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2006 Fargo Film Festival

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Cover of the 2006 Fargo Film Festival program.

The 2006 Fargo Film Festival was held March 1 through 4 at the Fargo Theatre.

Contents

[edit] Awards and Award Winners

Winner of Best Animation: To a Man with a Big Nose
Winner of Best Documentary Feature: Walter Anderson: Realizations of an Artist
Winner of Best Documentary Short: The World's Most Dangerous Polka Band
Winner of Best Documentary (Native American Voices): Homeland: Four Portraits of Native Action
Winner of Best Narrative Feature: The Garage
Winner of Best Narrative Short: Dammi il La
Winner of Best Narrative (Native American Voices): Reservation Warparties
Winner of Best Student Documentary Short: The Last Mountain
Winner of Best Student Narrative Short: Son Up
Recipient of the Bill Snyder Award: Walter Anderson: Realizations of an Artist
Recipient of the Ruth Landfield Award: A Life without Pain
Recipient of the Prairie Spirit Award: Sweet Land

[edit] Festival Introduction

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

Dear Festival Audiences,
The 2006 Fargo Film Festival celebrates the 10th anniversary release of the movie Fargo with an on the wall, out of the box, larger than King Kong projection of Fargo on the outside wall of the Radisson.
It's the perfect opening sequence for a festival that promises "wall to wall" films featuring intriguing characters from prairie settlers, to mountain climbers, to musicians, artists and garage mechanics, illuminated on the big silver screen, warts, big noses, bad attitudes, honorable intentions and all.
So if you're not from around here, welcome to all things Fargo - The Movie, The City, The Theater, and The Festival. If you are from around here, lighten up, drop that Scandinavian reserve, lift those ear flaps, take off those mittens and warmly welcome our guests.
A lot can and is about to "happen in the middle of nowhere." Actually, we're the center of everywhere in the U.S. (think Rugby, North Dakota).
That's it, end of story. Take a load off your Uggs and enjoy the festival!

[edit] Festival Programming

[edit] Wednesday, March 1

[edit] Afternoon Session

Narrative Feature, 86 minutes, New York, New York. An aspiring director journeys to Minnesota to unravel a small-town mystery, only to be engulfed in a maniacal search that leads to his own unraveling. Honorable mention. Director present.
Student Documentary Short, 16 minutes, Studio City, California.
Narrative Short (Native American Voices), 13 minutes, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Documentary Short, 27 minutes, New Brighton, Minnesota.

[edit] Evening Session

Invited Narrative Feature, 110 minutes, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • Fargo (1996) directed by Joel Coen
Narrative Feature, 98 minutes, New York, New York.
Second Showing. See notes above for details.

[edit] Thursday, March 2

[edit] Morning Session

  • Panel Discussion at the Fargo Theatre: Filmmaking in Minnesota and North Dakota
Panelists include filmmaker Ali Selim (Sweet Land) and James Bakkom (Minnesota Film Board). Moderated by Kelly Pratt.
Documentary Feature, 58 minutes, Los Gatos, California.
Student Documentary Short, 16 minutes, Studio City, California.
Documentary Short, 24 minutes, San Francisco, California.
Panelists include Melody Gilbert, Gayle Knutson, and Sonny Tormoen. Moderated by Matt Olien.

[edit] Afternoon Session

Documentary Feature, 75 minutes, New York, New York.
Narrative Feature, 90 minutes, Toluca Lake, California.

[edit] Evening Session

Animation, 3 minutes, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Animation, 6 minutes, Ettrick, Wisconsin.
Documentary Short, 26 minutes, New Brighton, Minnesota.
Documentary Short, 12 minutes, St. Croix, Minnesota.
Documentary, 73 minutes, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Invited Narrative Short, 22 minutes, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

[edit] Friday, March 3

[edit] Morning Session

Student Narrative Short, 13 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.
Student Narrative Short, 5 minutes, Chicago, Illinois.
Student Narrative Short, 5 minutes, Oak Lawn, Illinois.
Student Narrative Short, 12 minutes, Evonston, Illinois.
Student Narrative Short, 23 minutes, Los Angeles, California.
Student Narrative Short, 8 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.
Narrative Short, 18 minutes, Moorhead, Minnesota.
Narrative Short, 26 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.
Panelists include filmmakers Winston Riley, David Wolf, Jeanette Lindsay and Dale Bosch. Moderated by Mel Stone.

[edit] Afternoon Session

Documentary, 71 minutes, San Francisco, California.
Documentary, 88 minutes, Pasadena, California.
Documentary Short, 24 minutes, New York, New York.

[edit] Evening Session

Documentary Feature, 60 minutes, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Animation, 3 minutes, Atlanta, Georgia.
Animation, 2 minutes, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Animation, 2 minutes, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Documentary Feature, 87 minutes, Brooklyn, New York.

[edit] Saturday, March 4

[edit] Morning Session

Student Documentary Short, 28 minutes, Moorhead, Minnesota.
Animation, 3 minutes, Hollywood, California.
Second Showing. See notes above for details.
Second Showing. See notes above for details.
Second Showing. See notes above for details.
Second Showing. See notes above for details.
Animation/Experimental, 2 minutes, Fargo, North Dakota.
Second Showing. See notes above for details.
Documentary Feature (Native American Voices), 53 minutes, New York, New York.
Panelists include Michael Flanagan, Troy Parkinson and Carl Thibault. Moderated by Rusty Casselton and Tom Brandau.

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