FEATURE FILMS
‘A NORTHEAST PASSAGE’
Director: Tyler Paul Hudson, Gregory Alan Paape
USA/73 min
Date: Sunday, May 1st
Location: Zinema 2
Time: 1:30pm
‘BAD AXE’
OPENING NIGHT FILM! Presented by Twin Ports Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Collective (TPAC)
Director: David Siev (in attendance!)
USA/101 min
Date: Wednesday, April 27th
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 8:00pm
Film followed by Q&A
‘BEYOND THE NORTH WOODS’
Director: Lance Todd (In Attendance!)
USA/59 min
Date: Sunday, May 1st
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 5:00pm
Followed by Q&A session
‘BRING HER HOME’
Presented by American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO)
Director: Leya Hale (in attendance!)
USA/56 min
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Location: Zinema 2
Time: 2:00pm
Film followed by Q&A
‘CUP CONFIDENTIAL’
Director: Ryan La Via
CANADA/42 min
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Location: Zinema 2
Time: 6:00pm
‘DAUGHTER OF A LOST BIRD’
Presented by American Indian Community Housing Organization (AICHO)
Director: Brooke Swaney
USA/66 min
Date: Sunday, May 1st
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 1:30pm
‘FRESHWATER’
Presented by Minnesota Environmental Partnership (MEP)
Director: Ian Planchon & Lynn Melling
USA/51 min
Date: Sunday, May 1st
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 12:00pm
‘GLOB LESSONS’
Director: Nicole Rodenburg & Colin Froeber (In attendance!)
USA/105 min
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 8:30pm
‘ISLANDS’
Presented by TPAC
Director: Martin Edralin (In Attendance!)
USA/94 min
Date: Thursday, April 28th
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 8:00pm
Film followed by Q&A
‘LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE’
Presented by NAACP Duluth Branch
Director: Kevin Shaw (In attendance!)
USA/87 min
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 6:30pm
Film followed by Q&A
‘LÍNEAS de SANGRE’
Director: Taja Will (In attendance!)
USA/54 min
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Location: Teatro Theater
Time: 3:30pm
Followed by Q&A session
‘MUSHER’
Director: Anuradha Rana & Laurie Little (In attendance!)
USA/75 min
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 12:00pm
‘ONE OF OURS’
Presented by AICHO + NAACP DULUTH BRANCH
Director: Yasmine Mathurin
CANADA/88 min
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 4:00pm
Film followed by Q&A
‘SAAMSIK: GREAT GRANDMOTHERS HAT’
Director: Anstein Mikkelsen & Harry Johansen
Norway/60 min
Date: Friday, April 29th
Location: Zinema 2
Time: 4:00pm
‘THE HAND THAT FEEDS‘
Director: Blair Smith (In attendance!)
USA/101 min
Date: Thursday, April 28th
Location: Zinema 1 & 2
Time: 10:00pm
Followed by Q&A session
‘TRUSTED MESSENGER’
Director: Chris Newberry (In attendance!)
USA/56 min
Date: Saturday, April 30th
Location: Zinema 2
Time: 12:00pm
Followed by Q&A session
‘WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND’
Director: Iliana Sosa (In Attendance!)
USA/71 min
Date: Friday, April 29th
Location: Zinema 1
Time: 5:30pm
Followed by Q&A session
SHORT BLOCK – BEYOND SPACE (Cosmic Cinema)75min
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH – 6:00PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 1
‘JANE’S COMET‘
Director: Peter Groynom
Genre: Narrative
MN/13 min
‘CONTACT TRACES‘
Director: Kevin Obsatz
Genre: Narrative
MN/8 min
‘STATIC SPACE‘
Director: John Klein & Kate Black-Spence
Genre: Narrative
IL/28 min
‘LLOYD KENNEDY PROFESSIONAL SASQUATCH PHOTOGRAPHER‘
Director: Rodney Johnson
Genre: Narrative
MN/9 min
‘LOST BEYOND THE STARS‘
Director: Kayla Arend (In Attendance!)
Genre: Narrative
WY/9 min
‘NEUROGENESIS‘
Director: Josh Cisewski (In Attendance!)
Genre: Narrative
MN/8 min
SHORT BLOCK – CREATIVE THERAPY (Imaginative Remedies)50min
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH – 6:30PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 2
‘DYS/FUNCTION‘
Director: Kendra Shoemaker (In Attendance!)
Genre: Documentary
Duluth, MN/12 min
‘STITCH‘
Director: PaChia Vang (In Attendance!)
Genre: Experimental
MN/4 min
‘LOVE STORY?‘
Director: Crystal Coreen
Genre: Dance
OH/4 min
‘SPINNING PLATES & RAZZLE DAZZLE‘
Director: Jeremy Nelson (In Attendance!)
Genre: Documentary
TX/MN/13 min
‘DEVOUR‘
Director: Kate Raney
Genre: Animation
OH/3 min
‘PATTY PERSHAYLA & THE MAYHAPS – SLO MO‘
Director: Hwa-Jeen Na (In Attendance!)
Genre: Music Video
MI/5 min
‘HEHE’E‘
Director: Keoloha Ferreira (In Attendance!)
Genre: Dance
MN/8 min
SHORT BLOCK – ONCE UPON A TIME… (Melodrama, Period, Nostalgia)
THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH – 5:30PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 2
‘THE LITTLE LOG HOUSE‘
Director: Sean A Skinner
Genre: Documentary/Recon
MN/8 min
‘AWAKENING‘
Director: Julie Koehnen (In Attendance!)
Genre: Narrative
MN/14 min
‘SADIE BREAKS THE SILENTS‘
Director: Tom Brandau
Genre: Narrative
MN/13 min
‘INDELIBLE‘
Director: Shane Rock Nelson (In attendance!)
Genre: Narrative
MN/9 min
‘DIGESTIF‘
Director: Eve Van Dyke
Genre: Narrative
CA/8 min
‘ALWAYS TOMORROW‘
Director: Martin King
Genre: Narrative
Thunder Bay – Sister City/9 min
SHORT BLOCK – FAMILY HERITAGE (A Message from Our Roots)89min
THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH – 5:30PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 1
‘FRENCH RIVIERA‘
Director: Samantha Erkkila
Genre: Documentary
Duluth, MN/9 min
‘KICKING THE CLOUDS‘
Director: Sky Hopinka
Genre: Experimental
WA/15 min
‘DAD TAX‘
Director: Ida Lasic
Genre: Animation
CA/3 min
‘HOW DO WE HAVE THIS MEAL?‘
Director: Dairys Escoto De León
Genre: Stop Motion
CA/4 min
‘GHOSTLY FORM‘
Director: Seokyoung Yang
Genre: Experimental
CA/9 min
‘I WISH YOU HAPPY MOON FESTIVAL‘
Director: Xiaolu Wang
Genre: Documentary
MN/3 min
‘THE DEATH OF MY FATHER‘
Director: Lex Kimbrough
Genre: Narrative
NC/18 min
‘FAMILY RECIPE‘
Director: Kamari Bright
Genre: Documentary
5 min
‘SIX FEET OVER‘
Director: Joe Tufte
Genre: Narrative
OH/9 min
‘BAAHAR (OUTSIDE)‘
Director: Prakshi Malik (In Attendance!)
Genre: Narrative
MN/13 min
SHORT BLOCK – RESILIENT VULNERABILITY (Exploratory Edits) 62min
FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH – 4:00PM – Zinema 1
‘PARKED‘
Director: Yoon Hei Cho
Genre: Animation
CA/4 min
‘RESILIENCY IS INHERITED‘
Director: Sequoia Hauck (In Attendance!)
Genre: Experimental
MN/5 min
‘POTTERO‘
Director: Lindsey Martin
Genre: Animation
OH/10 min
‘MARY ANNE & FRANK‘
Director: Jingjing Tin
Genre: Narrative
NY/10 min
‘WATER‘
Director: Lily Berg (In Attendance!)
Genre: Animation
MN/3 min
‘OLIVER SEES INDIGO‘
Director: Ryan Clancy (In Attendance!)
Genre: Experimental
MI/14 min
‘MEN WHO TALK’
Director: Cristin Stephens
Genre: Documentary
TX/13 min
SHORT BLOCK – FOR THE FAMILY – 55min
SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH – 10:30AM – Zinema 1
‘THE GIFT’
Director: Rachel Garrick
Genre: Animation
Thunder Bay – Sister City/4 min
‘BELLYSAURUS‘
Director: Philip Watts
Genre: Animation
Australia/8 min
‘CAT AND BIRD‘
Director: Franka Sachse
Genre: Animation
Germany/7 min
‘SKIN LIKE MINE‘
Director: Tiffany Burgess & Stanley Aughtry
Genre: Animation
GA/8 min
‘SOMETHING ABOUT THE STARS‘
Director: Hannah Goodrich
Genre: Animation
MN/3 min
‘TRANSASTER‘
Director: Dana Pellebon (In Attendance!)
Genre: Narrative Youth
WI/14 min
‘SHE DREAMS AT SUNRISE’
Director: Camrus Johnson
Genre: Animation
UK/10 min
SHORT BLOCK – TIME, PLACES AND SPACES – 80min
SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH – 2:00PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 1
‘DIARY‘
Director: Gillian Waldo
Genre: Experimental
WI/15 min
‘A VALLEY WITHOUT TREES‘
Director: Janelle Vanderkelen
Genre: Experimental
WI/6 min
‘OTHER TIDAL EFFECTS‘
Director: Sofia Theodore-Pierce (In Attendance!)
Genre: Experimental
WI/7 min
‘MILWAUKEE NIGHT AND DAY‘
Director: Dick Blau
Genre: Experimental
WI/18 min
‘THY NAME IS SUFFERING‘
Director: Dan Black (In Attendance!)
Genre: Experimental
WI/13 min
‘LOOKING BACKWARD‘
Director: Ben Balcom (In Attendance!)
Genre: Experimental
WI/10 min
‘THE REVERSAL‘
Director: Jen Boles
Genre: Documentary
IL/11 min
SHORT BLOCK – TRUTH TO POWER – 83min
SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH – 4:00PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 2
‘THE BOY WHO THE BULLET FOLLOWED‘
Director: Russell Nichols
Genre: Animation
CA/2 min
‘ONCE FORGOTTEN‘
Director: Obed Lamy
Genre: Documentary
AK/23 min
‘SALT RIVER NIBI WALK‘
Director: Jenny Zander (In Attendance!)
Genre: Documentary
MN/18 min
‘PROTECTING OUR PEOPLE‘
Director: Brooke Swaney
Genre: Documentary
MT/21 min
‘GOLDEN JUBILEE‘
Director: Suneil Sanzgiri
Genre: Experimental
NY/18 min
SHORT BLOCK – HORROR – 58min
SATURDAY, APRIL 30TH – 7:00PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 2
‘AND AGAIN‘
Director: Joseph Schlapsi
Genre: Horror
Thunder Bay – Sister City/2 min
‘LIGHT ON THE WAY BACK‘
Director: Anthony Shirk
Genre: Horror
OH/6 min
‘HEREAFTER‘
Director: Robbie Barnes
Genre: Horror
OH/1 min
‘BITTEN, A TRADGEDY‘
Director: Monika Estrella Negra
Genre: Horror
MN/19 min
‘DISPLACEMENT‘
Director:
Wesley Johnson (In attendance!)
Genre: Horror
11 min
‘TOOTH FAIRY’
Director: Payton Alexa McCarty-Simas (In Attendance!)
Genre: Horror
NY/3 min
‘REUNION‘
Director: MR Fitzgerald (In Attendance!)
Genre: Horror
MN/17 min
‘THEY RETURN‘
Director: Carlos Omar De Leon
Genre: Horror
MN/7 min
SHORT BLOCK – EXCUSE ME, WHAT? (Comedy block) – 51min
SUNDAY, MAY 1ST – 12:00PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 2
‘A DAY IN THE PARK‘
Director: Sebastian Schnabel
Genre: Narrative
MN/2 min
‘FAVORITE DAUGHTER‘
Director: Dana Reilly
Genre: Documentary
NY/18 min
‘FUNCTIONS, UNLIMITED‘
Director: Cameron Crum Crumley
Genre: Narrative
IL/11 min
‘LOSER‘
Director: Vanessa M Powers
Genre: Narrative
MN/13 min
‘DETECTIVE DREWS‘
Director: Penny Pauletich
Genre: Musical
MN/7 min
UMD STUDENT FILMS SHORTS BLOCK
FRIDAY, APRIL 29th – 4:00PM – Zeitgeist Teatro Performing Arts Theater
The UMD Student Film block of programming will feature work from UMD students. UMD is a proud sponsor of the North by North Film School and International Film Festival.
WDSE SHORTS BLOCK
SUNDAY MAY 1ST – 3:00PM – Followed by Q&A session – Zinema 1 – 1 hr 8min – Iron Opera
The WDSE•WRPT block of programming aims to showcase the diverse genres of stories told on public media. From the arts to history and storytelling to culture and identity and beyond…public media is a window to the world.
It’s not easy to stage an opera in the middle of northern Minnesota. But this is the Iron Range. Where the people are stubborn. And the music of the Old World still runs deep in their veins. Watch as a legendary concert pianist teams up with an Ojibwe language teacher, a skateboarding accordionist and talent imported from every corner of the Earth to pull off the impossible. Because big dreams happen in small towns too.
10 min – Minnesota Obscura: Duluth’s Doomed Winter Olympics
The idea of Minnesota hosting the Winter Olympics seems pretty far-fetched today. But back in 1932, Duluth had everything it needed: plenty of snow, sheets of ice and more than a couple of hills. This is the story of an Olympics that never happened in a city that never stopped dreaming.
8 min – Native Report: Two Spirit Identity
We explore life for those who identify as Two-Spirit in modern times. Traditionally, Native American two-spirit people were male, female, and sometimes intersexed individuals who combined activities of both men and women with traits unique to their status as two-spirit people (IHS). Today, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Native people throughout North America are reviving the two-spirit role and its traditions (IHS). Do they feel they’re being accepted by their communities, and were others who identify like them accepted historically?
14 min – Supper Club
Co-owners Paul David Marturano and Rob Russo of the Iron Range Supper Club Valentini’s Supper Club reflect on their contrasting immigrant heritage from Italy and Vietnam, and the roles that their mothers have played in their culinary careers.
PANEL DISCUSSION
SATURDAY, APRIL 30th – 11:30AM – Zeitgeist Teatro Performing Arts Theater
‘SHOOTING IN NORTHERN MN’ – PANEL DISCUSSION
But what’s it really like? 3 Feature filmmakers share what it is like to shoot in the Northland. Would they do it again? What is the future of the industry in our area? We’ll talk all things including the benefits and hurdles of shooting here. Shari Marshik, Executive Director – Upper Midwest Film Office will be on hand to field questions on incentives (yep – they are stackable!). Moderated by Riki McManus – Chief Production Officer of UMFO
HOME ON EARTH
SUNDAY MAY 1ST – 12:00PM – Teatro – followed by performance
Genre: Documentary
Ely/25min
When the Coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, Ely’s Reflections Dance Company adapted their summer show into an outdoor dance film. Witness their creative process and love of community and place in this hybrid documentary / dance film.
