2004 Fargo Film Festival

From Fargo Filmmaking

The 2004 Fargo Film Festival was held March 3 through 6 at the Fargo Theatre.

Contents 1 Awards and Award Winners 2 Festival Programming 2.1 Wednesday, March 3 2.1.1 Afternoon Session 2.1.2 Pre-Party 2.1.3 Evening Session 2.1.4 Post-Party 2.2 Thursday, March 4 2.2.1 Morning Session 2.2.2 Luncheon 2.2.3 Afternoon Session 2.2.4 Pre Party 2.2.5 Evening Session 2.3 Friday, March 5 2.3.1 Morning Session 2.3.2 Luncheon 2.3.3 Afternoon Session 2.3.4 Pre-Party 2.3.5 Evening Session 2.3.6 Post-Party at Northern Lights Venue 2.4 Saturday, March 6 2.4.1 Morning Session 2.4.2 Luncheon 2.4.3 Afternoon Session 2.4.4 Pre-Party 2.4.5 Evening Session 2.4.6 Post-Party 3 External Links

[edit] Awards and Award Winners

Winner of Best Animation/Experimental: Point of View

Winner of Best Documentary Feature: Stage, Screen and Reserve

Winner of Best Documentary Short: If the Weather Permits

Winner of Best Narrative Feature: Myron's Movie

Winner of Best Narrative Short: Agora

Winner of Native American Voices: Looks into the Night

Winner of Best Student Film: Where Is There Room?

Recipient of the Bill Snyder Award: Stage, Screen and Reserve: The Life and Times of Gordon Tootoosis

Recipient of the Ruth Landfield Award: Jumping for Joy

Recipient of the Ted M. Larson Award: Rob Nilsson

[edit] Festival Programming

[edit] Wednesday, March 3

[edit] Afternoon Session

• Artsy Fartsy directed by Anthony Bergman

Narrative Short, 15 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota. Honorable Mention.

• Shadows Still Echo directed by Jay Discher

Student, 6 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota

• Father Jack's Mission: Parish for the Poor directed by Mel Stone and Robin Huebner

Documentary Short, 25 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.

• Four Sisters for Peace directed by Mike Hazard

Documentary Short, 27 minutes, St. Paul, Minnesota. Honorable Mention.

• Home directed by Narendra Ghimire

Student, 7 minutes, Moorhead, Minnesota.

• Agora directed by Chris Newberry

Narrative Short, 8 minutes, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Winner Best Narrative Short.

• Building a Dream: The Moorhead Stave Church directed by Deb Wallwork.

Documentary Short, 29 minutes, St. Paul, Minnesota.

• Manidoo Nibaa directed by Elizabeth Day

Narrative Short, 5 minutes, St. Paul, Minnesota.

• Permanent Neutral directed by Leif Olson

Student, 13 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.

• After-School Special directed by Aaron Baker

Student, 15 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.

[edit] Pre-Party

PD's on First

[edit] Evening Session

• The Restorers directed by Adam White

Documentary Feature, 60 minutes, Bedford, Ohio. Honorable Mention.

• Stage, Screen and Reserve: The Life and Times of Gordon Tootoosis directed by Fang Fang Gao

Documentary Feature, 45 minutes, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Winner Bill Snyder Award for Best Documentary Feature.

[edit] Post-Party

The Spirit Room

[edit] Thursday, March 4

[edit] Morning Session

• Overpass directed by Alan Price

Animation, 7 minutes, Ellicott City, Maryland. A boy is isolated in a desert filled with highway overpasses. He takes a ride in Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Car and enters a city where he learns that he can control his environment, if only to rearrange it.

• Jimmy Rocket Knocks Your Socks Off directed by Tanya Jo Miller

Animation, Los Angeles, California

• The Minneapolis Wrestling Club directed by John Lightfoot

Documenatry Short, 17 minutes, Berkley, California.

• Point of View directed by Il-Hyang Jang

Animation, Woodside, New York. Winner Best Animated.

• Keeping Balance directed by Scott Clark

Animation, 6 minutes, Pender Island, BC, Canada.

• Finding Our Talk directed by Paul Richard

Native American Voices, 25 minutes, Montreal, QB, Canada.

• If the Weather Permits (2003) directed by Elisapie Isaac

Documentary Short, 28 minutes, New York, New York. Winner Best Documentary Short.

[edit] Luncheon

A New Era for Documentary Filmmaking Moderated by Matt Olien, speakers included Adam White and Mel Stone

[edit] Afternoon Session

• Navajo Dream 3 directed by James Polk

Native American Voices, 5 minutes, Simi Valley, California

• Don't Call Me Tonto directed by Alan Smithee

Native American Voices, 83 minutes, Gibsons, BC, Canada.

• Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole (2003) directed by Gil Cardinal

Documentary Feature, 70 minutes, New York, New York.

• Elizabeth Peratrovich: Birth of Civil Rights

Native American Voices, 3 minutes, Anchorage, Alaska.

• Looks into the Night directed by Lorraine Norrgard

Native American Voices, 28 minutes, Cloquet, Minnesota. Winner Best Native American Voices.

[edit] Pre Party

Juano's

[edit] Evening Session

• Stories from the Seventh Fire directed by Gregory Coyes

Native American Voices, 24 minutes, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Honorable Mention.

• Jumping for Joy directed by Timothy Nelson

Invited Feature. Murray, Utah.

• Attitude directed by Rob Nilsson

Narrative Feature. San Francisco, California.

[edit] Friday, March 5

[edit] Morning Session

• Father Jack's Mission: Parish for the Poor (second screening)
• Building a Dream: The Moorhead Stave Church (second screening)
• Manidoo Nibaa (second screening)
• Spirit of the Game directed by Annie Frazier Henry

Native American Voices, 48 minutes, Gibsons, BC, Canada.

[edit] Luncheon

Perspectives No Longer: Women in Film, Deb Wallwork, Maggie Soboil, Kate Lehmann

[edit] Afternoon Session

• The Lazy Assassin directed by Jennifer Goyette

Narrative short, 10 minutes, Los Angeles, California.

• Maree (Tides) directed by James Pellerito

Narrative Short, 15 minutes, New York, New York.

• Where Is There Room? directed by Byron Karabatsos, Sonali Gulati & Antonio Paez

Student, 8 minutes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Winner Best Student Film

• True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers directed by Valerie Red-horse

Documentary Feature, 57 minutes, Tarzana, California.

• Keeping Balance directed by Scott Clark

Animation, 6 minutes, Pender Island, BC, Canada.

• Dancing on the Moon directed by Rodrick Pocowatchit

Native American Voices, 90 minutes, Wichita, Kansas.

[edit] Pre-Party

Hjemkomst Center

[edit] Evening Session

• Kitchen Stories directed by Ben Hamer

Narrative Feature, 92 minutes, invited selection.

• Saskatchewan Part 2: That's My Wonderful Town directed by Brian Stockton

Documentary Short, 13 minutes, Toronto, ON, Canada.

• Detective Fiction directed by Patrick Coyle

Narrative Feature, 102 minutes, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Invited Film.

[edit] Post-Party at Northern Lights Venue

• Late Night Movie: The Fog of War

[edit] Saturday, March 6

[edit] Morning Session

• Spiritual Blessing by Ambrose Littleghost
• Indian Time 3: 500 Years of Feelings directed by Don Marks

Native American Voices, 48 minutes, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

• Stories from the Seventh Fire directed by Greg Coyes

Native American Voices, 24 minutes, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Best Native American Voices.

• Looks into the Night directed by Lorraine Norrgard

Native American Voices, 28 minutes, Cloquet, Minnesota. Best Native American Voices.

[edit] Luncheon

The Politics of Film Production and Distribution with Troy Parkinson, Craig Rice, Leslie Field, Peter Phillips, and Bill Marcil Jr..

[edit] Afternoon Session

• The Bathroom Agreement directed by Jenny Andrews

Student, 17 minutes, Los Angeles, California.

• The Custodial Code directed by Andrew Zilch

Narrative Short, 15 minutes, Studio City, California.

• Freeline directed by Keum Taek Jung

Student, 4 minutes, Rochester, New York

• Home (second screening)
• Four Sisters for Peace (second screening)
• After-School Special (second screening)
• The Littlest Cowboy directed by Todd Sepp and Matthew Van Hoesen

Student, 19 minutes, Tucson, Arizona.

• Shadows Still Echo (second screening)
• The Lazy Assassin (second screening)
• Saving Worms directed by Chris Prouty

Student, 13 minutes, Los Angeles, California

• Permanent Neutral (second screening)
• This Is Our Slaughterhouse directed by Matthew Broerman

Student, 23 minutes, Cincinnati, Ohio.

• Food Chain directed by Hyunjoung Kim

Student, 2 minutes, Elmhurst, New York

• Artsy Fartsy (second screening)

[edit] Pre-Party

Stokers at Hotel Donaldson

[edit] Evening Session

• Where Is There Room? (second screening)
• If the Weather Permits (second screening)
• Point of View (second screening)
• Agora (second screening)
• Myron's Movie (second screening)

[edit] Post-Party

Northern Lights Venue

[edit] External Links

• 2004 Fargo Film Festival Winners at the Internet Movie Database