The perfect opportunity to meet local and visiting filmmakers, network, share ideas, and enjoy the company of other festival attendees. Hosted by UMFO.

Come watch filmmakers battle it out to win up to $3000 in grants for their film! Attendance is encouraged and entry is complimentary.

Authors and Screenwriters Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl discuss the process of adapting your novel, stories, or memoir into a script. They will touch on their experience developing both non-fiction and fiction scripts as well as character development, plot, and the collaborative process. Perfect for newbies or experienced screenwriters looking for a fresh approach to their next project.

Season 3 of the wildly popular variety comedy show returns with sketch comedy, silly videos, improv, and lots of other shenanigans. Debuting at the Minnesota Film Festival, The Reel Comedy Show takes aim at all things cinema. With a mix of sketch comedy, silly films, improv, and lots of shenanigans this show will leave you star-struck.

In a small town absurdly divided by the US/Canada Border, a jaded US Border Patrol agent solves local cases while engaging in a fierce rivalry with her counterpart in the Canadian Mounties: her twin sister.

Melissa and Scott's dream home turns into a nightmare for the young couple when they take on new tenants to make ends meet. As Melissa descends into paranoia and delusion, they must fight to save their unborn child.

A Korean couple, Taemin and Minji, travel to an anonymous town in the north woods hoping to see the aurora borealis. On their first night, Minji disappears under mysterious circumstances. The local Sheriff suspects Taemin of foul play. Now it’s up to Taemin, who doesn’t speak English, to navigate his way through this insular town and find Minji before it’s too late. Quickly, he becomes the main suspect and the deeper he explores this small town, the more surreal his world becomes turning his search for his girlfriend into a fight to stay alive.

The lengths we go to in the pursuit of love. Stories about how far we will go to find our partners.

Musicians, dancers, actors, and poets can all relate to the craft, the stress, and the practice. Stories that explore the pursuit of the performance.

Stories about characters that face tides and wade through them. A political regime, an intolerant school, sometimes your own family. Bravery in the face resistance