MSP Film Society

06/17/2026

Join us this Monday June 22 at 5:15pm for a free screening of ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS. ⁠
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Annunciation Light Alliance, Knock, inc., and MSP Film present a special screening to create space for reflection, conversation, and community connection around the human impact of gun violence. The film’s Academy Award win for Best Documentary Short has helped bring national attention to these stories and expand the conversation around the human impact of gun violence.⁠
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ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS • Free Screening ⁠
Mon, June 22 • 5:15pm⁠
Post-screening conversation moderated by Brittany Haeg, Co-Chair, Annunciation Light Alliance. Conversation participants include:⁠
Steve Hartman - CBS News Correspondent and host featured in the documentary⁠
Kristen Neville - Co-Chair, Annunciation Light Alliance⁠
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All the Empty Rooms follows veteran CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp as they embark on a seven-year-long project to document the empty bedrooms of children killed in school shootings. Hartman steps away from his heartwarming human interest stories and, unbeknownst to his network’s bosses, pursues a piece on absence, memory, and the unseen ripples of America’s gun violence epidemic. As these senseless incidents claim more young lives than any other cause in America, these quiet bedrooms reveal truths more powerful than statistics ever could.⁠
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Please reserve your free tickets through the link in our bio or at https://mspfilm.org/show/all-the-empty-rooms/

05/19/2026

It has officially been a month since MSPIFF45 and we just wanted to say THANK YOU!

This years MSPIFF was record breaking!
Together we were able to break the record for the most MSPIFF45 attendees in one day!

Check out these awesome MSPIFF45 stats!
🎞️233 Films
🎞️33,301 Tickets
🎞️36 Parties, Panels, Events
🎞️97 out of 301 Sold-Out Screenings
🎞️31 US Premieres
🎞️102 Feature Film Guests
🎞️42 Short Film Guests
🎞️7 Satellite Locations

We can’t wait to see you next year for MSPIFF46!

05/08/2026

Thank you to Amy Goodman and Director Carl Deal from for joining us at for two sold out screenings, after which Amy and Carl spoke about not only about the film but also what it’s like to stick up to corporate media in the pursuit of truth.

A special thanks as well to and for co-presenting, and our moderators: Artist Ricardo Levins Morales and Rebecca Smith, CEO of Speak MPLS.

STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! — screening now at The Main Cinema — is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer Amy Goodman, whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show Democracy Now!, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media.

04/18/2026

ESCALATION screens at 11am today, followed by a community conversation with Director AJ Schnack, photojournalist Tim Evans, and and Kirstin McCudden from Freedom of the Press Foundation.

"Escalation" will screen at the Main Cinema as part of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival at 11 a.m. on April 18, columnist John Rash writes.

04/17/2026

It’s Friday at MSPIFF45!

JANE ELLIOTT AGAINST THE WORLD
4:45pm • Edina Theatre
Director Judd Erlich and Special Guests Attending

WOMAN LAND CLUB
6:30pm - 9:00pm • MSPIFF HQ
Join us for an evening at the Woman Land Club, a gathering space celebrating Yasmin Yassin’s short film WOMAN LAND, with the cast, crew, and community who brought it to life, for a night of girlhood filled with charms, discussion, and special drinks. Linger, connect, and take part in a series of curated experiences.

A LIFE ILLUMINATED
7:10pm • The Main Cinema
Director/Producer Tasha Van Zandt and Producer/Cinematographer Sebastian Zeck Attending

THRESHOLD
7:15pm • The Main Cinema
Filmmakers Lars Brinkema and Torsten Brinkema Attending

Check out our full Friday lineup on mspiff.org!

04/16/2026

The MSPIFF45 photo album is here!

Checkout photos from events, parties, and screenings through this link! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1imb-_tS2cB3JYjSw2F1MivjYSRRqk9Iv.

We’re adding to it every day!

04/14/2026

MFA vice-president Matt Olson talked about the tax credit changes during the MSPIFF Industry Movers and Shakers panel on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table to learn more about the MFA.

04/14/2026

Join us this Thursday for LE***AN TRAILER BINGO!
4:30pm - 6:30pm • MSPIFF HQ

Le***an Trailer Bingo is exactly what it sounds like. As trailers play from Carol, But I’m a Cheerleader, Below Her Mouth, Saving Face, and nearly 50 more, you’ll mark off classic tropes on your $5 bingo card. Join MSPIFF45 shorts filmmaker Whitney Chitwood (SAM WANTS HER SWEATER BACK) for this happy hour event, leading into Shorts Program 7: Nervous Laughter. With prizes from MSPIFF, , , , , and more!

For more events go to mspfilm.org/mspiff/mspiff45-events-panels/

04/14/2026

Beautiful story on MPR today about WHY WE DANCE, from Director Oogie Push & Producer Ryan Stopera, which screens again on Sat 4/18 at 4:15pm at The Main Cinema, followed by a party STILL HERE, STILL MOVING – A CELEBRATION OF INDIGENOUS FILMMAKERS FROM MINNESOTA.

You will probably want to come early on 4/18 and make a day of it, starting at 12:15pm with MSPIFF45's INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING ROUNDTABLE, with Filmmakers Oogie Push (Why We Dance), Leya Hale (Medicine Ball), Ajuawak Kapashesit (The Boom), and Cory Maria Dack (Source to Sea: A Winter Migration) discussing their respective films, narrative sovereignty, and reclaiming Indigenous storytelling in today’s times.

MPR also included this great list of other Indigenous & Aboriginal Films at MSPIFF45, screening at The Main Cinema, Edina Theatre, and FilmNorth where noted. Visit MSPIFF.org for all the details:

The Condor Daughter — Tue 4/14, 2:00pm and Fri 4/17, 9:30pm at The Main Cinema
Mārama — Tue 4/14, 9:50pm at The Main Cinema
The Boom (short) — Tue 4/14, 7:05pm at The Main Cinema & Sat 4/18, 4:15pm at Film North
Aki — Wed 4/15, 2:30om at The Main Cinema
Comparsa — Fri 4/17, 2:15pm & Sun 4/19, 11:20am at The Main Cinema
Source to Sea: A Winter Migration — Sat 4/18, 7:00pm, The Main Cinema & Sun 4/19, 12:00pm, Edina Theatre
Medicine Ball — Sat 4/18, 2:00pm, The Main Cinema
Legend of Fry-Roti: Rise of the Dough (short) — Sun 4/19, 1:55pm, The Main Cinema

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/14/why-we-dance-indigenous-documentary-mspiff-premiere

A new documentary premiering at MSPIFF follows Indigenous dancers across North America, using movement to explore culture, history and resilience while centering joy over trauma.