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2005 Free Range Film Festival

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The 2005 Free Range Film Festival was held in Wrenshall, Minnesota.

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[edit] Festival Program

[edit] Friday, July 29

Directed by John Goheen. Three young women compete to become Miss Navajo Nation. But this pageant is less about beauty and more about preserving a culture. (Documentary, 55 minutes)
Directed by Tony Gault. A lesson in grooming from "Backpack Jack." (Comedy/Documentary, 5 minutes)
Directed by Dan Anderson. Two wealthy businessmen take a friendly vacation through middle America. (Experimental, 6 minutes)

Short Short Showcase

More than a dozen short shorts including
Directed by Matt Center and Josh Thacker. The winner of Minneapolis' 48 Hour Film Project last year, Stale Mate is really funny. And really gross. (Comedy, 5 minutes)
Directed by Peter Brown. Two friends match wits deep in the bowels of a self storage warehouse. FAIR WARNING: This film features a couple of "dirty words." (Horror, 15 minutes)
Directed by Greg Carlson. Sally's lifelong obsession with the Sasquatch can't possibly end well. Can it? FAIR WARNING: This film features some "adult situations," if you know what we mean. (Horror/Comedy, 15 minutes)
Directed by James Vculek. An alien civilization is attempting to contact our planet. Fortunately, a couple of antique dealers from Two Harbors are on the case. FAIR WARNING: This film features a handful of "dirty words." (Comedy/Drama, 75 minutes.)

[edit] Saturday, July 30

Directed by Melody Gilbert. Think it would be cool to go through life without feeling pain? Think again. FAIR WARNING: This documentary is intense. (Documentary, 90 minutes)
Directed by Toni Powell. In one world, there lives an obsessive businessman. In the other, there lives his 4-year-old daughter. What happens when worlds collide? (Comedy, 7 minutes)
Directed by Mike Scholtz. What do you call someone who competes in a jigsaw puzzle contest? We call them "heroes." (Documentary/Cartoon, 8 minutes)
Directed by Brian Jonas. A band. A bunch of puppets. Twenty degrees below zero and lots of snow. What more could you ask for? (Music Video, 5 minutes)
Directed by Chris Amundson. Babies can be a big responsibility. Not to mention Cabbage Patch kids… (Comedy, 10 minutes)
Directed by Massimiliano Mauceri. Opera for slackers. (Drama, 10 minutes)
Directed by Elizabeth Henry. The great divorce: What we're left with. What still haunts us. (Experimental, 9 minutes)

How to Make Movies Three shorts by local filmmakers provide valuable insight on how to make movies. Plus… show tunes! (Documentary, 10 minutes)

Directed by Scott Coleman Miller. (Comedy/Experimental, 22 minutes)
Directed by Luke Holden. Um, yeah, that title pretty much says it all. (Cartoon, 2 minutes)
Directed by Louis Fox. An empire of pesticides and chemicals have taken over modern farming. Only the Organic Rebellion can save the world from Darth Tater. (Comedy, 6 minutes)
Directed by Christopher J. Holmes. One man's search for a lost dog unearths the squalor of a small town. (Experimental, 10 minutes)
Directed by Jackie Bradley. Sometimes, it's not so much what you say as it is how you say it. Produced locally at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. (Experimental, 3 minutes)
Directed by Hansi Johnson. An avalanche strikes a group of friends skiing in British Columbia. (Documentary, 15 minutes)
Directed by Steve Furman. Filmed entirely in northern Minnesota, this documentary follows the perilous journey of day-old merganser ducklings from their nests all the way to the ground below. (Documentary, 12 minutes)
Directed by Scott Lunt. What do geeks do in Duluth once Geek Prom is over? (Hint: It has something to do with balloons.) (Documentary, 4 minutes)
Directed by Jay Barba and Brian Farrelly. Identical twin private eyes Matthew and Gunnar investigate a mysterious UFO sighting in this hard-rockin' cartoon. (Cartoon, 6 minutes)
Directed by Kristian Fraga. A three-way race for mayor heats up the small town of Bogota, New Jersey. A classic tale of good versus evil versus incompetence. (Documentary, 90 minutes)

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