The Junk Food Film Festival

09/01/2026

We’re VERY excited to announce that our new favorite store Mythic Mercantile will be selecting our Partnership Film for 2027! If you haven’t been to Mythic, make sure to drop by in the mall to check out some good ol’ fashion nostalgia complete with arcade games and Baby Sinclair action figures. Fan of Junk Food? Then you’ll definitely be a fan of them.

Can’t wait to see what they pick for 2027!

08/31/2026

Just booked next year’s opening night film.

On 35MM!!!
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07/25/2026

🎉 It’s Festival Director Marin’s birthday!! 🎉 Send her some love in the comments and join us in watching one of her favorite movies of all time: the animated classic “The Secret of NIMH”. Check out our YouTube channel to see a Secret of NIMH reel to play before you watch the film.

07/16/2026

We’re going through some old videos from past festivals and uploading them to YouTube. First up: our Saturday Spotlight from our very first year. Check out the reel we cut for the cult classic “Cool World”: now available on our YouTube channel.

07/06/2026

To celebrate America's independence, we sat down this weekend to watch Pauly Shore's mockumentary "Adopted". In 2006, a young Pauly Shore saw "Borat" and thought to himself "I could do that." Three years later we got this.

We cut together a brief retrospective to show you Pauly's past and bring you up to speed on where he is now. Honestly, we could have cut a whole documentary about this fascinating man but we managed to whittle it down to about 7 minutes.

Pauly Shore put the movie up in full on Youtube so you can check it out here: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJc7SFcWfYY

Watch the reel, then head right into the movie. And let us know what you thought of it.

To celebrate America's independence, we sat down this weekend to wa...

05/21/2026

We went easy on you this year for the Endurance Test because we felt bad about Rollergator.

We won’t make that mistake again.

05/20/2026

A HUGE thank you to Twin Ports Ghostbusters for partnering with us this year, and ANOTHER HUGE thank you to all of you for generously donating to the Ronald McDonald House, Upper Midwest. We rounded up to $500 so they can afford an internet dolphin of their very own (but I'm sure they'll put it to much better use). Your donation goes immediately and directly to families with seriously-ill and injured children. Thank you so very much!

05/19/2026

Some photos from our amazing third year of the festival. (Big thank you to Logan Doe, Dawn Jensen, and Michael Larson for contributing.)

05/18/2026

Hey everyone! If you bought a badge online you should have received a survey about your experience at Junk Food this year and ways we can improve in the future. Thank you to those who have already taken time to respond. We've received some great feedback and look forward to making next year even better!

If you're not on our email list and didn't receive the survey, please reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll send you a link. The survey is anonymous and all questions are optional. We really value all of your suggestions and input! Thank you for another great year!

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05/18/2026

Chuck E Cheese in the Galaxy 5000 Remixed is officially on our YouTube channel!

Our remix cuts out the boring parts and adds a well-needed dose of our brand of humor (mostly b***r and fart jokes). We’re actually not huge fans of fart humor but we couldn’t help ourselves this time.

This cut definitely ain’t for kids.