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Fargo Film Festival Heats Up

  The Fargo Film Festival is ramping up for a big weekend. The festival started Tuesday night and things are really getting going as we move into the weekend.

   Here are some early highlights... 

The Fargo Film Festival is proud to announce its 2012 Best in Show award winners.

Best Picture: Incident in New Baghdad (James Spione, director)

Best Director: Don Hertzfeldt (It's Such a Beautiful Day)

Best Actor: Lee Tergesen (Silver Tongues)

Best Actress: Anna Margaret Hollyman (Small, Beautifully Moving Parts)

Best Screenplay: Simon Arthur (Silver Tongues)

Best Cinematography: Will Basanta (Jess + Moss)

Congratulations to all the winners for their incredible work.

  Here is a look at this weekend's schedule...

Friday, March 9 Morning Session (On Broadway)
10:00 Hamster Heaven
10:05 Papa's Boy
10:10 After the Shearing
10:20 A Short Film About Ice Fishing
10:30 Madtown
10:50 Like Sugar on the Tip of My Lips
11:05 Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest
11:10 Grandpa Looked Like William Powell
11:15 Francois Marconi: Man or God?
11:30 The Books: A Video and Audio Retrospective

Friday, March 9 Morning Session (Off Broadway)
10:00 Pioneer
10:15 Photos & Drawings
10:30 A Good Day to Die

Friday, March 9 Afternoon Session (On Broadway)
1:00 Ant Farm
1:15 Together: Dancing with Spinner Dolphins
1:20 The Mariner
1:40 Teen Writes: The Group That Opened the Box
2:45 Flagpole
3:05 At the Formal
3:15 Method
3:30 Fred and Vinnie

Friday, March 9 Afternoon Session (Off Broadway)
1:00 Among Us
2:35 Language of the Unheard
2:55 Achante
3:30 Beatles Stories

Friday, March 9 Evening Session (On Broadway)
7:00 A Finger, Two Dots Then Me
7:10 Tooty's Wedding
7:30 Jess + Moss
9:30 2-Minute Movie Contest

Saturday, March 10 Morning Session (On Broadway)
9:45 Melt
9:55 Honesty in Perspective
10:30 You Don't Know Bertha Constantine
10:55 Duck, Death and the Tulip
11:05 Guard Dog Global Jam
11:10 Moon Rock
11:20 Cookie
11:35 It's Such a Beautiful Day

Saturday, March 10 Morning Session (Off Broadway)
10:00 Wings. Dirt. Magic.
10:15 A Shadow of Blue
10:30 Gone
10:45 Small Beautifully Moving Parts

Saturday, March 10 Afternoon Session (On Broadway)
1:30 Mound
1:35 Don't Be Nervous
1:50 Method
2:00 Gynoid
2:25 Waiting Room
2:35 Bear Force One
3:10 TXT
3:20 After-School Special
3:30 Bukowski
3:40 Mustache
4:00 High Road

Saturday, March 10 Afternoon Session (Off Broadway)
1:30 Silver Tongues
3:15 Age of Champions

Saturday, March 10 Evening Session (On Broadway)
7:00 Presentation of the Margie Bailly Volunteer Spirit Award to Greg Carlson
7:10 2-Minute Movie Contest Winner
7:15 Misdirection
7:35 A Morning Stroll
7:45 5 Dollars
8:05 Incident in New Baghdad
8:30 After the Credits
8:45 Time Freak
9:15 LIVE ON STAGE: Matt Walsh and Rich Sommer in CELEBRITY, an interactive improv game show where "knowing fame wins the game"