The 2018 DSFF Program

JUNE 1-5, 2016 May 30-June 3, 2018 It is FREE | DS-FF.COM

$5 Movies & 1/2 Price Taps every Wednesday!

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2018 DSFF FILM SCREENING SCHEDULE All Films are FREE of Charge Orange=Cast/Crew/Industry Professional Present

Wednesday 5/30 7:00 PM

9:00 PM

Clyde Iron

8 PM- Virginia Minnesota

Thursday 5/31 7:00 PM Zinema

9:00 PM

6:30 Living The Change

8:00 Night At The Armory

9:15 IPR Shorts Program

7:00 PM Teatro Zuccone

9:00 PM 9:00 Gleahan and The Knaves of Industry

7:00 The Way North

9:00 PM 9:00 Ellipsis Presents FEmn Fest Special at DSFF

Blacklist Artisan Ales

Friday 6/1 7:00 PM Zinema

9:00 PM 9:15 Phantom Cowboys

7:00 Damsel 7:00 PM

Teatro Zuccone

9:00 PM

6:00 PM Regional Shorts 2

7:30 In Winter

7:00 PM AICHO

9:00 PM

6:00 Birth of a Family

8:00 Dodging Bullets

Saturday 6/2 1:00 PM Zinema

3:00 PM

5:00 PM

1:00 Regional Shorts 1 3:00 Risking Light 5:00 Time For Ilhan

12:00 PM Teatro Zuccone 12:00 FILM FATALES Panel Discussion

4:00 PM

4:00 Red Betty and the

Murder Farm Script

7:00 PM

9:00 PM

7:00 Silicone Soul

9:00 Virginia MN

5:30 PM

7:00 PM

5:30 Saltless Sea Program 7:00 DFC Midnight Movies at 7-FEEDERS

Sunday 6/3 1:00 PM Zinema 1:00 EDU Showcase

The Comet Theater in Cook, MN

3:00 PM 3:00 A Work In Progress-(Al Milgrom’s Cinema Journey)

7:00 PM 7:00 Cold November

9:00 PM

'HOW IS THE FESTIVAL ABLE TO BE FREE OF CHARGE?' We get asked this question a lot.

In 2014 The Duluth Superior Film Festival made a rather bold and somewhat scary decision to not charge any admission to our festival film presentations. We had numerous reasons for why we thought this was the correct choice. Much of it was about expanding our audience and providing access to anyone who wanted to engage with the festival. We felt it took away the risk of attending something new and was a reward to those who supported us when we charged admission.

How can we survive doing this? Donations. Donations from people who come and enjoy the festival events.

Donations from local businesses who offer goods, services, and sometimes money. Donations of people's time and energy from our volunteers, donations of engagement and donations of word of mouth. Donations are how we are able to provide a high quality film festival that does not charge admission.

PLEASE, IF YOU ENJOY THE FESTIVAL AND YOU WANT TO SEE IT CONTINUE...DONATE.

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All films at The 2018 Duluth Superior Film Festival are

FREE of Charge

If you would like to obtain priority seating, we recommend purchasing an ALL-ACCESS BADGE.

$30.00 - Festival All-Access Badge

entitles its holder to be seated prior to the general public.

Please note that each film or event has a limited capacity and we strongly recommend purchasing an All-Access Badge in advance to assure priority seating.

FESTIVAL HQ AND HOSPITALITY CENTER:

Festival information and general lounging can be found here, in The Zeitgeist Arts Atrium.

You may also pick up All-Access Badges and mingle.

Zeitgeist Arts Atrium 222 E. Superior St. Duluth, MN 55802 PARKING INFO:

For maps and detailed parking information, we encourage you to visit Greater Downtown Duluth’s website at www.downtownduluth.com/maps.

Hospitality Center is generously sponsored by:

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

OPENING NIGHT FILM AND RECEPTION VIRGINIA MINNESOTA Writer/Director: Daniel Stine Cast: Aurora Perrineau, Rachel Hendrix Wednesday, May 30th Clyde Iron Event Center Doors: 7 PM / Film: 8 PM

BONUS SCREENING: Saturday, June 2nd 9 PM at Zinema

Director Daniel Stine and lead actress Rachel Hendrix in attendance at both screenings!

Childhood friends Addison and Lyle are reunited years after a tragedy that robbed them of their mysterious and inspirational little friend Virginia. The three young girls had lived at Larsmont Bluff, the grand, forbidding mansion overlooking Lake Superior, which served as a private home for children from troubled families. Now Moira Phoebus, the surviving owner of Larsmont has died, and she has left instructions to bring back all the girls who had lived there at the time of the tragedy, so they can be present for the reading of her will. Addison, who had feared and hated Moira, refuses to join the others, forcing Lyle to drive to Grand Marais and convince her to come. After an awkward reunion, Addison finally agrees, and the two girls set off on a strangely illuminating, overnight journey where they revisit childhood memories and mystical local legends, and discover the long-forgotten gifts that young Virginia had shared so many years before.

Join us as we celebrate the OPENING NIGHT OF THE 2018 DULUTH SUPERIOR FILM FESTIVAL! SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS.

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

CLOSING NIGHT PRESENTATION COLD NOVEMBER Writer/Director: Karl Jacob Cast: Bijou Abas, Karl Jacob, Anna Klemp USA / 91 min / 2017 Sunday, June 3rd 7 PM at the Comet Theater in Cook, MN Deep in the wilderness of rural middle America, 12-year-old Florence is eager to undergo the rite-of-passage of her first deer hunt. A tradition passed down through many generations of women in her family, the act of killing a deer symbolizes the transition into adulthood. As Florence is taught how to shoot a gun and skin a deer, she gains a deeper understanding of life and death. When Florence finds herself alone during a hunt, however, expectations dissolve into chaos as she must rely on her instinct and training to follow through with her decisions, pull herself together, and face becoming an adult.

Operating support is made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS

CENTERPIECE PRESENTATION DAMSEL Writer/Directors: Nathan & David Zellner Cast: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska Friday, June 1st 7 PM Zinema USA / 113 min / 2018 / MN Premiere Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures across the American Frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope. As Samuel traverses the Wild West with a drunkard named Parson Henry and a miniature horse called Butterscotch, their once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel. A loving reinvention of the western genre from the Zellner brothers, DAMSEL showcases their trademark unpredictability, off-kilter sense of humor, and unique brand of humanism.

P.S. The last feature film from the ever-fascinating Zellner Brothers was the locally-set KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER, in which a lonely Japanese woman - who has watched FARGO on repeat - journeys to Minnesota to find the hostage ransom cash that Steve Buscemi buried in the snow, convinced that there really is a fortune hidden along a quiet northern highway. A must-watch for lovers of urban legends, the Coen Brothers, or any Minnesota-based film fare.

RED BETTY AND THE MURDER FARM-Script Reading

Saturday June 2nd Teatro Zuccone 4 PM

Expect bloody battles and plenty of b-movie ridiculousness in this staged reading of a feature length screenplay. Betty is a shy farm girl who never grew up. Her parents have transformed their property into a "murder farm," a place where serial killers and supervillains can conduct their business in peace. But when a Bloody Boy survives a ruthless beating at the hands of the evil Doctor Talky, Betty takes pity on him and nurses him back to health. All hell breaks loose when Doctor Talky discovers that The Bloody Boy is still alive, and wages war against Betty and her family. Expect broken jaws and machetes sticking out of faces in this insane horror comedy.

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS IPR Presents PRODUCTION IN MN: RECEPTION AND AWARD CEREMONY Saturday, June 2nd Zeitgeist Atrium 8:00-11:00 PM

DSFF is going to invite every organization, production company, filmmaker, producer, actor, film exhibitor, institute of higher education, politician, lobbyist, or interested party who cares about the current climate of film production in MN to come to the lobby of Zeitgeist and talk about it. It is the goal of DSFF to have all of these interested parties come together and discuss what must be done to continue to advance the art of filmmaking in MN and The Arrowhead Region.

With drinks. And food provided by Whole Foods COOP. Like everything else at DSFF‌it is FREE.

MINNESOTA FILM MAGNIFIED

FILMMAKER PANEL DISCUSSION 'FILM FATALES' Saturday June 2nd Teatro Zuccone Noon

Members of Film Fatales, a global community of women directors of feature-length films, reflect on the process, challenges and joys unique to directing feature films. They will discuss the structure of the organization its mission, goals, and their films and the filmmaking process.

Attendees learn how each panelist came to be involved in their current roles in the film industry, what resources they’ve used to develop their careers, and what they would encourage others to use today.

This panel discussion will also look to engage, inspire and educate the community about what is currently happening with film and video production in Minnesota.

Moderated by: Emily McNeill - Duluth Based Filmmaker (Take the Dog for a Walk!)

Panelists: Director Melody Gilbert - Silicone Soul Director Dawn Mikkelson - Risking Light Director Norah Shapiro - Time For Ilhan

everyone Fueling your summer fun!

HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS NIGHT AT THE ARMORY

Thursday May 31st 8 PM Zinema 2

Director: Keith Hopkins

Writer: Jeanne Filkins

Local musicians Charlie Parr, Ingeborg von Agassiz, Rick McLean, Superior Siren, and Alan Sparhawk of Low rock the historic Duluth Armory stage in "Night at the Armory," which originally aired as a TV series on the Duluth CW in March 2018. Catch a DSFF-exclusive feature film version of this musical performance documentary shot in the gritty, crumbling, and frigidly cold Duluth Armory.

4th Annual Ellipsis Presents: DSFF Showcase Thursday May 31st 9PM Blacklist Artisan Ales

Join us with festival partner Ellipsis for a night of local brews and female musical views!

Two things we love very much. Co-presented with FEmnFest (which returns for its second year in September.)

This badass babe stacked line-up includes: Jerree Small Sarah Krueger Music AMY HZL & Her Magic Band

Midnight Movies at 7 Presents: FEEDERS

Saturday June 2 7 PM Teatro Zuccone

Come join the Duluth Film Collective for a very special Midnight Movies at 7.

We'll watch an unknown sci-fi/horror classic and give away some awesome prizes. Movie passes, memorabilia, and much, much more!

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS PHANTOM COWBOYS

Friday, June 1st 9:15 PM Zinema Director Daniel Carbone and Producer Jordan Bailey Hoover IN ATTENDANCE! From acclaimed director Daniel Patrick Carbone (2013 DSFF alum Hide Your Smiling Faces) comes a fascinating and poetic longitudinal study of growing up in America. Filmed over the course of 9 years, we meet Nick, Larry, and Tyler three boys from around the country as they mature into men in rural America in the parts of the country that are slowly getting lost to time. From the deserts of California, to the sugarcane fields of Florida, to the backwoods of West Virginia, Carbone offers an intimate portrait of finding yourself in a constantly changing world.

LIVING THE CHANGE

Thursday, May 31st 6:30 PM Zinema

Sometimes it can feel like the environmental, economic and social issues the world is currently facing are too big, too overwhelming, to be dealt with by individuals. Climate change, resource limits, economic downturn, social disconnection. Surely these issues can only be properly managed by our governments? LIVING THE CHANGE explores solutions to the global crises we face today – solutions any one of us can be part of – through the inspiring stories of people pioneering change in their own lives and in their communities in order to live in a sustainable and regenerative way.

This film is sponsored by Whole Foods Coop. Thank you Whole Foods Coop for your continued support of The Duluth Superior Film Festival!

DULUTH SUPERIOR FILM FEST STAFF FESTIVAL DIRECTOR/FOUNDER Richard Hansen

TECH ADVISOR/LOGISTICS Tyler Johnson

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Jordan Brown

FISCAL AGENT Zeitgeist Arts

FESTIVAL COORDINATOR Matthew Dressel

FESTIVAL PROGRAM CONSULTANT Joellyn Gum

FILMMAKER LIAISON Riki McManus

FESTIVAL TRAILER Lance Karasti

EVENTS/SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR Brittany Sanford

FESTIVAL POSTER Moira Villiard

VENUE MANAGER Mark Lundgren

A very special thanks to our volunteers and to anyone we might have missed!

Director's Statement Welcome to your 2018 Duluth Superior Film Festival! Year 9 and going strong. We couldn't be more excited for this year's line-up. With all the surreal activities in the world today, it's very nice to profile films that seek to correct some of the wrongs currently in play in our beleaguered country. The festival leans pretty heavily on the documentary form this year. I'm sure this is a result of artists who have an important message to deliver that gives hope to audiences in these very trying times. We have also been extraordinarily blessed to be able to offer films made by and about women. This development is a direct reflection on what is happening and what we want to happen in our current cultural climate. This issue is something we felt was very important to address at this year's festival.

As always, a huge thank you to our sponsors. Without their generous support the festival would not be possible. We are especially pleased with our partnership with IPR. You'll see their presence pretty heavily again this year. We love having the students working in real live production situations documenting all the great activities going on over the course of the festival. Keep up the great work Team IPR! An extra special thanks goes out to our team of staffers and volunteers, as well. This director certainly feels at much greater ease knowing that we have such a qualified, talented and dedicated staff.

Thank you again to everyone involved, and remember, if you enjoy the festival and all it has become to our community, take some time to donate. It is how we are able to bring a high quality film festival to our town.

Looking forwardRichard

Joellyn Gum Al Milgrom Irene Synnott Alex Giuliani ARAC Nick Hansen Grant Carlson Craig Samborski Terry Mattson

acknowledgements Andrew Peterson Reilly Tillman Clyde Iron Restaurant Oliver Gum Dorothy Gum Anna Tanski Jim Brunzell Christa Lawler Emily McNeill

Tony Cuneo Andy Bennett Dale Kleinschmidt Keith Hopkins Alison Wade MN Film & TV Board Duluth Film Collective Cheryl Reitan Mackenzie Astin

Zach Shedd Anna Pearce Trey Wodele Drew Digby Marin Molander

INDIGENOUS SIDEBAR The Duluth Superior Film Festival has made a strong push in concert with AICHO to bring underappreciated festival films with strong Indigenous themes for presentation in Duluth. This effort is designed to shine a light on the injustices, marginalization, and revitalization of Native culture around the world. It is the goal of The Duluth Superior Film Festival to become an industry leader in presenting Indigenous films that highlight these themes.

DODGING BULLETS

Friday, June 1 8 PM AICHO Robert Powless Auditorium

Directors: Kathy Broere/Sarah Edstrom Jonathan Thunder/Bob Trench

USA/ 101 min / 2018 / Northland Premiere

Followed by Q&A with Dr. Melissa Walls Described as “stories from survivors of historical trauma,� this documentary film co-directed by Kathy Broere, Sarah Edstrom, Jonathan Thunder, and Bob Trench was produced in collaboration with several organizations and is the first to chronicle the impact of historical trauma on the lives of Native peoples today, giving voice to their stories of survival and resilience in the face of multigenerational trauma.

Through interviews and first-hand accounts, Dodging Bullets paints the full, uncompromising picture of not only the historical traumas that Native peoples have experienced since first contact with Europeans but the continued racism and disenfranchisement faced by Native communities today.

The film is a collection of experiences that includes a majority of Native voices, along with activists, legislators, as well as researchers to illustrate the effects of intergenerational trauma and helps forge a path towards the future. What is clear throughout the film and these stories is a defining message: if a true healing of the wounds done to Native communities is to be achieved, the trauma cannot be ignored.

INDIGENOUS SIDEBAR The Duluth Superior Film Festival has made a strong push in concert with AICHO to bring underappreciated festival films with strong Indigenous themes for presentation in Duluth. This effort is designed to shine a light on the injustices, marginalization, and revitalization of Native culture around the world. It is the goal of The Duluth Superior Film Festival to become an industry leader in presenting Indigenous films that highlight these themes.

BIRTH OF A FAMILY

Friday, June 1st 6 PM AICHO Robert Powless Auditorium

Director: Tasha Hubbard

Canada / 79 min / 2017 / MN Premiere

Three sisters and a brother, adopted as infants into separate families across North America, meet together for the first time in this deeply moving documentary by director Tasha Hubbard. Removed from their young Dene mother’s care as part of Canada’s infamous Sixties Scoop, Betty Ann, Esther, Rosalie and Ben were four of the 20,000 Indigenous children taken from their families between 1955 and 1985, to be either adopted into white families or to live in foster care. Now all in middle age, each has grown up in different circumstances, with different family cultures, different values and no shared memories. This film follows them through the challenges, trepidations and joys of their first steps towards forming their family.

Meeting all together for the first time, they spend a week in Banff, Alberta, sharing what they know about their mother and stories about their lives and the struggles they went through as foster kids and adoptees. As they piece together their shared history, their connection deepens, bringing laughter with it, and their family begins to take shape.

MN MADE TIME FOR ILHAN

Saturday, June 2nd 5 PM Zinema Director: Norah Shapiro and Producer Chris Newberry IN ATTENDANCE!

On November 8, 2016, a young, hijab-wearing mother-of-three named Ilhan Omar made history, becoming the first Somali Muslim woman to be elected to state office in America. She was hailed by the New York Times as “one of the bright lights in the post-election darkness,” and this documentary film intimately chronicles her hardfought campaign for State Representative in Minnesota’s Senate District 60B, home to the nation's largest Somali community. A fresh take on the old story of the American Dream, TIME FOR ILHAN offers an inspiring, stereotype-busting portrait of a rising political star as she begins a bold and powerful political career.

A WORK IN PROGRESS: (AL MILGROM'S CINEMA JOURNEY) Sunday, June 3rd 3 PM Zinema Director: Phil Harder Subject Al Milgrom IN ATTENDANCE!

Minneapolis filmmaker Al Milgrom has worn many hats throughout his career— documentarian, world traveler and cinema pioneer being a few. In this documentary feature from Phil Harder, we follow the now 95-year-old Milgrom through his life and living legacy.

From his first introduction to film, via Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid, to a tour through his personal home “film museum,” A Work in Progress is an inspiring portrait of one of Minnesota’s leading artistic voices. Milgrom himself discusses his journey as a filmmaker and his current projects, including his continued work on the 1959 documentary Russian Journey: The Story of a Filmmaker’s Travels Behind the Curtain.

While the film expounds on Milgrom’s history and his lasting influence as founder of the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul, it also takes a look at the filmmaker’s personal journey in navigating art and the process of filmmaking today.

MN MADE SILICONE SOUL

Saturday, June 2 7 PM Zinema Director Melody Gilbert IN ATTENDANCE!

When having a relationship with a real human being is too hard, where do you turn?

SILICONE SOUL explores the emotional connection some people have to their synthetic companions and what that means for the future of human relationships.

Ultimately, this is a film about love, loneliness, secrets and, perhaps, acceptance.

Who are we to judge who‌or what‌people choose to love?

THE WAY NORTH

Thursday, May 31st 7 PM Teatro Zuccone Director Lars Midthun IN ATTENDANCE!

Norm Midthun, an American-born pilot for the WWII Norwegian Resistance Movement, later flies Crown Prince Olav on his 1945, post-war, victory tour of the country. 71 years later, his family returns to Norway to retrace his steps. First-time filmmaker and grandson, Lars Midthun, captures Norm's story for the first time, and keeps the camera rolling as the family journeys north.

RISKING LIGHT

Saturday, June 2nd 3 PM Zinema Director Dawn Mikkelson IN ATTENDANCE!

From the streets of Minneapois, the Aboriginal lands of Australia, and the killing fields of Cambodia come the powerful stories of three people who had the courage to step out of the haunting, tragic darkness of the past, risking everything to reach the light of their own compassion. RISKING LIGHT is a thought-provoking documentary that explores resilience, and the painful process of moving from grief to compassion and forgiveness. Through the unforgettable stories of Mary Johnson, who grieves a murdered son; Debra Hocking, a victim of government-sactioned genocide; and Kilong Ung, who survived the terror of the Khmer Rouge, this film challenges us to examine our own beliefs about forgiveness and ask: What would the world look like if we could learn to forgive one another?

MADE IN DULUTH Over the past 9 years, The Duluth Superior Film festival has made a strong push to work with Arrowhead based filmmakers with the goal of seeing more films made right here in Duluth with filmmakers who call this city home. There are many factors that have gone into the increase in Duluth based productions, but engagement from DSFF is certainly one of them. Congratulations to our hometown filmmaking teams!

IN WINTER

Friday, June 1st 7:30 PM Teatro Zuccone Director Alexander Gutterman IN ATTENDANCE!

Annika is a young woman, abandoned by parents, left to deal with her aging and senile grandfather, while also confronted by poverty, isolation and sexual oppression. When Mark, a wealthy, married stranger on his way to a sailing competition visits her bleak lakeside town during the dead of winter, a quiet but intense entanglement develops. Opened and transformed as a result of the affair, Annika faces possibilities normally unavailable to people of her class, while Mark gradually falls into a forlorn, cold solitude.

In Winter returns to its birthplace after an 8 festival international run, including a sold-out theatrical world premiere in NYC and honorable mention at the Experimental Forum in Los Angeles for "advancing the art of film". IW's distribution deal from Dreamscape Media launches June 12; the DSFF is your perfect opportunity to see this groundbreaking project on screen before it goes global and digital.

GLEAHAN AND THE KNAVES OF INDUSTRY

Thursday, May 31st 9 PM Teatro Zuccone Director Samuel T. Weston IN ATTENDANCE!

Opportunistic jerk Mark is forced to join Gleahan of Eastvale, a delusional man who thinks he lives in a fantasy world. Together, they go on a quest to defeat the "Dark Lord" who apparently rules Duluth. But as Mark delves deeper into Gleahan's fantasy, it becomes clear just how real -- and insane -- Gleahan's plight truly is. Together, Mark and Gleahan dodge faceless goons and escape mustache-twirling business executives. They ransack a "dragon's hoard" full of drugs and guns. They team up with a surprisingly knowledgeable bartender and face down a "dark princess" who wants to overthrow her father.

This off-the-rails low-budget adventure takes the premise of Don Quixote, shoves it into our modern world, and jam-packs it full of tropey goodness.

Experimental Short Film Collection: Saltless Sea Cinema presents Beyond Lines Saturday, June 2nd 5:30 PM Teatro Zuccone Filmmakers IN ATTENDANCE!

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Saltless Sea Cinema is Duluth’s roaming micro-cinema series, screening avant-garde, underground, experimental or just plain rad films and videos. The lights go down while images illuminate and cinema gets real.

SSC Presents: Beyond Lines features films by artists creating moving image work outside the boundaries of conventional film and video. These are films often made by a single artist working in isolation with a very tiny budget, and there is a devotion to the creative act which permeates every frame, consuming the screen. As filmmaker Maya Deren once noted about outsider cinema, “It is the desire to participate in a moment when life breaks through to some greater level of intensity so that one’s own life might take fire from that sudden spurted flame.”

Same Bare Place The Bats Jason Coyle Jim Trainor Anthropocene Rolling Far And Wide A Time To Speak Allen Killian-Moore Catherine Meier Big Agnes Baby Doll Kevin Obsatz Tessa Hughes-Freeland Arboretum Nineteen & Fourteen Laska Jimsen Junes Gi Untitled Torey Erin, Seth Dahlseid with Marionettist Kurt Hunter

REGIONAL SHORTS COLLECTION DSFF presents a collection of short films whose themes are significantly influenced by the people and places of The Twin Ports.

Program-Narratives Saturday, June 2nd 1 PM Zinema

Just Coffee (2017) - Dir. Matthew Dressel (12 min)

A diner descends into chaos when an elderly patron takes advantage of their Free Refill policy.

The Notification (2017) - Dir. Ellie Drews (3 min)

A young soldier arrives with a message at the doorstep of a worried mother.

Grave Digger Dave’s Halfway House (2018) - Dir. Keith Hopkins (3 min)

Join Gravedigger Dave on a tour through his "post-hospice for the undead." He's got some semivaporous apparitions and demonic kitties to show you.

The Train (2017) - Dir. Aaron Dunbar (6 min)

An animated tale of love, solitude, and artistic obsession.

Rag Dolls (2017) Dir. Justin & Kristin Schaack (5 min)

Playtime turns into uncontrolled shenanigans when a young girl discovers rag dolls in an antique chest.

Leading Man (2017) - Dir. Ryan Becken (8 minutes) Trying to get "back in the game" at a singles party, Robert and Mickey have to overcome some serious conditions.

One Day the Sun Turned Black (2017) - Dir. Joe Lueben (14 minutes)

One day the sun turns black. White people can no longer live in its dark rays. They must pigment themselves to survive. A daughter does. Her father refuses.

Salvo (2018) - Dir. Nick Hansen (7 minutes) A short and violent tale of the Midwest.

Hearts Want (2017) Dir. Jason P. Schumacher (15 minutes)

Two former lovers who reunite for a play face the consequences of a secret that threatens to tear them apart forever.

Hissteria (2017) - Dir. Daniel Bean (6 minutes) Here kitty, kitty…

Pink (2017) - Dir. Graham Hartlaub (3 minutes)

A young man finds the library as a source of bountiful knowledge that expands his views of the world both physically and metaphysically.

Echo (2017) - Dir. Sean Skinner (7 minutes) A man searching for fuel finds himself....

Take the Dog for a Walk! (2018) - Dir. Emily McNeill (6 minutes)

A woman reluctantly walks the dog.

New Neighbors (2017) - Dir. E.G. Bailey (8 minutes) How far will a mother go to protect her children?

Hús (2018) - Dir. Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson (3 min)

A meditation on emigration, immigration, house and home.

REGIONAL SHORTS COLLECTION DSFF presents a collection of short films whose themes are significantly influenced by the people and places of The Twin Ports.

Program-Docs

Friday June 1st 6 PM Teatro Zuccone

Some stories take just a bit longer to tell. For this reason, The 2018 DSFF has included these documentaries in order to give them a bit more time to tell important and engaging stories.

Kinderchomper (2017) - Dir. Mike Scholtz (17 min)

A mild-mannered artist from Duluth leads a double life as a baby-eating professional wrestler in Japan.

Bee-Sharp Honeybee (2018) - Dir. Deacon Warner (19 minutes)

An Australian composer, on a six week visit to Minnesota, collaborates with musicians, scientists, beekeepers and animators to create an original multi-media string quartet composition based on audio recordings of honeybees.

Beneath the Ink (2017) - Dir. Cy Dodson (13 minutes)

A timely look at hate and racism in one Southeastern Ohio community revealing vulnerable moments of change and redemption.

Gaelynn Lee: The Songs We Sing (2018) - Dir. Mark Brown (11 min)

After winning the 2016 NPR Tiny Desk Contest, Duluth musician and disability rights advocate Gaelynn Lea, along with her husband Paul, hits the road as she transitions into life as a full time touring musician.

Saul’s 108th Story (2018) - Dir. Joshua Carlon (6 minutes)

As a teenager in 1950 Brooklyn, all Saul wanted to do was hang out with his friends and go to the beach. Instead, he got roped into a dangerous new job, and Saul got in a little over his head.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS EDU Showcase Sunday, June 3 1 PM Zinema

Having just completed it's 11th year, The EDU Film Festival has become a vital part of the emerging filmmaking community.

EDU Showcase includes the following short films:

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Savanna Thunder Grace Wethor Trella OldRock Saheli Patel Savanna Thunder Jose Palmas Martaize Smith Tez Smith & L.A. Trello William Blackwell Kinney Marissa Dessellier Ben Dreblow Solyana Anagaw Aditya Kalale Cal Thiesing

PSA: Cultural Appropriation Guardian Alien In-Yan Sha Wow Wow I Hope You Know Pollinator Ambassadors Grind Cryptic Closet A Portrait in Roses Reality Ransom Poetic Vision Diagnosed Kill the Animal

IPR Showcase

Thursday. May 31st 9:15 PM Zinema

Three Categories or Less - Dir. Penny Pauletich This short film written and directed by Penny Paulitech was crewed entirely by female filmmakers. It won Best Film in the student category and Best Screenplay in the professional category at the 2018 Z Fest.

The Studio King - Dir. Samuel Singh When a television crew shows up for a tour of a music studio, a young over-exuberant record producer must do all he can to keep up the act or risk revealing the embarrassing truth.

Control Issues - Dir. Nicole Luttrell Twin sisters with a mental link that allows them to control each other telepathically. When one gets kidnapped it’s up to the other to save her sister.

Step on the Gas - Dir. Joe Hegle A struggling actor works as an Uber driver to pay rent. The only thing standing between him and his big break is a gas station burrito.

Salvo - Dir. Nick Hansen IPR Lab Engineer Nick Hansen has a BFA in filmmaking from Gustavus Adolphus College, but he was inspired by working with IPR students and instructors.

Dual - Dir. Justin Skaggs Each term, as a part of the Field Production and Lighting course, IPR AAS and BFA students produce a short film in collaboration with a group of professional filmmakers.

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