2025

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Patti Rocks with Special Guest Chris Mulkey

Monday, Sep 8th

MN Made POSTPONED! DETAILS ON RESCHEDULED DATE COMING SOON. ABOUT THE FILM Billy Regis (Chris Mulkey), a serial philanderer with an epically foul mouth, is less than delighted to hear that his downriver girlfriend Patti Rocks (Karen Landry) is pregnant with his child. To complicate matters, Billy has neglected to inform Patti about his wife […]

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2025

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MN Made: MSPIFF44 Shorts

Tuesday, May 6th

MN Made Tuesday, May 6 • 7:15pm MSPIFF44 Shorts • Filmmakers Attending ABOUT THE FILMS Blue Check – 19 mindir. Nickolaus Swedlund, Robert HenryAfter Elliot, an eighteen-year-old obsessed fan sneaks into his idol Lil Gouda’s latest concert, he soon finds himself in over his head as he is pulled into Gouda’s orbit. Elliot soon discovers […]

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2025

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MN Made: The Claw + 10,000 Years

Tuesday, Feb 18th

MN Made Monday, February 17 at 7:15pm and Tuesday, February 18 at 7:15pm THE CLAW will be preceded by the short film 10,000 YEARS ABOUT THE CLAW The Jekyll-and-Hyde story of James Raschke, AKA Baron von Raschke, one of the greatest villains in the history of professional wrestling. Using Super 8 family footage, rare 16mm vintage clips, […]

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2025

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MN Made: Northern Lights + Shortwave

Tuesday, Jan 14th

MN Made Tuesday, January 14 at 7:15pm A new restoration of the 1979 Cannes Camera d’Or Winner Northern Lights. Filmmaker John Hanson in attendance for a conversation. ABOUT THE FILMS Northern Lights won the 1979 Camera d’Or and was hailed worldwide as a classic of American independent cinema. Directors John Hanson and Rob Nilsson used […]

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2024

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MN Made: Through the Banks of the Red Cedar + Kitchen Dance

Tuesday, Dec 3rd

MN Made Tuesday, December 3 at 7:15pm Through the Banks of the Red Cedar by Maya Washington will be preceded by the short film Kitchen Dance by Maribeth Romslo and featuring Washington. Filmmakers Maya Washington and Maribeth Romslo in attendance for a conversation. ABOUT THROUGH THE BANKS OF THE RED CEDAR Director: Maya Washington • […]

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2024

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MN Made: Jasmine is a Star + Keon

Tuesday, Nov 19th

MN Made Tuesday, November 19 at 7:15pm Jasmine is a Star by Jo Rochelle will be preceded by the short film Keon by E.G. Bailey. Filmmakers E.G. Bailey and Sha Cage in attendance for a conversation. ABOUT JASMINE IS A STAR Director: Jo Rochelle • USA • 58 min • 2022 • English • Fiction […]

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2024

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MN Made: Claire Facing North + Animal

Tuesday, Oct 29th

MN Made Tuesday, October 29 at 7:15pm The screening will be preceded by the short film Animal by Michelle Brost. Claire Facing North will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Lynn Lukkas. ABOUT CLAIRE FACING NORTH Claire returns to Iceland on a solo trip, intending to confront her past and tend to a difficult […]

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MN Made: Watershed

Tuesday, Sep 17th

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 […]

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MN Made: The Starfish Throwers

Tuesday, Jul 30th

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 […]

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MN Made: Abroad

Thursday, Jun 20th

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 […]

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2024

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Claire Facing North

Thursday, May 2nd

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 […]

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2024

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Laurel Massé: How Can I Keep from Singing?

Monday, Apr 29th

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 […]

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2024

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The Fishing Hat Bandit

Sunday, Apr 28th

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 […]

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2024

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Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted

Thursday, Apr 25th

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 […]

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The Electric Indian

Wednesday, Apr 24th

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 […]

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2024

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Sequencing Hope

Monday, Apr 22nd

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 […]

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2024

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Watershed

Sunday, Apr 21st

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 […]

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2024

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Profe

Friday, Apr 19th

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 […]

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2024

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Afterbirth

Thursday, Apr 18th

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 […]

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Broken Eyes

Monday, Apr 15th

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 […]

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2024

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MN Made: Marmalade

Wednesday, Mar 13th

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. […]

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