The 2026 Fargo Film Festival Program is available now. Click the button or festival cover image below to open the program guide! Take a look at all the festival has to offer, read descriptions of each film, and plan your Fargo Film Festival experience.
Feed yourself and your mind at the Fargo Film Festival’s 2026 luncheon panel discussions. Join us at the Radisson Blu’s ballroom (201 5th St. N) on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 for exciting conversations with special guests. Tickets are $20 and include lunch.
Luncheon tickets are only available for sale in person at the Fargo Theatre box office.
“The Front Lines of Book Banning: Fargo-Moorhead Experts Speak” Friday, March 20 at 12:00 noon
Inspired by documentary feature winner The Librarians, author and librarian Karen Joan Kohoutek leads a panel of Fargo-Moorhead experts in a discussion on book bans and censorship in modern America.
“Writing for the Screen” Saturday, March 21 at 12:00 noon
It all starts with an idea. Join moderator Aaron Berg and FFF filmmakers Shane Chung, Erik Jensen, Dan Lund, and Abel Pavalon as they discuss the journey from inspiration to the page.
Tickets and passes for the 2026 Fargo Film Festival are now on sale online and at the Fargo Theatre box office.
The Fargo Film Festival sells comprehensive passes or individual tickets by the session:
Seating is general admission, first come, first serve.
A ticket for a given session grants admission to all films screening during that session. During the Morning and Afternoon Sessions, ticket holders can move back and forth between the Fargo Theatre’s two auditoriums as they wish. During the Evening Sessions, Fargo Film Festival programming is only offered in Theatre 1.
Please note that a service charge of $1.25 will be added to every ticket purchased online.
Comprehensive Passes:
Festival Fanatic Pass – SOLD OUT – $175 (Only 25 passes for sale)
This pass grants general admission to all Festival screening sessions (Morning, Afternoon, and Evening) including Preschool with Josh Duhamel. This pass also grants admission to three receptions/parties (see details below). Festival Fanatic pass holders receive two complimentary drink tickets and hors d’oeuvres at each reception.
Movie Lovers Pass – $125
This pass grants general admission to all Festival screening sessions (Morning, Afternoon, and Evening) including Preschool with Josh Duhamel.
Individual Session Tickets:
Morning or Afternoon Session Single Admission
$10 General, $5 Student
Evening Session Single Admission
$13 General, $5 Student
Additional Event Tickets:
Luncheon Panel Discussions (Friday & Saturday at the Radisson Blu)
$20 – includes meal and entertaining conversations on film
2-Minute Movie Contest (Friday, March 21 at 9:30pm)
$2
(Admission to the 2-Minute Movie Contest is included with all Festival Passes and with the purchase of a Friday Evening Session ticket)
Fargo Film Festival 2025 Receptions/Parties (Admission included with the Festival Fanatic Pass)
Festival Fanatic pass holders receive two complimentary drink tickets and hors d’oeuvres at each reception. A cash bar will be available at all locations for additional beverage purchases.
Tuesday, March 17
Opening Night Reception
5:30 – 7:00pm
Jasper Hotel
215 Broadway N
Fargo, ND
Friday, March 20
Friday Reception
5:30 – 7:00pm
Marge’s Diner
220 Broadway N
Fargo, ND
Saturday, March 21
Festival Wrap Party
9:30 – midnight
84 Italian Steakhouse at the Radisson Blu
201 5th St N
Fargo, ND
The Radisson Blu Fargo is offering discounted rooms for visitors attending the 2026 Fargo Film Festival!
To book a room, please use the button below. If you have any questions, please contact the hotel directly by calling (701) 232-7363