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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Built from the ground up with public domain material, this film explores newness in the 21st century.

Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit

Built from the ground up with public domain material, this film explores newness in the 21st century.

Honorable Mention: Experimental Two Japanese performers, percussion groups, soundscapes, and rhythmicized video sequences create a symphonic audiovisual tribute to the art of haiku poetry.

Haiku

Two Japanese performers, percussion groups, soundscapes, and rhythmicized video sequences create a symphonic audiovisual tribute to the art of haiku poetry.

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.

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.

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.

Beyond Noh

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

Christine Hoper, Fargo Film Festival Experimental Jury Chair, discusses Beyond Noh with director Patrick Smith.

Beyond Noh Q&A

Christine Hoper, Fargo Film Festival Experimental Jury Chair, discusses Beyond Noh with director Patrick Smith.

Christine Hoper, Experimental Jury Chair at the Fargo Film Festival, discusses Wild Heart 1981/2020 with director Zach Dorn.

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.

Experimental Shorts

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Thank you for purchasing a Pass to the 2021 Virtual Fargo Film Festival. Films can be screened on our Virtual Festival page: https://watch.eventive.org/fff2021.

You can watch films on a computer or mobile device using your browser. To watch a film on your TV, please use the Eventive TV app on your Apple TV or Roku streaming device. You can also use Chromecast to view Festival programming on your TV at home.

Please note the following Geo-Restrictions and Ticket Capacity details

Short Films: 

Narrative Shorts Block 1 is only available to audiences located in the United States. There are 300 tickets available for this Block.

Documentary Shorts Block 1 is only available to audiences located in the United States. There are 300 tickets available for this Block.

The Animated Shorts Block is only available to audiences located in the United States. 

Feature Films
Newtopia is only available to audiences located in the United States. 

Missing in Brooks County is only available to audiences located in the United States. There are 300 tickets available for this film.

The Outside Story is only available to audiences located in ND, SD, and MN. There are 150 tickets available for this film.

The Badger is only available to audiences located in the United States. 

Paper Tiger is only available to audiences located in ND and MN. 

Lorelei is only available to audiences located in ND and MN. 

These Geo-Restrictions are in place to protect the rights of filmmakers sharing their work with the Fargo Film Festival. 

These are the individual tickets that you have purchased for the Fargo Film Festival. Films can be screened on our Virtual Festival page: https://watch.eventive.org/fff2021.

To watch a film on your TV, please use the Eventive TV app on your Apple TV or Roku streaming device. You can also use Chromecast to view Festival programming on your TV at home. You can watch films on a computer or mobile device using your browser. 

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The Fargo Film Festival has moved online this year to present audiences with an exciting selection of short and feature films!

The 2021 Virtual Fargo Film Festival runs March 18-28!

Here's what's coming up soon. Can't make it? No sweat. Many live streams will be available for on-demand viewing as well.