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.
- Saturday, April 26
- 1pm & 7pm screenings with the Film Score Fest Orchestra
- History Theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Buy Tickets – $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
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