Frozen River Film Festival: Jan. 23 - 27

The 2013 Frozen River Film Festival begins today in Winona, Minnesota. The annual event offers documentary films and related programming intended to engage, educate and activate the community through film.

According to the festival website, the festival aims at:

• Educating our viewers by offering films and discussion on issues of local, regional and world importance. We expose our audience to people they would never meet, to cultures they might never understand and to issues they have yet to consider.
• Providing a global perspective on environmental issues and culture offering alternate viewpoints. Through the presentation of film makers from around the world, we offer diverse perspectives on world issues and nature.
• Giving opportunities for debate, discussion and discourse on a variety of topics important to our community.
• Encouraging action on the part of each festival participant. Our festival will give audiences access to tools and connections to take action on social issues.
• Promoting cross-cultural dialogue through innovative film making.
• Fostering collaboration through coalition building with partner organizations and grassroots organizations around specific issue programs.

Tickets can be purchased at Chapter 2 Books between 10am and 6pm through January 25th. On January 26th and 27th the ticketing table will be in the Science Learning Center Atrium on the Winona State University campus.  Passes and tickets can also be purchased at any of the event location’s ticketing tables. 

You can find the event schedule and additional ticket information on the festival website.