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2007 Free Range Film Festival

From Fargo Filmmaking

The 2007 Free Range Film Festival will be held the weekend of July 27 in Wrenshall, Minnesota.

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[edit] Festival Program

[edit] Friday, July 27

A giant tiger prowls through a cardboard city in this animated short inspired by William Blake’s poem “Tyger” and every Godzilla film ever made. (Animated, 5 minutes)
Every Sunday, the fiercest female wrestlers in all of Bolivia climb into the ring to do battle. (Documentary, 20 minutes)
An aging clown and his jack-in-the-box retire for good. (Narrative, 9 minutes)
At the North Dakota State School of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, romance blossoms between a campus security guard and a guy in a panda suit. (Narrative, 8 minutes)
Hans Hattenhorst worked as a projectionist for more than 50 years. But that doesn’t mean he’s a film buff. (Documentary, 5 minutes)
This film sports the most descriptive title since “Snakes on a Plane.” (Documentary, 3 minutes)
Great advertising can inspire you… to write a letter. (Experimental, 2 minutes)
A person could get away with doing almost anything once. Almost. (Narrative, 4 minutes)
As it turns out, most cats’ tails are not detachable. (Narrative, 5 minutes)
What we have here is a failure to communicate. (Narrative, 6 minutes)
Is a bird in the hand worth two in the fish? And can a fish in time save nine? (Animated, 4 minutes)
Who is the Banana Boy? And what does he want from us? (Experimental, 1 minute)
Cross country ski all day and play the blues all night with Duluth’s own Black Eyed Snakes. (Documentary, 15 minutes)
A tale of tuna, basketball and perversion. FAIR WARNING: This film features some dirty words. (Narrative, 13 minutes)
Special preview screening. Adventure-seekers from around the world explore the limits of our decaying urban landscape. (Documentary, 82 minutes)

[edit] Saturday, July 28 (Afternoon Session)

A moving portrait of a brother who suffers from schizophrenia. (Documentary, 46 minutes)
Genocide always seems to happen to “other people.” But if genocide is in our nature, why can’t it happen anywhere? (Experimental, 7 minutes)
It’s not easy being a stop-motion puppet. (Animated, 13 minutes)
A portrait of Fergus Falls’ favorite artist, Charles Beck. (Documentary, 8 minutes)
The men of Sac City, Iowa live to dance! On tractors! (Documentary, 27 minutes)
The greatest darn lake in the whole wide world – as viewed from our favorite aerial lift bridge. (Experimental, 5 minutes)
With music by Low. “Let’s bury the hatchet like the Beatles and the Stones.” (Music Video, 4 minutes)
Horror plus puppetry equals MORE HORROR! (Narrative, 12 minutes)
Americans are obsessed with their lawns. Maybe it’s because—deep down—we all wish we were farmers. (Documentary, 30 minutes)

[edit] Saturday, July 28 (Evening Session)

The first in a series of lo-fi flicks investigating the myths and mysteries of the Shetland Islands. (Documentary, 3 minutes)
Selkies are kind of like mermaids. Except that they’re Scottish. (Documentary, 3 minutes)
Strange trolls mess with the space-time continuum in another chilling tale from the Shetland Islands. (Documentary, 3 minutes)
A newlywed couple moves next door to a half-wolf, half-man creature. This can’t possibly turn out well, can it? (Documentary, 3 minutes)
The entire thrilling history of the Zenith City on the Unsalted Sea is condensed into one short cartoon. (Animation, 4 minutes)
While having his portrait painted, a man discovers that the artist is a Valkyrie. (Comedy, 4 minutes)
Being a Valkyrie is all fun and games until your twin sister comes to town for a visit. (Comedy, 4 minutes)
We love wind farmers. Like some other farmers we know, they don’t use pesticides or growth hormones. (Documentary, 3 minutes)
Nothing makes you feel younger than the senior community swimming pool. (Documentary, 6 minutes)
A portrait of three women and the big rigs they drive. (Documentary, 21 minutes)
A time traveler is sent from the future to prevent the theft of a rare historical photo. (Narrative, 6 minutes)
A rag doll battles a soul-stealing monster. (Animated, 11 minutes)
These Super 8 reels document the Ski Boys’ experiments with bicycles, mattresses and gravity. (Action/Adventure, 9 minutes)
It’s environmentalists vs. developers in Austin, Texas – with a special guest appearance by Robert Redford. (Documentary, 88 minutes)

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