The Junk Food Film Festival

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.

05/17/2026

THANK YOU everyone for an amazing third year! We're so incredibly happy with both the turn-out and enthusiasm. We're touched that so many of you keep coming back - and many of you - stay for THE WHOLE THING.

Marin and I spend so much time running around and keeping the festival going that we don't get the chance to snap a lot of pictures or take videos. If you want to share any pictures or videos from this weekend, please e-mail them to us at [email protected]. Or simply post in the comments below.

If you don't feel like having any of the photos you shared posted online, please let us know because eventually we'd like to post some.

05/15/2026

Today’s the day!!

05/14/2026

We're so happy to be teaming up with the Twin Ports Ghostbusters for our Partnership Film this year!

They've selected the cult classic WNUF HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: a found footage horror comedy that believe it or not: we haven't seen! (One of our favorite things to do is experience the Partnership film for the first time right alongside our audience.)

Come join Matt and Jeremy from the Ghostbusters as they explain why they chose this film and then do some fun trivia (with prizes!) afterwards.

May 16th, 5:30pm

05/12/2026

Festival director Matt Dressel stopped by Good Morning Northland on WDIO this morning to talk about the upcoming festival. He talked about how the festival has evolved, filmmaker’s hurt feelings, and how the festival isn’t just a bunch of crap (but he phrased it better because it’s a morning show).

Check it out: https://www.facebook.com/share/18nHUDcCKB/?mibextid=wwXIfr

If you love movies that make you laugh because they missed the mark, the Junk Food Film Festival is serving up a must‑see weekend.

05/11/2026

For this year's Cult Classic we have one in the truest sense of the term. "Johnny Mnemonic" spectacularly bombed its opening weekend opening 7th and earning a mere 6 MILLION against its 26 million dollar budget. As with Kung Pow, it earned a cult following on home video and even had a black-and-white re-release not too long ago.

The production woes were heavy with this one, with the director and studio at odds the entire time competing over the vision.

Roger Ebert said the film "is one of the great goofy gestures of recent cinema, a movie that doesn’t deserve one nanosecond of serious analysis but has a kind of idiotic grandeur that makes you almost forgive it."

Well, WE forgive you Keanu. And thank you for this bounty. Come join us as we relive the 90s in all its bloody, bonkers and cyberpunk-y glory.

May 16th, 3:30pm.