Founded in 2007 by Trey Wodele and Richard Hansen, the EDU Film Festival has become Minnesota's premier film festival for high school students and an annual event anticipated by youth filmmakers from all over MInnesota.
Each year students from schools across the state attend the festival to view each other's work, take part in panel discussions, network with high school and professional filmmakers, and compete for Best-in-Fest awards.
Each year students from schools across the state attend the festival to view each other's work, take part in panel discussions, network with high school and professional filmmakers, and compete for Best-in-Fest awards.
Snow
A "Single Shot" 1 minute short film about a kid who is melencholically watching snow. As he watches the snow, we listen to a static filled tv broadcast about the declining state of the world. In a match cut + dolly zoom we reveal that the kid was in virtual reality the whole time and is actually living in his basement taking shelter, not enjoying the beautiful, Minnesotan, snow.
1 minute
Somebody's Gotta Take Him!
In this film, a tired businessman attempts to sell a creepy rabbit sculpture, with a shocking twist.
1 minute
Scallywags & Skeletons
A band of pirates discover a little more than just treasure.
2 minutes
There's No Winning
A short film following a highschool dancer who is stuggling with the stress of learning a new dance while juggling school work. The film follows the dancer going through a rough day.
5 minutes
The Night I Swam With the Stars
This short film tells tells the story of a magical night of swimming in a lake at night under the star- filled sky.
2 minutes
"A WALTZ FOR A NIGHT"
Camille is a struggling dancer trying to find an audience for her work.
8 minutes
The Shot
This film follows a photographer through the process of creating an image.
2 minutes
A Good Day?
A Good Day? follows the story of a man with crippling anxiety which takes the form of a monster. Watch as the monster slowly tears the man’s life apart and the man struggles to find a sense of hope again.
6 minutes
Katsumi
A documentary about how one woman used her art as a escape from her fighting cancer.
3 minutes
