2015 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival

Full Lineup

Wednesday, October 7

Opening Art & MN Shorts – 1:00pm
An opening day selection of short art-related films and a MN Made short, featuring works by Tish Stringer, Rob Burke, Laura Iancu, Virginie Thérèse Colombe, Andrew Ina, Sasha Statman-Weil, and Brenda Piekarski… read more.

MN Made Shorts 1 – 3:00pm
Postshow Q&A! Featuring works by Dakota Laden, Adam Dargan, Daniel Rangel, Dane Cree, Carsten Johnson, David Mair, Bradley Kosel, Richard Louprasong, and Kyle Ensrude… read more.

MN Made Shorts 2 – 5:00pm
Postshow Q&A! Featuring works by Rachel Bownik, Abby Thompson, Matthew Koshmrl, Dane Cree, Marcie LaCerte, Chris Mars, Benjamin Watkins, Matt McCrorey, Jennifer Prettyman, Andrew Martin, John Gigrich, Xavier Brantley-Schauls, and Adam Zuehlke… read more.

MN Made Shorts 3 – 7:15pm
Postshow Q&A! Featuring works by Brian Michael, Conner Evert, Josh Mruz, Anthony Cousins, John TerEick, Pablo Jones, Michael Forstein, and Eric D. Howell… read more.


Snuff: A Documentary About Killing On Film – 9:30pm
Postshow Q&A! Through interviews with former FBI profilers, cultural academics, and film historians Snuff delves into the disturbing history and myth of Snuff Films… read more.

Thursday, October 8

Opening MUFF Shorts – 1:00pm
A selection of shorts that highlights all MUFF has to offer, featuring works by Raeshelle Cooke, Charlie Manton, Lauren Barker, Solvan Naim, Gez Medinger, Robin Schmidt, Ben Steiner, Dave Paige, and Ryen McPherson… read more.

Deported – 3:20pm
Screening with short film Papa Machete. A documentary about those separated from their families and returned to Haiti after completing jail time for often minor offenses, deportation pursuant to US anti-terror laws… read more.

GLBT Shorts – 5:00pm
Post-show Q&A!. A selection of GLBT short films, featuring works by Allison Khoury, Flavio Alves, Lydia Dullinger, Alex Heller, Greg Emetaz, Brian Benson, and Joel Moffett… read more.

Wildlike – 7:00pm
Post-show Q&A!. Mackenzie, a troubled teenage girl sent to live with her uncle in Juneau, Alaska, runs away to find her mother. She finds herself lost in the wilderness until a chance encounter with gruff backpacker Bartlett… read more.

Dickumentary – 9:30pm
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about the penis, but were afraid to find out… read more.

Friday, October 9

The Sum Total of Our Memory – 1:00pm
Couples facing Alzheimer’s come to terms with their changing roles, and medical experts in Alzheimer’s Disease offer their perspectives from the front lines… read more.


Remake Remix Rip-Off – 2:10pm
Turkey in the 1960s and 70s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world even though its film industry did not have enough written material to start with. Name any Western hit film, there is a Turkish version to it… read more.

Reality Remix Shorts – 4:00pm
A selection of sci-fi short films featuring works by Etienne Gravrand, Jay Lifton, Nicholas Treeshin, Matt Hielsberg, Nicci Thompson, Francesca Castelbuono, Nick Citton, and Nick Goulden… read more.

Relationship Remix Remix – 6:00pm
A selection of shorts that deal with relationships, love and loss. Featuring the work of Raeshelle Cooke, Shane Meuwissen, Christopher McKee, Sherese Robinson Lee, Diana Fraser, George Taylor, John Scott, Amber Patton, John TerEick, Fabrice Bracq, and Robyn Laliberte… read more.

Hit Me with Music – 8:10pm
Screening with short film Shades of Shadows. 30 years after Bob Marley’s death Jamaica continues to be on top of the worldwide music scene. Reggae has evolved into a new genre, Dancehall… read more.

Body Horror Shorts – 10:00pm
Post-show Q&A. Take a trip into body horror with MUFF, featuring works by Jason Kupfer, Jonathan Nininger, Tomasz Wysocki, Jeff Meyers, Richard Karpala, Elaine Xia, Daniel DelPurgatorio, and Spencer Parsons… read more.

Saturday, October 10

I Know You Well – 1:00pm
Post-show Q&A. A documentary about Jandek, one of the most mysterious American musicians with a large international cult following… read more.


Omo child: The River and the Bush – 3:00pm
Filmed over a five years, this documentary paints stunning portraits of Ethiopian landscapes as it follows the amazing true story of one man’s journey to bring about a progressive cultural shift that will save children’s lives… read more.

The Real Miyagi – 5:00pm
This long-awaited documentary captures the life of master Fumio Demura, the man that’s influenced Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, Steven Seagal and many more… read more.


MN Connection Shorts – 7:00pm
Post-show Q&A! A selection of short films from filmmakers that once lived in MN, featuring works by Max Moore, Daniel Appleby, Nathan Hoffman, Masaki Katsuyama, Jens Josephs, Max Pratt, Audrey Davis, Joe Mackedanz, and Yoko Okumura… read more.

Grindhouse Shorts – 9:30pm
Post-show Q&A! A collection of horror shorts with a 1970’s and early 80’s feel, featuring works by Matt Lawrence, Shant Hamassian, Gigi Saul Guerrero, Mathieu Berthon, Jeffery Wang, Mara Gasbarro Tasker, and Tyler Jensen… read more.

Sunday, October 11

War of Lies – 1:00pm
Screening with short film Support the Troops: A Veteran’s View. The story of an Iraqi refugee, whose information about portable weapons of mass destruction passed through the hands of the BND, MI6 and CIA… read more.

The Sound Before the Fury – 3:00pm
Screening with short film Irons in the Fire. In 1972, Archie Shepp recorded the album Attica Blues, an homage to the Attica prison rebellion. In this documentary, he recreates his music 40 years later with a new orchestra, interwoven with the story of the uprising… read more.

Surreal B&W Shorts – 5:10pm
Post-show Q&A. A selection of surreal black and white short films featuring works by Marcin Ciszek, Josh Thorud, Masaki Katsuyama, Emma Penaz Eisner, Nathan Wold, Ann Prim, Sebastian Schnabel, Max Weinman, Patrik Eriksson, and Andrea Baldini… read more.

Smoke Filled Lungs – 7:00pm
Post-show Q&A. A retired war veteran struggling with a prescription drug addiction and his troubled teenage nephew rediscover life together on a journey to see their grandfather… read more.

The Desk – 9:00pm
New York Times journalist Andrew Goldman sets out to make a short film about Paul Henry, an outrageously un-PC New Zealand talk show host. In the midst of production, he is fired from his job, and his life falls apart. The Desk is a document of this unraveling, as well as a scorching indictment of the current outrage culture… read more.

Tickets Prices:

Film Society Members – $5.00
General Admission – $8.50
Student/Senior/Child – $6.00

All Access Pass – $120.00

Purchase Pass

Venue(s)

St. Anthony Main Theatre