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.

1pm and 7pm screenings with the Film Score Fest Orchestra

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

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

Date: April 26, 2025

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

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