Friday Evening, August 20
7pm

How Not to be Seen– By Beth Peloff
You get an invitation to a party. You are an introvert. An instructional film. 4 min

Melt – By Christopher Rohde & Kenneth Warner
A four-minute experimental film involving butter. 4 min

World Within – By Sakshi Jain
“Do not try to measure someone’s steps from above”. 2 min

Ocean Grass – By Dan Fitzpatrick
Artist Cecilia Ramon has mowed a pattern of the Thermalheline in the grass by the barn because that is what artists do. 2 min

Browsing History – By Rachel Prost
This VHS store is still in operation! 10 min

Maamawi – By Johnathan Thunder
An animation exploring what is hard to explore. 5 min

Henry’s Scrapbook – By John Akre
In 1953 Henry Akre visited San Francisco. In 2003 his great-grandson visited the same spot. They both recorded their trips. 6 min

Museum of woodcarving – By Nik Nerburn
What happened to the Museum of Woodcarving? 7 min

Delta of Spirit – By Nicholas Kapanke
The DAMn is a 240 mile gravel road bike race across Minnesota. Watch the movie so you don’t have to ride it. 20 min

Let the Blonde Sing – By Rachel Knoll
An intimate look into a small community in Alaska through the eyes of Beverly Sue Waltz, the bartender of the only bar open all-year-round. 13 min

Duality Derby – By Mark Miller, Dave Franzese
Local racing legend Victor Elaine squares-off against his greatest rival. 20 min

Saturday Evening, August 21
7pm

Final Act – By Miguel Amendola-Borrallo, Clara Obeidi, Yohan Gantelet,Lucie Krencker, Geoffrey Rakotoarisoa, and Antonin Géral-Ariès
Hunters will go to extraordinary lengths for their prey. Sometimes those measures lead to unexpected consequences. 8 min

We Don’t Deserve Dogs – By Matthew Salleh, Rose Tucker
A contemplative odyssey across the globe, looking at the simple and extraordinary ways that dogs influence our daily lives. 84 min

Hugo – By Justin Christopher Ayd
“Pets aren’t just pets, they’re family” 5 min

Strawberry Shake – By Dianne Bellino
A mother tries to win back her two kids with a pet rabbit and pink dessert. 16 min

Snowy – By Kaitlyn Schwalje & Alexander Lewis
Is a pet turtle happy? 12 min

Sometimes being free range means that you adapt to your environment and right now its not looking healthy to invite a lot of folks into a big barn to watch movies at the end of June. We’ve decided that we will delay the Free Range Film Festival until we can provide a safe viewing experience for everyone. We still think it’s important to see the movies in (or on) the barn so we aren’t planning on offering a virtual experience. We ARE extending our submissions deadline though so you now have until June 15 to create a farm fresh film. Thank you all for supporting the arts as we stay home – wherever that may be!

Now here is a photo of some rutabagas as a reward for sending us your film:

This fall the Free Range Film Barn is hosting a visual art! Field Trials II features the work of Catherine Meier and Kristina Estell. The two artists will use the space as a lab space for the generation and exhibition of new work. In agricultural terms, field trials offer farmers the opportunity to see how new practices might be adapted and to closely observe how these management decisions might function on a larger scale. Farmers as well as artists try to minimize failure yet innovation and creativity often comes from taking risks and exploring new ideas. Field Trials II offers a space for artists and audiences to invite chance and wild growth into the artistic process.

Catherine Meier explores the meaning of “open space” through animation, site-specific installations, and large-scale prints and drawings. Representing a state of mind as well as a state of being, these expansive works are redolent of the artist’s own travels crossing the Great Plains of North America and the Mongolian Steppe where her experience of freedom and boundlessness also fueled feelings of fear and paranoia. Meier has shown her work in gallery and museum settings in the Midwest, South, and Japan, at film festivals, and in the very landscapes that gave rise to her drawings. She has a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and an MFA from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Most recently, she was an Artist in Residence at Badlands National Park in South Dakota, and her awards include a national Jacob K. Javits Fellowship for Graduate study, three from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, and a McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship.

Kristina Estell uses daily encounters with natural and constructed environments to generate ideas of implicit action and reaction. Using a variety of processes and materials, Estell creates sculpture, installation, interactive and watercolor works that generate sensitive and dynamic material experiences. She exhibits and participates in creative projects nationally and internationally.

EXHIBITION DETAILS

OPENING – Saturday, September 21, 4-8pm

ON VIEW

Saturday, September 21, 4-8pm

Sunday, September 22, 1-5pm

Saturday, September 28, 1-5pm

Or by appointment:

Annie Dugan

218-310-4703


annesdugan@gmail.com

909 County Road 4

Wrenshall, MNwww.freerangefilm.com

VR TENT

ASHE ‘68

An immersive experience into Arthur Ashe’s triumphant win at the 1968 UW Open. Directed by Brad Lichtenstein

7pm

MUTEUM (5m)

In an Art Muzeum, we better learn well, from outer to inner, from deep to very deep, serious and sincerely. Directed by Aggie Pak Yee Lee

THE STORY OF EURUP (4m)

This is the story of Eurup Grumpup, sandwich maker on the planet Eurup, which was named that because that’s what the cows said. Directed by John Akre

UNDERGROUND (3m)

A lonely person unexpectedly takes a journey to reconnect with life. Directed by Beth Peloff

BENEATH THE INK (13m)

An Ohio tattoo artist will cover up your Nazi symbols for free. You just gotta stop the hating. Directed by Cy Dodson

THE CALL (10m)

A phone call, a bathroom and a woman at the nexus of the worlds. Directed by Anca Damian

SALVAGE (57m)

Find treasure and tetanus in the Yellowknife town dump. Directed by Amy C. Elliott

BREAK

9pm

LIFE IN MINIATURE (5m)

A working class woman from Yorkshire, Kath Holden reflects on her place as an artist in the precious world of miniatures. Directed by Ellen Evans

WELL GROOMED (85m)

Spend some time on the competitive creative dog grooming circuit (because it is crazy). Directed by Rebecca Stern

Saturday Afternoon, June 29
2pm

WINTER CRANES (4m)

Cranes make a very specific sound… Let’s see if you can hear it. Directed by Joe Brown

A GIFT (25m)

A man tries to write a song while his wife is away… with unexpected results. Directed by Johnathon Olsen

GREAT! LAKES (18m)

The candy kitchen in Knife River makes candy the old fashioned way. Did we mention candy? Candy! Directed by Tess Wagman

SALSUS (44m)

An obstinate patient in Tehran adores processed meat. Directed by Arian Attarpour

FLOAT (82m)

It’s the model airplane world championship and a newcomer has arrived to shake things up. Directed by Phil Kibbe

Saturday Evening, June 28
7pm

ONE CAMBODIAN FAMILY PLEASE FOR MY PLEASURE (14m)

In 1981, a refugee from Czechoslovakia learns how to market her new home in Fargo to another displaced family. Directed by A.M. Lukas

MAYA BDEG’A (PELICAN HILL) (4m)

A true story of a heroic pelican as unwanted visitors approach the banks of Lake Traverse. Directed by Dana Conroy

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SUDDEN BIRTH* (11m)

(* but were afraid to ask) Directed by Scott Calonico

RIPLIST (68m)

While participating in a celebrity death pool, seven friends learn about the value of life. Directed by Mike Scholtz

–Break with music from Portrait of a Drowned Man–

9pm

DOUGH (4m)

Watching someone knead dough is just about the most relaxing thing you can do. Directed by Stacy Elaine Dacheux

INGRID (52m)

A fashion designer retreats to the woods to live like a hermit. (So dreams can come true.) Directed by Morrisa Maltz