens)
What Humans Do (Miranda Javid)
White (Keum-Taek Jung)
Invited Films
AJ Goes to the Dog Park (Special Preview Screening)
The Greater Cumberland County Cooking Show
Immaculate
Narrative Feature
Winner: Scrap (Vivian Kerr)
Honorable Mention: Coyote (Katherine Jerkovic)
Honorable Mention: My Motherland (Benoit Cohen)
Official Selections
Aligned (Apollo Bakopoulos)
The Business of Pleasure (Goce Cvetanovski)
Daughter of the Sun (Ryan Ward)
The Problem of the Hero (Shaun Dozier)
Smoking Tigers (So Young Shelly Yo)
Narrative Short
Winner: Closing Dynasty (Lloyd Lee Choi)
Honorable Mention: Death to the Bikini! (Justine Gauthier)
Honorable Mention: The Old Young Crow (Liam LoPinto)
Official Selections
48 Hours (Azadeh Moussavi)
Body of Work (Andrea Tellez and Sophie Tellez)
Busybody (Barclay DeVeau)
Career Day (Chris Hooper and Jason Robinson)
Chairs (James Hughes)
Children of Light (Minkyu Kang)
Classmates (Major Dorfman)
The Countryman (Andy Kastelic)
The Day Of (Umar Malik)
Farther (Josh Hundermark)
The Fourth (Johnny Kirk)
A Good Day Will Come (Amir Zargara)
Hatirlama (Josh Folan)
Homebody (Brian Hoesing)
Ivania (Luigi Abanto)
Lunchbox (Anne Hu)
Misprint (Adam Volerich)
Mountain Dust (Marlén Ríos-Farjat)
Mystic Tiger (Marc Martínez Jordán)
Nian (Michelle Krusiec)
Nur and Abir (Manu Gómez)
The No Problem Zone (Nicholas Sennott)
The Pencil (Thomas Schultz)
Rabies (Alberto Díaz)
Sèt Lam (Vincent Fontano)
Slippers (Mark Ryan Walberg)
Trevor Hurt Someone (Sam Pinnelas)
Student
Winner: Truth (Tamara Denić)
Honorable Mention: Code Rose (Taye Cimon, Pierre Coëz, Julie Groux, Sandra Leydier, Manuarii Morel, and Romain Seisson)
Honorable Mention: Esmeralda (Jennifer Greco)
Official Selections
Apex Point (Jacob Møller)
Blue Hour (J.D Shields)
Boxing Day (Leigh Schilling)
Chocolat Chaud (Evelyne Peter)
Coming of Age (Zhao Wu)
Cowboy Kevin (Anna Lund Konnerup)
Eptá (Carter Aakhus, Abigale Larson, and Holly Stedman)
The Florist (Joachim Perino Pegalajar)
The Flower Darkens (Philippe Berthelet)
The General’s Room (Georges Marion)
The Grassland Whisper (Jiaqing Lin)
Kingdom of Songs (Anlan Tao)
Mum’s Spaghetti (Lisa Kenney)
Pivot (Aditi Sridhar)
The Road to Victory (Clotilde Zimille-Tran)
Sauvage (Alma Henry, Élina Nicolle, Andréa Lebon, Pauline Orsini, and Shiuan-An Lin)
The Yellow Triangle (Yoanna Leclerc)
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 2024 Fargo Film Festival must be provided in approved DCP format for exhibition.
The 24th Fargo Film Festival will be held March 19-23, 2024.
Submissions for the 2025 Fargo Film Festival will open in the summer.
The Fargo Film Festival would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to the sponsors, volunteers, moviemakers, special guests, audience members, and Fargo Theatre staff who made 2023 one of the most exciting celebrations to date.
We will take a moment to catch our collective breath before opening 2024 submission season on FilmFreeway.
The Fargo Film Festival is the largest annual fundraiser for the historic Fargo Theatre and we are grateful for the generous support of our sponsors. Thank you to the individuals and organizations that helped make the 2023 Festival a smashing success!
The 2023 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.
The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce the winners of the Best in Show Awards for the 2023 Fargo Film Festival.
Best Picture: “JessZilla” (Documentary Feature)
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Best Director: Emily Sheskin for “JessZilla” (Documentary Feature)
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Best Cinematography: Farahad Ghaderi for “Kassandra” (Narrative Short)
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Pat Hansen Award for Best Screenplay: Michael Goorjian for “Amerikatsi” (Narrative Feature)
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Best Actor: Jesse Gavin for “Northern Shade” (Narrative Feature)
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Best Actress: Urara Takano for “The Voice Actress” (Narrative Short)
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The Ruth Landfield Award is presented to “The Panola Project” (Documentary Short)
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The Prairie Spirit Award is presented to “Big Crow” (Documentary Feature)
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The Rusty Casselton Award is presented to “Night of the Living Dread” (Animation)
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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 2023 Program.
Feed your tummy and your mind at the Fargo Film Festival’s 2023 Luncheon Panel Discussions. Join us at the Radisson Blu Fargo (201 5th St. N) on Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25 at noon for exciting conversations with special guests. Tickets are $15 and include lunch. Tickets are on sale now at the Fargo Theatre Box Office; remaining tickets will be available at the door.
Friday, March 24 at 12:00 noon
From documentaries to podcasts, true crime stories have been captivating audiences for generations. Explore the enduring appeal of the genre and the unique challenges of telling these stories from the perspective of three creators: documentarian Allison Otto, journalist/filmmaker Tracy Briggs, and producer/podcaster James Wolner.
Saturday, March 25 at 12:00 noon
Every great movie begins as words on a page. Whether telling an original story or composing an artful adaptation, screenwriting is the unique craft at the heart of cinema. Hear from multi-hyphenate film artists as they discuss their writing processes and the transition from script to screen.
The Fargo Film Festival’s 2023 2-Minute Movie Contest will take place on Thursday, March 23 beginning at 9:15 p.m.
Moviegoers who attend the Thursday evening showcase screening of “Iron Opera” are invited to stay for the 2-Minute Movie Contest. Those who plan to come only for the 2-Minute Movie Contest will be able to purchase tickets at the door for only two dollars each.
Congratulations to all the moviemakers whose work was selected for the 2023 2-Minute Movie Contest.
Again and Again (Lutz Kayser)
Alone (Nicolas Andrew Silva)
Call of Nature (Donal O’Dea)
Capture (Tristan Pfaff and Ben Koel)
Charlie the Lonely (Shihyun Wang)
Chicken Tinga Toagie (Jason Kuntz)
Chinese New Year in Taiwan (Shihyun Wang)
Coping With Loss (Mitchell McCallson)
A Coward’s War (Anthony Bradley)
The Date (Donal O’Dea)
Dehumanized (Louis Bruckner)
Etah (Rachel Lin Weaver)
Fight Night (Derek Smith)
Foolgirl (Sofia Touboura)
The Gift of All Time (George Michals)
Insomnia (Kang Le)
The Intruder (Peng Ziqi)
It’s Been a Bad Day (Danielle Lirov)
Lacy Hates Her Job (Maddie Lee)
Light on Water 6 (Andrew Payne)
The Lizards Are Listening (Ashique Mostafa)
Magma (Alexandre Dacosta)
The Missing Horoscope (Jess Skolnick)
October Eleventh (Damian Gonzalez and Jeremy Weinstein)
One Hundred Grand (Charles Hinton)
Out of Pasture (Jared Weiss)
Pedidos (Roberto I. Ercolalo)
Point of No Return (Lutz Kayser)
Reflection (Tanya Vigel)
Sam (Anthony Cuomo)
Screengrab (Sadie Walton)
See You When I See You (Delia Mullen)
She (Odette Laramee)
Smoking Mirrors (Zareh Tjeknavorian)
Stair Stare (John Akre)
Summer Turns to Fall (David Creighton)
Taking Inventory (Aaron Diament)
Thoughts From a Severed Head (Aaron Crume)
TKO (Oliver Smith)
To the Moon (Rickie Cai)
The Top Ten Films of 2022 (Toby Jones)
Treasure (Lance Yijin Lao)
Wanderers: Reverie (Katie Brooks)
Who Cares (Joey Esposito)
Wilbur (Luke Chrzan)