Vortex Film Festival

The festival will kick off Friday evening with a welcome mixer before a screening of an exciting South Dakota debut of Lost on a Mountain in Maine (2024, dir. Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger). An opening reception will follow. Short-film blocks and panels will run all day Saturday, capping off with a screening of Frogman (2023, dir. Anthony Cousins) and after party. Sunday we’ll offer a free public screening of Power of Possibility: The Impact of Public Art in South Dakota Communities and encores of our short-film blocks.

As a two-screen (twin!) theater, we’ve booked content for both sides throughout the weekend.

Schedule:

Side 1

11:00am - Block A

12:15pm - Block B

1:15pm - Block C

2:15pm - Badger Clark: Poet Among The Pines
Q&A With Director Brad Dumke, Hosted By Lori Kent Of The Local Lou Podcast

4:15pm - Block D

5:30pm - Block E

7:00pm - Frogman
Q&A With Director Anthony Cousins, Hosted By Casey Kelderman & Sam Lenz Of Screams From The Basement Podcast

Saturday Feature Sponsored By Linpepco Of Siouxland

9:00pm - After Party At Xix Brewing Company

Side 2

11:00am - Workshop: Sound Production & Leveling | Hosted By Paul Ebsen, Ebsen House Productions

12:30pm - Block F: Student Films

2:00pm - Workshop: Directing Your First Independent Feature | Hosted By Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger

3:30pm - Block G: 2024 Fool’s 48 Showcase

5:00pm - Block A Encore

Block A
Turn Over (Dir. Rick Endacott)
Confluence (Dir. Areca Roe)
Cat's All Folks (Dir. Bill Hedges)
Bitter Solace (Dir. Charles Prasek)
Blink (Dir. Julie Bruns)

Block B
The Pizza Place (Dir. Reed Langer)
Die Pizza (Dir. Carl Joseph Creighton)

Block C
Time To Shine (Dir. Jim Fields)
Frank Ashford (Dir. John A. Schwab)
Jazz And Roll (Dir. Zeke Hanson)

Block D
May (Dir. Mike Montgomery)
The Events Of That Night, As Best I Can Remember
(Dir. Brian L. Bieber)
Rug (Dir. Dylan Rippe)
Goodnight, Billy (Dir. Daryl Hrdlicka)
Lock And Key (Dir. John Barnes)
Unfinished Business (Dir. Dale Frewaldt)

Block E
Maladjustment (Dir. Anatasha Blakely)
I Know You Didn't Ask For This (Dir. Daniel Bergeson)
The Nightmare Paradox (Dir. Benjamin Kadaffi)
You Hit The Blunt Twice (Dir. Asher Deinken)
Charlie (Dir. Max Hofer)
Killer Date (Dir. Carlos Omar De León)

Block F: Student Films
Mirror Mirror (Dir. Carter Bain)
Mabel's New Doll (Dir. John A. Schwab)
Lethia (Dir. Melinda Windhold)
Hand's Tied (Dir. Melinda Winhold, Chloe Mcmichael)
High Contrast (Dir. Mason James Schnurstein, Braden Michael Vinson)
Smash N' Burn (Dir. Quintin Olson)
Three Words (Dir. Madison Dvorak, Jesse Brewer, Nolan Flanigan, Melinda Winhold)
Unexpected Visitor (Dir. Aron Kohl)

Block G: 2024 Fool’s 48 Showcase
Bellyache (Mistaken For Geniuses)
Echoes In The Bin (Closer To Fine Productions)
A Spring Fever Dream (The Posers)
The Education Of Books Cassidy (Court Street Jesters)
The Pitch (Idiots With Benefits)
Detective Macguffin In The Gray Matter (Citizen Cloud)
The Noise (East Park Productions)

Feature Films
Badger Clark: A Poet Among The Pines (Dir. Brad Dumke)
Frogman (Dir. Anthony Cousins)

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