Animation
Winner: The Driver Is Red (Randall Christopher)

Honorable Mention: Hybrids (Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thireau, Romain Thirion)

Honorable Mention: Weekends (Trevor Jimenez)

Official Selections
Beebox (Cable Hardin)
Between the Lines (Maria Koneva)
Bloeistraat 11 (Nienke Deutz)
Bristled (Scott Farrell)
Carlotta’s Face (Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld)
Coyote (Lorenz Wunderle)
Egg (Martina Scarpelli)
Qwerty (John McAmis)
Seder-Masochism (Nina Paley)

Documentary Feature
Winner: Bathtubs Over Broadway (Dava Whisenant)

Honorable Mention: Behind the Curve (Daniel J. Clark)

Honorable Mention: Silicone Soul (Melody Gilbert)

Official Selections
Don’t Get Trouble in Your Mind (John Whitehead)
Maj Doris (Jon Blahed)
My Country No More (Rita Baghdadi, Jeremiah Hammerling)
The Night of All Nights (Yasemin Samdereli)
Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn? (Zachary Stauffer)

Documentary Short
Winner: Beneath the Ink (Cy Dodson)

Honorable Mention: Bernie Langille Wants to Know… Who Killed Bernie Langille (Jackie Torrens)

Honorable Mention: Happy Animals (David Freid)

Official Selections
bOObs: The War on Women’s Breasts (Megan S. Smith)
Dulce (Guille Isa, Angello Faccini)
Hoan Alone: Personal Stories from the Bridge (Aaron Johnson)
Hula Girl (Amy Hill, Chris Riess)
My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes (Charlie Tyrell)
We Are Still Here (Lizbeth Chappell)

Experimental
Winner: Fragments 83 (Richard Millen, Corentin Koskas)

Honorable Mention: Dissection of a Rose (Austin Page)

Honorable Mention: Medium Rare (Luca Cioci)

Official Selections
Ada (Christine Margaret)
Divulge (Haven Nutt)
The Equatorial Calms (Derek Taylor)
Letters from Eniwetok (Ed Carter)
Public Domain (Jason Britski)

Invited Films
Chroma (Caren McCaleb, Mary Trunk)
I Never Really Left (Izaak Love)
Lost and Found (Andrew Goldsmith and Bradley Slabe) 
Prussia (Jim Manney, Cody Rogness)
Riplist (Mike Scholtz)
Sac de Merde (Greg Chwerchak)

Narrative Feature
Winner: Little Woods (Nia DaCosta)

Honorable Mention: Prospect (Christopher Caldwell, Zeek Earl)

Official Selections
An Acceptable Loss (Joe Chappelle)
Are You Glad I’m Here (Noor Gharzeddine)
Ask for Jane (Rachel Carey)
The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova (Zack Bernbaum)
Ghost Light (John Stimpson)
Isabelle (Rob Heydon)
Wild Honey (Francis Stokes)
Zoo (Colin McIvor)

Narrative Short
Winner: Caroline (Logan George, Celine Held)

Honorable Mention: Fauve (Jeremy Comte)

Honorable Mention: Three Pages (Roger Gariepy)

Official Selections
Aeternitas (Gordie Haakstad)
The Badlands Girl (Evan Ari Kelman)
A Craftsman (Sanford Jenkins Jr.)
Double Date (Vania Smrkovski)
Echoes (Mark Kerins, Elliot Mayen)
Elsewhere (Andy Berriman)
End of the Line (Jessica Sanders)
Esta Es Tu Cuba (Brian Robau)
A Gentle Night (Qiu Yang)
Hair Wolf (Mariama Diallo)
Ham (Zachary Wentz)
Knock at the Door (Michael Constable)
Magic Alps (Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi)
Matria (Álvaro Gago)
Midnight Girl (Christina Yoon)
Papa (Christophe Switzer)
The Puppet Master (Cal Brunker)
Pygmalion (André Hoven)
Rosewood Ledge (Trey Chapman)
Shadow Animals (Jerry Carlsson)
The Suitor (Álvaro Congosto)
To Ana (Simone LeClaire)
You Are the Captain (Dan Samiljan)
Your Call Is Important to Us (TJ Power)

Student
Winner: Mammoth (Ariel Heller)

Honorable Mention: Tuesday Crowd (William Kioultzopoulos)

Official Selections
Ablution (Omar Al Dakheel)
Amal (Dilek Ince)
The Liar (Jack Salvadori)
Mickey’s Pets (Ashley S. Brandon)
One Small Step (Aqsa Altaf)
Practice (Iyabo Kwayana)
Resilient (Aloiz Krisak)
Sitting Shiva (Heather Shapiro)
Small Talk (Steven G. Warkel)
Water Lily (Sierra Obioha)

The Fargo Film Festival mourns the death of the inimitable Alan Abel, one of our all-time favorite guests and the subject of “Abel Raises Cain.”

The entire Fargo Film Festival family extends our sympathy and love to Jeanne Abel, Jenny Abel, and their entire family.

You can read about Mr. Abel’s remarkable life here.

Grindflicks and the Fargo Film Festival are proud to announce “Oh Hai, Mark,” an evening with special guest Greg Sestero.

The Friday, November 9, 2018 event will include screenings of Sestero’s latest films “BEST F(R)IENDS” volumes 1 & 2, followed by an on stage conversation with Sestero.

In 2003 writer/actor/director Tommy Wiseau released his masterpiece: an independent picture called “The Room.” Centered around best friends Johnny (Wiseau) and Mark (Sestero), the film explores love, betrayal, and heartbreak through Wiseau’s singular, peculiar lens. It would eventually become one of the most popular cult films of all time. The film’s legend continues to grow. In 2013 Sestero co-authored the best selling book “The Disaster Artist.” The book captured Wiseau and Sestero’s unique friendship and the bizarre process of producing “The Room.” In 2017, James Franco and Dave Franco portrayed Wiseau and Sestero in the highly acclaimed film adaptation “The Disaster Artist.”

Fifteen years later, Tommy and Greg return to the silver screen in “BEST F(R)IENDS.” Based on a series of true-to-life anecdotes sourced from two decades of shared experiences, “BEST F(R)IENDS” is a unique two-volume cinematic saga that interweaves mystery, intrigue, and more than a few dark laughs into the long-awaited reunion of the cult icons. Step into this surrealist tale and learn a lesson about friendship and loyalty.

“BEST F(R)IENDS: Volume 1” will screen at 5:15 p.m.

“BEST F(R)IENDS: Volume 2” will screen at 7:30 p.m. and will be immediately followed by a live, on-stage conversation and audience Q&A with Greg Sestero.

Tickets go on sale at 4:00 p.m. on October 29 at the Fargo Theatre box office (314 Broadway, Fargo, ND 58102).

General admission seating. In person sales only. 18+ only.

Tickets:
Both Volumes w/Q&A – $20
Volume 2 w/Q&A – $15

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)