2004 Fargo Film Festival
From Fargo Filmmaking
The 2004 Fargo Film Festival was held March 3 through 6 at the Fargo Theatre.
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[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.
- 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.
- 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
[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
[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
[edit] External Links
- 2004 Fargo Film Festival Winners at the Internet Movie Database
