The Human Family

Screening at Marcus West Acres this Friday. Come to the meet and greet. https://www.marcustheatres.com/movies/songs-of-earth

Thank you so much for the support!

As we enter 2024, we would like to recognize the amazing organizations that our staff chose to support in 2023 through Ohnstad Twichell's Charitable Giving Program. The missions of these organizations greatly rely on community support and we are proud to continue contributing to their causes through our caring employees.

4 Luv of Dog Rescue
Catholic Charities North Dakota
CATS Cradle Shelter
Emergency Food Pantry
Fargo Salvation Army
Farm & Home Improvement 4H Club
Farm Rescue
Great Plains Food Bank
Haley's Hope
Harwood Elementary School
Hillsboro Public Schools - Angel Fund
Homeward Animal Shelter
Jeremiah Program, Fargo-Moorhead
Lend a Hand - Eric Meyer Fundraiser
Lt. Adam Gustafson Memorial Fund
New American Consortium for Wellness and Empowerment
Red River Children's Advocacy Center
Rural Cass County Emergency Food Pantry
The Human Family
The Village Family Service Center
Trinity Lutheran Preschool
Turtle Mountain Animal Rescue
Veterans Honor Flight of ND/MN
YWCA Cass Clay

ATTENTION FILMMAKERS
Submit now for our upcoming 16th edition coming to Fargo-Moorhead in September 2024.
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Submissions are open for our Sept edition of the FMLGBTFF

ATTENTION FILMMAKERS
Submit now for our upcoming 16th edition coming to Fargo-Moorhead in September 2024.
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Join us Thursday night at the Bismarck Library for a special screening and community discussion!

Free and open to the public.

Join us tonight at 6:30 the Empire Arts Center in downtown Grand Forks! Free and open to the public.

Everyone

Congratulations, Brandon! You and the team at The Indigenous Association are doing amazing things in the community!

Congratulations to our Interim Executive Director Brandon Baity (White Earth decendent) for winning the 2023 Gladys Ray Award! Brandon has been in Fargo-Moorhead area just 4 years and already has made a tremendous impact on our Indigenous community! Congratulations Brandon!

There are more of us coming! 🥳 🎉

FMLGBTFF Virtual Encores start today and run until 9/30.
Don't snooze on them.
Do grab some snacks
Full Virtual Program https://ow.ly/NRCs50PJ4c0

Last Day of the in-Person FMLGBTFF

Here and Q***r Shorts @1:30 PM
Filmmaker Tai LeClaire will be in person for a Q&A

1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED A CULTURE
Director Sharon Roggio will be in conversation
LIE WITH ME @6:30PM

THE LATENT IMAGE
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Day 3 of the FMLGBTFF
CHRISSY JUDY
Directed by Todd Flaherty
2022 USA 96 min
When his best friend and creative partner suddenly couples off and moves away, an ambitious New York City drag queen must reinvent himself or risk becoming an irrelevant solo act both onstage and off.
WARSHA
Directed by Dania Bdeir
2021 FRANCE 15 min
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.

Join us for an evening of transcendent drag with the featuring performances from Moe Russell, Oliver Yew, Megan the Maneater, and TC founder Eun Bee Yes.

CONTENT WARNING: PROFANITY AND STRIPPING DOWN OF CLOTHING IN A BURLESQUE FASHION. THE SHOW APPROPRIATE FOR MATURE AND OLDER TEENS. PG-13

Day two of the 15th Annual FM LGBT Film Festival kicks off tonight at 7 pm at The Fargo Theatre!

Doors open at 6:30 pm!

Day 2 of the FMLGBTFF

BLUE JEAN
Directed by Georgia Oakley
2022 UK 97 min
England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government are about to pass a law stigmatizing g**s and le****ns, forcing Jean, a gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core.
VALE OF SUMMER
Directed by Ari Sells
2023 USA 11 min
Trans and nonbinary best friends Cole (transgender YouTube star Ryan Jacobs Flores) and Asterid (Sol Joun) wrestle with goodbyes during their final summer camping trip together. Vale of Summer is an honest and refreshing ode to q***r-trans friendship and self-determination.
BUTCH UP!
Directed by Yu-Jin LEE
2022 KOREA 12 min
“Stop being miserable.” After hearing her ex’s last words to her, Mi-hae, a lead singer of an independent band, cannot get herself to sing the band’s most popular song, Oppa’s Girl.
THE END
Directed by Fernando Reinaldos
2022 SPAIN 10 min
In the last years, Carmen has dedicated herself body and soul to caring for her wife Rosa, who suffers from Alzheimer's. In each gesture, Carmen maintains the hope that Rosa will look at her as she used to do when they were younger.
WAKE UP
Directed by Cecilia Gessa
2022 SPAIN 11 min
Maria and Ana are lovers. Together and after many years with their husbands they have discovered bis*xuality together. Ana is a more conservative woman, she does not dare to take the final step... while María continues to suffer having to share the woman she loves. #1988 ***rCrisis ***rTransFriendship ***r

It's Opening night!!! 9/13 at 7PM The Fargo Theatre

Something for the fellas:
WARSHA
Directed by Dania Bdeir
2021 FRANCE 15 min
A Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut volunteers to cover a shift on one of the most dangerous cranes, where he is able to find his freedom.
AFTER SUNSET, DAWN ARRIVES
Directed by Andy Yi Li
2023 USA 17 min
In the early 2000s, old China Town, Los Angeles, when introverted and unsociable sixty-five-year-old Chinese man, Wan falls in love with a man who is nearly 30 years younger than him, Wan struggles to embrace his homos*xual identity which he has been suppressed for his entire life and simultaneously confronts his guilt towards his long deceased Chinese wife.
I'M SORRY (JE M'EXCUSE)
Directed by Francis Papillon
2022 CANADA 20 min
Louis, 24, moves in with his boyfriend Sam, 35, in the suburban house bought by the latter.

Join us on 9/14 at 7PM at the The Fargo Theatre for a selection of Sapphic and Q***r shorts presented with the ND premiere of BLUE JEAN
Here's the line up:

VALE OF SUMMER
Directed by Ari Sells
2023 USA 11 min
Trans and nonbinary best friends Cole (transgender YouTube star Ryan Jacobs Flores) and Asterid (Sol Joun) wrestle with goodbyes during their final summer camping trip together. Vale of Summer is an honest and refreshing ode to q***r-trans friendship and self-determination.
BUTCH UP!
Directed by Yu-Jin LEE
2022 KOREA 12 min
“Stop being miserable.” After hearing her ex’s last words to her, Mi-hae, a lead singer of an independent band, cannot get herself to sing the band’s most popular song, Oppa’s Girl.
THE END
Directed by Fernando Reinaldos
2022 SPAIN 10 min
In the last years, Carmen has dedicated herself body and soul to caring for her wife Rosa, who suffers from Alzheimer's. In each gesture, Carmen maintains the hope that Rosa will look at her as she used to do when they were younger.
WAKE UP
Directed by Cecilia Gessa
2022 SPAIN 11 min
Maria and Ana are lovers. Together and after many years with their husbands they have discovered bis*xuality together. Ana is a more conservative woman, she does not dare to take the final step... while María continues to suffer having to share the woman she loves. ***rShorts

Come join us on Wed 9/16 at 7PM at the The Fargo Theatre for a selection of Transtastic shorts presented with the ND premiere of MUTT.
Peep this line up:
APAYAUQ
Directed by Zeppelin Zeerip
2022 USA 16 MIN
Apayauq Reitan's journey to become the first out transgender woman to complete the legendary Iditarod sled dog race.
(IN)CONVENIENCE
Directed by Alexandra Greenspan
2022 USA 12 MIN
A short film about a mini-mart cashier, a guy in transition, and a box of tampons.
THE QUINCEANERAS
Directed by Leao Neto
2022 BRAZIL 16 MIN
The collector Ravena brings the universe of 15-year-old girl parties to talk about dreams and belonging.
DILATING FOR MAXIMUM RESULTS
Directed by Nyala Moon
2022 USA 14 MIN
A whack, irrelevant comedy about a black trans woman who tries to dilate, after four years of not dilating, to hook-up IRL with her online boyfriend.
I IDENTIFY AS ME
Directed by Tina Colleen, Monick Monell 2022 USA 10 MIN
"I Identify as Me" is a character-based, experimental short film that highlights Trans, gender-diverse people and masculine-presenting women who are Black and Brown. Each character’s intersectional experiences connect us with common themes of their gender expressions outside of social norms, self-exploration, and affirming their true selves. Characters shed light on the reality of violence that can be inflicted due to someone’s race, gender, and s*xuality. Despite these systematic and social challenges, the characters reaffirm that acceptance and self-love are the paths forward.

HEADDRESS
Directed by TAIETSARÓN:SERE 'TAI' LECLAIRE
2022 USA 10 min
When a Q***r Native is confronted by a non-Native wearing a ceremonial headdress at a music festival, he retreats into his mind to find the perfect response from various versions of his own identity. Part of our HERE and Q***R shorts 9/16 at 1:30PM. We are proud to have HEADDRESS director in conversation. ***rNative ***rShorts

BRUTAL
Directed by Sam McConnell
2022 USA 13 min
JACK ROTH (Cheyenne Jackson) - once the hottest star of cable news - stumbles upon a "newsworthy s*x scandal" and ends up facing off against all sides, including the corporation he works for. Part of our HERE AND Q***R shorts program 9/16 at 1:30PM. ***r

PANIC ATTACK
Directed by Anthony Assad
2023 IRELAND 14 min
Alex is in the throes of his transition from female to male so when his best friend abandons a joint venture to assert their burgeoning identities he’s forced to confront his anxieties before entering the unknown alone. Part of our HERE and Q***R Shorts 9/16 at 1:30PM
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C**K N BULL 3
Directed by Nathan Adloff
2022 USA 24 min
Flight attendants, Chris and Wes, instigate twisted mile-high games with passengers, leading to the unimaginable - trying to make an emergency landing after someone poisoned the pilot. **KNBULL3

HEX THE PATRIARCHY
Directed by Anne Brashier
2022 USA 6 min
Fed up with being bullied in high school, demis*xual and as*xual best friends Bex and Wren strike back with a bit of magic that has unintended consequences.Part of our HERE and Q***R shorts 9/16 1:30PM *xual *xual ***rShorts

ADJUSTMENT
Directed by Mehrdad Hasani
2022 IRAN 17 min
The nine year-old effeminate boy, Shahrokh, humiliated and pushed away by his family and friends makes up his mind to adjust himself to his new identity and comes out to the people of his village. Having been through a variety of ordeal, Shahrokh, dressed in girl’s clothes, shows up in the class before his classmates. Part of our HERE AND Q***R SHORTS playing on 9/16 at 1:30PM

TO ALL THAT WE ARE
Directed by Kristian Cahatol
2022 CANADA 5 min
Two non-binary young adults embark on a dream-like journey of self-discovery and acceptance as they navigate the complexities of love and identity.Part of our HERE AND Q***R Shorts 9/16 1:30PM

#2022

TANK FAIRY directed by Erich Rettstadt 雷利 2021 Taiwan 10 min

In Taiwan, "song wa si de" are workers who routinely supply gas tanks to street vendors and old residential buildings. The magical Tank Fairy delivers her tanks unlike any other - with sass, stilettos and a healthy helping of glitter. Her arrival upends the life of Jojo, a lonely ten-year-old who dreams of dancing and drag. Outcast by classmates and misunderstood by his stern, single mom, Jojo is inspired to live out loud by his fierce, propane-toting fairy godmother. Part of our HERE AND Q***R SHORTS program 9/16 1:30 PM tickets here https://ow.ly/8CIy50PHfn8 ***rShorts

AIKANE
Directed by Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
2023 USA 15 min
A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man. Part of our HERE AND Q***R SHORTS playing at 9/16 at 1:30PM #2023

Our final day of Programming 9/16 kicks off with a Block of Here and Q***r shorts at 1:30 at the The Fargo Theatre

Join us for an evening of transcendent drag with the Transcendence Cabaret featuring performances from Moe Russell, Oliver Yew, Megan the Maneater, and Transcendence Cabaret founder Eun Bee Yes.
ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
MEGAN THE MANEATER
Megan the Man Eater- This wild wacky woman has been flipping and tricking all throughout the Twin Cities! Jumping off of roofs and rolling under buses, she will use anything and ANYONE to execute a trick. So ladies, hide your husbands because she’s the reaper of men!
Welcome to the stage Megan the Man Eater!
OLIVER YEW
Oliver Yew is a non-binary Drag King and Burlesque performer, gracing stages around the Twin Cities since 2019. He is a cast member of Transcendence Cabaret and Mr. Mom’s Campground. He is your favorite late night snack, and will leave you wanting him all over you.
MOE
The hoodrat alien from around the galactic block!
EUN BEE YES
After many attempts at an official bio, this is what we got after many cups of tea: smol rage porg, angry muskrat, hyper-intelligent stoat. Has baseball bat. Also has no time for bu****it, white tears, and other white nonsense. Too much to do to tear down systemic white supremacy. Not your tame q***r and still majestic as f**k. Producer of Transcendence Cabaret, a BI&POC centered trans/gender non conforming troupe. NAMI MN state trainer for In Our Own Voice speakers. Black Lives Matter. Black Trans Lives Matter. Love is Love. Silence=Death. What is Remembered Lives.