9:00 PM, Saturday, 10/7
Venue: Blacklist Brewing Co.
Free Performance
Nab a ticket to the Minnesota Music Video Showcase at The UMFO Lounge in Blacklist Brewing Co., then stay late to catch the toughest one-person band in the nation. Or if you don’t manage to reserve your spot at the Showcase, just meet us afterward for the show…
Read MorePanel: The Music Video as an Educational and Workforce Development Tool
Saturday 10/7, 3:00 pm
Zeitgeist Zinema 2
Panelists
Justin Staggs: Filmmaker, Visual Storyteller, and Educator
Jeremy 'JayGee' Gardner: Producer/Performer/Artist and Educator
Deacon Warner: Documentary Filmmaker and Youth Media Instructor
Keenan Jones: Innovation, Design, and Learning Specialist at Hopkins Public Schools
1:00 PM Saturday, 10/7
Zeitgeist Private Dining Room
Free event- Reservations required
Žanis Lipke was a dockworker from Riga, Latvia. He didn’t have money, power, or status. Yet, this humble man was able to help 55 Jews escape from the Riga Ghetto and the Kaiserwald Concentration Camp during the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Latvia.
Cory McLeod creator of the Žanis Lipke - VR Documentary, a project developed by Fallon Minneapolis in collaboration with the Lipke Memorial Museum in Riga, Latvia, will talk about Lipke, and the history he uncovered while creating the immersive, nonlinear historic documentary.
This is a free event, but limited to 20 participants. A $15.00 box lunch will be provided by Zeitgeist Restaurant and Bar - payment can be made at the event. RESERVE YOUR SEAT
Read More10:00 AM-10 PM, Saturday, 10/7
Zeitgeist Atrium
Created and presented by Cory McLeod
This presentation is free and available individually to any who choose to engage.
Žanis Lipke — VR Documentary is an immersive and nonlinear experience. It combines historic photography, charcoal drawings, interactive environments, and photogrammetry to bring this little-known story to a new audience.
Read More8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Thursday, 10/6: Iron Range Tour
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Friday, 10/7: Duluth Tour
Starting in year one, (2010), Riki McManus (Upper Midwest Film Office) organized a big ol’ van for visiting filmmaker, bounced them around the region’s location highlights, stuffed them full of Anchor Burgers, and sent them back to the festival with the best kind of sensation… inspired ambition.
This year, Riki will be showing off locations in Duluth, and on a second tour, locations in the Iron Range. This is a first-come-first-serve event. You can request a spot on Riki’s bus by stopping by the UMFO filmmaker’s lounge and talking to an UMFO representative.
Read More1:00 PM. Saturday, 10/7
Spirit of the North Theatre
Profits! You are required to distribute a percentage to funders and distributors, but if you’ve also agreed to share proceeds with other key stakeholders, like fellow crew, producing partners and/or your protagonists (subjects) … Good for you! How does this even work?
Conducted by Midwest DPA members and producers: Risé Sanders-Weir, Dawn Mikkelson and Fenell Doremus.
Read More2:00 PM, Friday, 10/6
Spirit of the North Theatre
So you’re making a documentary film and want to expand your team. Learn more about the role of the producer on a documentary film - and how best to work with one when you've been going it alone.
Panelists include producers of DSFF ‘23 films: Dawn Mikkelson (Director/Producer Minnesota Mean, Mike Scholtz (Director/Producer Iron Opera), and Melody Gilbert (Producer 40 Below: The Toughest Race in the World), as well as producer Risé Sanders-Weir and moderator & producer Fenell Doremus.
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