Join us on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at History Theatre for new short films with scores performed live by the Film Score Fest Orchestra! Thanks to grants from MRAC and Saint Paul Cultural Star, we’re able to host TWO screenings this year with the orchestra and 16 guest musicians.

Location: History Theatre – 30 10th St E, St Paul, MN 55101

Schedule (details below):

  • 1 pm – Orchestra screening 1
  • 3 pm – B-sides screening of non-selected films (free)
  • 4:30 pm – Panel discussion on the top 8 films (free)
  • 7pm – Orchestra screening 2
  • 9pm – Afterparty at Pillbox Tavern

Buy Tickets for the orchestra screenings – $20

1pm Screening with the Orchestra

FILM – FILMMAKER / COMPOSER (GUEST INSTRUMENTS)

  • Born to Move* – Jeffrey Schwinghammer / Erik Heathcote (hurdy-gurdy)
  • Projesptive – John Akre / Bongjun Kim
  • Welcome to Alaska – Rodney Johnson / Nick Rudnik
  • Side Passage* – Jacob Docksey / Ken Takata, Sophie Caplin (piano, voice)
  • Let Me Start Again – Anthony Hunke / John Kuntz
  • See Turtle – Jason P. Schumacher / Josie Just
  • The Price of Eggs – Maya Washington / Khary Jackson (synthesizer)
  • Truffle Kerfuffle – Joe Graves, Shun Matsuhashi, Nick Graves / Christine Palmer
  • The Depths: Såhågu* – Erica Warren / Ritika Ganguly (shruti box, tabla, Andean flute)
  • Free Zhi Kai* – Len Sanqui / Seth Pioske (synthesizer)
  • Night Prism* – Chris Lange / Mike Muncher
  • Who Stole the Cookie From the Cookie Jar* – Kazua Melissa Vang / Asuka Kakitani
  • Lil Mizz Possum’s Pizza – Will Matthews / Liam Vance
  • Ventana – Andy Dayton / Will Edwards (synthesizer)
  • Marion Dada* – Serena Violet Hodges / Arthur Xiong
  • Mermaid Land* – David Koesters / Mitchell Dietz

*The top 8 films (as chosen by judges) will be shown in both the 1pm and 7pm screenings.

7pm Screening with the Orchestra

  • Born to Move* – Jeffrey Schwinghammer / Erik Heathcote (hurdy-gurdy)
  • Through the Fractured Lens – Jae-Eun Suh / Edmund Song
  • Remembering – Cameron Jones / Nik Stalhammar
  • Side Passage* – Jacob Docksey / Ken Takata, Sophie Caplin (piano, voice)
  • Pellucid – Signe Lisadotter / Aarush Bothra
  • Con Cuidado – Benji Salinas / Christian Rasmussen, Noah Bauer
  • Bye Bye Kash – Randy Xiong / Erik Ostrom
  • Dana In the Nightmare: Manifest – Alan Tracy / Jeff Goldsmith (synthesizer)
  • The Depths: Såhågu* – Erica Warren / Ritika Ganguly (shruti box, tabla, Andean flute)
  • Free Zhi Kai* – Len Sanqui / Seth Pioske (synthesizer)
  • Night Prism* – Chris Lange / Mike Muncher
  • Who Stole the Cookie From the Cookie Jar* – Kazua Melissa Vang / Asuka Kakitani
  • Powdery Prances and Such Wondrous Snow Dances – Mavrick Roos / Tom Johnson
  • The Fall – Chris Lange / Calley Bliss (voice)
  • Marion Dada* – Serena Violet Hodges / Arthur Xiong
  • Mermaid Land* – David Koesters / Mitchell Dietz

3pm B-Sides Screening (free)

We received tons of great submissions, and we want to show all the films made for Film Score Fest! We’ll have a screening with the films not selected for the main screening, and you’ll get to hear their digital mock-up scores.

  • Saturday, April 26
  • 3pm (following the 1pm orchestra screening)
  • History Theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Free and open to anyone

FILM – FILMMAKER / COMPOSER

  • A (Hmong) Man Walks Into The Woods – Zach Jansen / Daniel Carlson
  • A House with One Hundred Rooms – Skye Reddy
  • A Mom’s Creation – Andres A Parra / Olly Manning
  • Art Perception – Alex Kouhi / John Paul Proper
  • I’ve Fallen… – Thomas Mammoth / Tim Kirchof
  • Just For A Day – Kari Layland / Olivia Nyman
  • la Perception d’Alpha – Ryan Gilmer / Emily Manuel
  • REMNANTS – Paul Creager / Shinjan Sengupta
  • Richard III – Matthew Daniel Ford / John Altenbernd
  • Sheer Force of Personality – Nora Peterson / Nate Weiner
  • Tessie, Squirmy, Scooter, and Woogle – Felicia Cooper / Jason Hogan
  • The Infected: The Beginning – Amara Eagan / Cameron Fassett
  • The Mirrors – Thet Oo Maung / Jesse Holden
  • The Persistence of the Dream – Basil Considine / Dan Wheeler
  • The Stray Cat – Kajshia Yang / Lindsay Young
  • Touch It – Larry Wydra / George Sarah

4:30pm Panel Discussion (free)

Hear about the unique FSF creative process from the filmmakers and composers of the top eight films at this first ever free FSF panel discussion.