2005 Fargo Film Festival

From Fargo Filmmaking

The 2005 Fargo Film Festival was held March 2 through 5 at the Fargo Theatre.

Contents 1 Awards and Award Winners 2 Festival Introduction 3 Festival Programming 3.1 Wednesday, March 2 3.1.1 Afternoon Session 3.1.2 Pre-Party 3.1.3 Evening Session 3.2 Thursday, March 3 3.2.1 Morning Session 3.2.2 Luncheon 3.2.3 Afternoon Session 3.2.4 Pre-Party 3.2.5 Evening Session 3.3 Friday, March 4 3.3.1 Morning Session 3.3.2 Luncheon 3.3.3 Afternoon Session 3.3.4 Pre-Party 3.3.5 Evening Session 3.4 Saturday, March 5 3.4.1 Morning Session 3.4.2 Luncheon 3.4.3 Afternoon Session 3.4.4 Pre-Party 3.4.5 Evening Session 3.4.6 Post Party 4 External Links

[edit] Awards and Award Winners

Winner of Best Animation: Claynation

Winner of Best Documentary Feature: The Watershed

Winner of Best Documentary Short: The Mattlaberg Photographer

Winner of Best Narrative Feature: What's Bugging Seth

Winner of Best Narrative Short (Comedy): Lift

Winner of Best Narrative Short (Drama): Winter Sea

Winner of Native American Voices: American Nizhoni

Winner of Best Student Narrative Short (Comedy): Love: The Movie

Winner of Best Student Narrative Short (Drama): Modus Vivendi

Recipient of the Bill Snyder Award: The Watershed

Recipient of the Ruth Landfield Award: Speak Out: I Had an Abortion

Recipient of the Prairie Spirit Award: The Open Road: America Looks at Aging

[edit] Festival Introduction

The following introduction was written by Fargo Theatre Executive Director Margie Bailly, and appeared in the program:

Welcome to Fargo, the Film Festival, Take V

"What's It All About, Alfie?"

It's about the movies... 4 days and nights of movies that open our eyes stimulate our minds, touch our souls, wrench our hearts; movies that reflect our past, predict our future, illuminate our present; long movies, short movies, happy movies, sad movies.

It's about the people... dedicated volunteers, bleary-eyed movie jurors, starry-eyed filmmakers and simultaneously exhausted and exhilarated staff members.

It's about the community... Fargo-Moorhead and beyond; sensible Scandinavian audiences that are willing to come in from the cold to a warm, comfortable space, to be taken out of their comfort zones by compelling, fresh, creative voices on the silver screen and in provocative panel discussions and interactive Q&As.

It's about the Theatre... a theatre that USA Today calls one of the best in which to revel in cinematic grandeur. We call it a magical, spirited place, haunted by generations of audiences. So hang on to your programs, control your soft drinks and popcorn at all times and fasten your seat belts for a fabulously bumpy ride on a truly independent Fargo Film Festival airline.

[edit] Festival Programming

[edit] Wednesday, March 2

[edit] Afternoon Session

• Lift (2004) directed by Hugues Dalton and Jeff Garton

Narrative Short, 29 minutes, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Winner Best Narrative Short Comedy.

• Winter Sea (2004) directed by Erika Tasini

Narrative Short, 25 minutes, Los Angeles, California. Winner Best Narrative Short Drama.

• Modus Vivendi (2005) directed by Richard Liukis

Student Film, 5 minutes, Los Angeles, California. Winner Best Student Film (Drama).

• Love: The Movie (2004) directed by Adam Bertocci

Student Film, 10 minutes, Bronxville, New York. Winner Best Student Film (Comedy).

• Claynation (2004) directed by Wayne McConnell

Animation, 9 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota. Winner Best Animation.

• The Mattlaberg Photographer (2004) directed Jonas Bagger

Documentary Short, 24 minutes, Frederiksberg, Denmark. Winner Best Documentary Short.

• Ride of the Mergansers (2005) directed by Steve Furman

Documentary Short, 12 minutes, Lexington, Minnesota. Honorable Mention.

• Diez Minutos directed by Alberto Ruiz Rojo

Narrative Short, 15 minutes, Madrid, Spain.

• The Return of Peg Leg Pete (2004) directed by David Cairns

Narrative Short, 10 minutes, Edinburgh, Scotland.

• Sara Goes to Lunch (2004) directed by Dean Kapsalis

Narrative Short, 20 minutes, Brooklyn, New York.

[edit] Pre-Party

Monte's Downtown

[edit] Evening Session

• The Open Road: America Looks at Aging (2005) directed by Nina Gilden Seavey

Invited Documentary Feature, 56 minutes. Winner of the Prairie Spirit Award.

• The Aryan Couple directed by John Daly

Narrative Feature, 78 minutes, Los Angeles, California. Honorable Mention.

[edit] Thursday, March 3

[edit] Morning Session

• Manufacturing of a Revelation directed by Michael Monroe

Student Film, 5 minutes, San Francisco, California.

• It Don't Mean a Thing directed by Patrick McGrane and Tom Speer

Student Film, 10 minutes, Moorhead, Minnestoa.

• Silo directed by Kevin Phillips

Student Film, 10 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.

• Garpenfargle directed by Bill Kersey and Edward Kim

Student Film, 3 minutes, Oro Valley, Arizona

• What Is Heaven? directed by Troy Parkinson

Documentary Short, 3 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota

• Wild Bunch directed by Angie Nemanic

Documentary Short, 30 minutes, New Berlin, Wisconsin

• The ELCA in Dialogue directed by Kirk Van Dorn

Documentary Short, 25 minutes, Mahnomen, Minnesota

[edit] Luncheon

The Art of Documentary Filmmaking

Panelists included Mary Trunk.

[edit] Afternoon Session

• Listen (2004) directed by Kimby Caplan

Student Film, 60 minutes, Arlington, Texas.

• From a Silk Cocoon directed by Satsuki Ina

Documentary Feature, 57 minutes, San Francisco, California

• Peaceable Kingdom (2004) directed by Jenny Stein

Documentary Feature, 70 minutes, Ithaca, New York.

[edit] Pre-Party

Hotel Donaldson

[edit] Evening Session

• The Watershed directed by Mary Trunk

Documentary Feature, 78 minutes, Altadena, California. Winner Best Documentary Feature. Winner of the Bill Snyder Award.

• Sara Goes to Lunch directed by Dean Kapsalis

Narrative Short, 20 minutes, Brooklyn New York.

• Ghosts of Hamilton Street (2003) directed by Mike Flanagan

Narrative Feature, 65 minutes, Glendale, Claifornia.

[edit] Friday, March 4

[edit] Morning Session

• Taking November directed by Missy Whiteman

Native American Voices, 3 minutes, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Lady Warriors directed by John Goheen

Native American Voices, 90 minutes, Marrison, Colorado.

• Wild Bunch directed by Angie Nemanic

Documentary Short, 30 minutes, New Berlin, Wisconsin.

[edit] Luncheon

Truly Independent Filmmaking

Panelists included Erika Tasini and cast and crew members of What's Bugging Seth and Ghosts of Hamilton Street.

[edit] Afternoon Session

• The Bookshelf directed by Yohei Kawamata

Student Film, 5 minutes, Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Friends Like These (2005) directed by Corey Giann Antonio

Student Film, 5 minutes, Los Angeles, California.

• Obscura directed by Bert Frishman

Student Film, 14 minutes, Moorhead, Minnesota.

• Travis directed by Gaby Chavez

Student Film, 8 minutes, Glendale, California.

• Of Will and Wickedness (2004) directed by Kevin Phillips

Student Film, 12 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.

• The Monster in the Mansion directed by Jeremy Lokken

Student Animation, 5 minutes, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

• Garpenfargle (second screening)
• Health Hazard directed by Pascal Trottier

Narrative Short, 4 minutes, Tokyo, Japan.

• El Nudo de Escher directed by Francisco Saraza

Narrative Short, 10 minutes, Cerro Muriano, Spain.

• 416 directed by Jim Fields

Documentary Feature, 81 minutes, Omaha, Nebraska. Honorable Mention.

[edit] Pre-Party

The Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center

[edit] Evening Session

• Speak Out: I Had an Abortion directed by Gillian Aldrich

Documentary Feature, 63 minutes. Recipient of the Ruth Landfield Award.

• Two Harbors directed by James Vculek

Narrative Feature, 75 minutes, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Cold Harbor directed by Tom Brandau

Narrative Feature, 98 minutes, Moorhead, Minnesota.

[edit] Saturday, March 5

[edit] Morning Session

• What Is Heaven? directed by Troy Parkinson

Documentary Short, 3 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.

• 87 Topaz directed by Bill Kersey

Student Film, 8 minutes, Oro Valley, Arizona

• The ELCA in Dialogue (second screening)
• After-Meth directed by Kirk Roos

Documentary Feature, 82 minutes, Minot, North Dakota.

[edit] Luncheon

Making Films of Substance

Panelists included Jennifer Baumgardner, Gillian Aldrich, Kirk Roos, Kirk Van Dorn, and John Goheen.

[edit] Afternoon Session

• American Nizhoni directed by John Goheen

Documentary Feature, 57 minutes, Morrison, Colorado. Winner Best Native American Voices.

• Gifts of the Seven Grandfathers directed by Reuben Steindorf

Native American Voices, 13 minutes, Merced, California.

• Walking in Shadows directed by Missy Whiteman

Native American Voices, 3 minutes, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Ride of the Mergansers (second screening)
• The Mattlaberg Photographer (second screening)
• Solace directed by Bill Kersey

Student Film, 4 minutes, Oro Valley, Arizona.

• Diez Minutos (second screening)
• It Don't Mean a Thing (second screening)
• The Return of Peg Leg Pete (second screening)
• Manufacturing of a Revelation (second screening)
• Claynation (second screening)

[edit] Pre-Party

Plains Art Museum

[edit] Evening Session

• 2-Minute Movie Contest winner
• Love: The Movie (second screening)
• Modus Vivendi (second screening)
• Winter Sea (second screening)
• Lift (second screening)
• What's Bugging Seth directed by Eli Steele

Narrative Feature, 95 minutes, Los Angeles, California.

[edit] Post Party

Palais Broadway

[edit] External Links

• 2005 Fargo Film Festival Winners at the Internet Movie Database
• Speak Out: I Had an Abortion at the Internet Movie Database
• The Watershed at the Internet Movie Database
• What's Bugging Seth at the Internet Movie Database