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The 2003 Fargo Film Festival was held March 5 through 8 at the Fargo Theatre.

Awards and Award Winners[]

In 2003, the festival committee announced the inauguration of the Ruth Landfield Award honoring films celebrating women of courage, conviction, and compassion. The award was named to honor Ruth Landfield for her long-standing commitment to the health and well-being of the historic Fargo Theatre.

Winner of Best Documentary Feature: The Children Remember
Winner of Best Documentary Feature (Native American Voices): They Call Me Chief
Winner of Best Documentary Short: Intertwined
Winner of Best Documentary Short (Native American Voices): American Holocaust
Winner of Best Narrative Feature: Two Summers
Winner of Best Narrative Short (Comedy): Creative Process 473
Winner of Best Narrative Short (Drama): Ice Cream Sundae
Winner of Best Narrative Short (Native American Voices): Thorn Grass
Winner of Best Student Film: Ocha Cups for Christmas
Recipient of the Bill Snyder Award: The Children Remember
Recipient of the Ted M. Larson Award: Janet Leigh
Recipients of the Ruth Landfield Award: Nancy Burggraf: Power and Stride and Searching for Wooden Watermelons

Festival Programming[]

Wednesday, March 5[]

Afternoon Session[]

Documentary Short, 29 minutes, Seattle, Washington. A humorous profile of three female poets who perform wearing 60s secretarial outfits while typing poetry on demand on vintage typewriters.
Narrative Short, 9 minutes, East Sussex, England. A boy is born with a bucket on his head. We follow Buckethead throughout a happy childhood and learn that his mother is a religious fundamentalist who forbids her son to attend school due to the imminent arrival of "the Rapture."
Narrative Short, 27 minutes, Glasgow, Scotland. Billy Boyd plays Sniper 470, a lone astronaut sitting in a pod millions of miles from earth. His mission is to destroy passing convoys of spaceships with a giant laser, and, with luck, survive his enemies' lethal counter-attacks.
Narrative Short, 9 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota. A short comedy that examines what happens when the ennui of four friends gives way to a desire to learn how to square-dance on the hottest day of the year. Director present.
Narrative Short, 16 minutes, Tacoma, Washington. When faced with an impending economic crisis, mother and father decide that in order to maintain their status as an affluent, upper middle class family, they must adjust their composition by letting one of their three young children go in hopes of increasing cash flow to more important areas of family operation.
Narrative Short, 4 minutes, Westford, Massachusetts. A comedic film short comprised of three hosiery commercials which examine how an object of desire (the shapely legs of a young woman wearing pantyhose) can be used to subvert human values. How said object of desire is utilized by its protagonists (and viewed voyeuristically by the audience) provides a subtle yet satiric edge to this thinking person's film.
Narrative Short, 10 minutes, Boormans Park, Hertfordshire, England. An unnamed man lies prone in bed, ready to die, trying to tell his life story, including his work for the Ham and Fish Association, his time as a dancer for a now dead pop band and how he sought insanity to outmaneuver death and be reunited with the woman he loves.
Narrative Short, 12 minutes, Long Island City, New York. A heartbroken young Italian joins a monastery after getting a "Dear Giovanni" letter from his girlfriend. The monastery has a vow of silence which is only broken once a day. After days of blissfully mundane and silent work, he happens to witness the demise of the monastery's relic of its patron saint, and its fraudulent replacement. After increasingly desperate attempts to get the attention of the other brothers, he finally succeeds, only to be told the truth of the relic. Director present.
Narrative Short, 14 minutes, New York, New York. Trapped in a small room, two writers running on creative fumes attempt to break free from the limits of scripting a low-budget film. But they hit the wall. Hard. Director/Producer present.

Evening Session[]

Documentary Feature, 57 minutes, Moorhead, Minnesota. The inspiring documentary of a woman from Roseau, Minnesota, who succeeded in a male-dominated world and changed the game of hockey forever. Those who knew Nancy treasure her for what she taught them. They continue to pass on her legacy. Moviemakers and Burggraf family members present.
Narrative Short, 12 minutes, Los Angeles, Caifornia. Lisa, an attractive pregnant woman in her late 20s, is strolling through Neiman Marcus, the Beverly Hills landmark department store. She is forty pounds overweight, miserable, and has six more weeks to go. An elegant lady (Tippi Hedren) tells the story of a young woman who, just like Lisa, never felt beautiful and desirable enough.
Narrative Feature, 86 minutes, Burbank, California. The heartfelt story of three generations of southern women learning to walk the fine line between loving and letting go. When Judie Farnie is forced to choose between her lifelong dream or taking care of her family, she discovers that leaving home is much more than just leaving town. Writer, producer, director, and star present.

Thursday, March 6[]

Friday, March 7[]

Saturday, March 8[]

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