MN Made Wednesday, March 13 – Party at 6:00pm, Pracna | Screening at 7:00pm, The Main Cinema The screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmaking team. The MN Made series celebrates the dynamic range of films made by Minnesota filmmakers and artists. Presented in partnership with FilmNorth and Minnesota Film and TV. […]

Directors Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson Attending Hidden away deep in the suburban San Fernando Valley, legendary cult musician Swamp Dogg, alongside housemates Moogstar and Guitar Shorty, has transformed his home into an artistic playground. Together, they navigate the tumultuous waves of the music industry, and forge a wonderfully bizarre and inspiring path across time […]

World Premiere Director Reilly Tillman Attending As a founding member of the Grammy-winning vocal jazz group The Manhattan Transfer, singer Laurel Massé achieved international success in the 70’s and was on track to keep soaring–until she nearly lost everything one tragic night. Overcoming numerous obstacles in an industry that saw her as a product to […]

World Premiere Director Dana Conroy Attending When Lasik eye surgery destroys a filmmaker’s vision, she decides to make a movie about it. What starts out as an attempt to hang onto her lifelong passion turns into a harrowing investigation into a multibillion industry and the discovery of an underground network of thousands of patients permanently […]

World Premiere Director Nicole Brending Attending In this provocative and kaleidoscopic personal documentary, Nicole Brending turns the traditional joyful narratives about parenting upside down as she fearlessly contrasts the social norms with the darker complexities of contemporary motherhood, postpartum depression, and even infanticide. Blending performance with reality, she reflects the conflicted consciousness and the porous […]

World Premiere Director Sergio Mata’u Rapu Attending The Latine community is the fastest growing ethnic group in Minnesota – a state that also claims one of the largest opportunity gaps in the country. Today, two independent public schools are tackling this challenge by implementing a decolonized, bilingual, culture-affirming system to serve Latine students. Profe mixes […]

World Premiere Directors Mallory Weggemann & Jay Snyder Attending SCREENING SEPTEMBER 17 at 7:15pm – TICKETS COMING SOON When Mallory Weggemann was 18-years-old, she walked into an appointment for a routine medical procedure, and never walked out. Instead of allowing her newfound paralysis to become her life defining moment, she channeled her grief into the […]

World Premiere Director Mark Brown & Special Guest Attending He was known as “the Fishing Hat Bandit” when he robbed 23 banks in Minnesota over 18 months in the early 2000s. Finally caught, imprisoned, and now free, John Whitrock’s story unfolds in utterly surprising ways in director Mark Brown’s riveting documentary. John Whitrock kept everyone […]

Director Leya Hale Attending Henry Boucha was a legendary hockey player from Warroad, MN and member of the Ojibwe Nation, playing in the NHL, for the Minnesota North Stars and Detroit Red Wings, and on the 1972 USA Olympic hockey team before he was assaulted on the ice, resulting in a debilitating eye injury and […]

World Premiere Director Lynn Lukkas Attending Claire returns to Iceland on a solo trip, intending to confront her past and tend to a difficult task. There she meets Iris, a young, irreverent, somewhat irresponsible hitchhiker, and together they forge a bond neither will soon forget. Minnesota filmmaker Lynn Lukkas’ debut feature is a moving portrait […]

World Premiere Directors Maribeth Romslo, Lindsey Seavert & Special Guests Attending Sequencing Hope follows the intimate and often gut-wrenching journey of an Alabama family grappling with the unimaginable risks and potential rewards of new frontiers in medicine as their toddler becomes the first patient in the US to receive an experimental gene therapy treatment for […]

MN Made Thursday, June 20 Party: 6:00pm at Pracna Screening: 7:15pm at The Main Cinema The screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmaking team. The MN Made series celebrates the dynamic range of films made by Minnesota filmmakers and artists. Presented in partnership with FilmNorth and Minnesota Film & TV, with generous […]

MN Made Tuesday, July 30 Reception: 6:30pm in Upper Lobby (*note change in time/location) Screening: 7:15pm at The Main Cinema The screening will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Jesse Roesler. About the Film Worlds apart, a five-star chef, a twelve year-old girl, and a retired schoolteacher discover how their individual efforts to feed […]

MN Made Tuesday, September 17Screening: 7:15pm at The Main Cinema Conversation with filmmakers/subjects Mallory Weggemann and Jay Snyder following the screening. MSPIFF audience-favorite Watershed returns for a special MN Made screening with Co-Directors Jay Snyder and Mallory Weggemann, a five-time Paralympic swimming medalist. Hot on the heels of Weggemann’s recent achievements as the first Paralympian […]