2021 Fargo Film Festival

Experimental Shorts

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8 films in package
Wild Heart 1981/2020
While browsing YouTube at the start of the 2020 COVID pandemic, a narrator grabs a camcorder and shares their thoughts about the video platform. The narrator lingers on a video of Stevie Nicks singing “Wild Heart” in 1981.
Fluorescent
A fluorescent bulb is shot from a cannon at high speed against a wall. At 3,000 frames per second and in its last moment, it can finally shed its inner light.
Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit
Built from the ground up with public domain material, this film explores newness in the 21st century.
Closed captions available
Haiku
Two Japanese performers, percussion groups, soundscapes, and rhythmicized video sequences create a symphonic audiovisual tribute to the art of haiku poetry.
Two
A conversation begins as a duet between a video diary and a field recording and ends as an archive of the possibilities hibernating in each moment.
Closed captions available
Beyond Noh
This rhythmic animation features 3,475 individual masks from around the world, beginning with the distinctive masks of the Japanese Noh theater.
Beyond Noh Q&A
Christine Hoper, Fargo Film Festival Experimental Jury Chair, discusses Beyond Noh with director Patrick Smith.
Wild Heart 1981/2020 Q&A
Christine Hoper, Experimental Jury Chair at the Fargo Film Festival, discusses Wild Heart 1981/2020 with director Zach Dorn.
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The Experiment Shorts Block features a collection of unexpected and visually engaging films that challenge the norms of cinema.


FILMS IN THE FARGO FILM FESTIVAL HAVE NOT BEEN RATED FOR ADULT CONTENT AND MAY INCLUDE VIOLENCE, NUDITY, LANGUAGE AND ADULT SITUATIONS. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.

Winner: Best Experimental Film


This rhythmic animation features 3,475 individual masks from around the world, beginning with the distinctive masks of the Japanese Noh theater.

  • Runtime
    3 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Patrick Smith
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