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Forx Film Fest 2005 Schedule - Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Film Friday Evening Nov 3rd, Saturday Afternoon and Evening Nov 4th, Sunday Afternoon Nov 5th The Forx Film Fest was started in 2002 to showcase independent filmmakers from the Upper Midwest. Entries must be made in the Upper Midwest or made by someone from the region. There is also a limit on the budgets allowed to enter the festival.
The 2006 film festival starts on Friday, November 4th with the silent film “Why Change Your Wife”, a film by Cecil B. DeMille. Starting the festival with a silent film has become a tradition to help celebrate the history of the Empire Arts Center as one of the leading movie theaters in the region. The silent films are usually from 1919-1920, the first year that the theater was open. The festival will close with the showing of “Music to My Ears”, a movie musical made at the Empire in 2005-2006. Because the Empire was involved in the making of this movie, it was not entered in competition at the festival. Forty-three entries will be shown between these 2 features. The movies vary in length from 2 minutes to 2 hours long.
All 4 sessions of the film festival will include a series of short subjects, music videos and documentaries and will end with a feature length movie. Entries this year come from the Grand Forks area, Fargo-Moorhead, the St. Cloud area and the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Student films from the University of North Dakota, Minnesota State University Moorhead, St. Johns University and the University of Minnesota will be shown. An effort was made to make the 2 afternoon sessions more family friendly.
One of the features of the Forx Film Fest is the chance to meet many of the filmmakers. Most of the filmmakers will be at the festival. Many of them will do a short Question and Answer period after the showing of their movie.
In addition to the film sessions, a panel discussion will be held on Saturday, November 4th at 10 AM. Several filmmakers from the festival will sit on the panel and will discuss making movies using small budgets and digital equipment. This session is free and open to the public. Questions from the audience are encouraged during these sessions.
Tickets for the festival will be available at the door. Tickets for individual sessions are $10 and a full festival pass will be available for $25. Special student pricing has been introduced for this year’s festival. Students will receive a 20% discount with a valid student ID. Student prices will be $8 per session or $20 for the entire festival. Don’t miss this opportunity to possibly see a future Steven Spielberg or Robert Rodriguez.
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