21st Annual FRFF Passes for 2026 on Sale Now
The Frozen River Film Festival (FRFF), one of the Midwest’s premier documentary film festivals, is thrilled to announce that 2026 festival passes are ON SALE NOW. The festival will take place from February 1st-8th, 2026.
FRFF staff have finalized the schedule for the 21st annual Frozen River Film Festival. The screenings have been set and are available to view on our website frff.eventive.org.
You can also read and learn more about the films our team has selected for this year’s festival! We unfortunately cannot highlight every film, but here are a few we’ve identified as the must see films of the festival:
- Third Act, a powerful feature about passing down intergenerational artistic wisdom, exploring father–son bonding and the resilience required to create something entirely new for your culture.
- Comparsa is a compelling story of women’s resistance and community healing through art and performance. After 41 girls are killed in a government housing fire, two sisters organize a street festival to bring their community together.
- Everything Needs to Live follows a lesbian Ukrainian weightlifter as she cares for animals and neighbors while war rages around her, capturing moments of tenderness and strength in the face of ongoing war.
- The Little Ancestor, one of the few animated films in the festival, traces the history of a farmhouse and its surroundings as years, and generations, pass by.
These are just four of our sixty incredible international films which will be screened in Winona from February 1st through the 8th.
While all the films in the festival are exciting, challenging, educational or simply entertaining, the real joy of the festival is being together with other community members experiencing something new. The conversations that come from viewing the same film together and taking different things away from it are what make this festival experience unique.
Festival Passes Now Available
Festival passes offer flexible options for in-person and online viewing:
● All Access Pass (In-Person & Online): $135
● Festival Pass (In-Person Only): $100
● Online-Only Pass: $65
● Winona Students: FREE (discount codes available through educational institutions or by contacting [email protected])
● Non-Winona Students: $50 (with valid student ID)
Passes can be purchased at frff.org/attend or frff.eventive.org.
The printed program will be made available the week before the festival. FRFF’s box office will open on Tuesdays-Thursdays, 11 am – 3 pm starting Tuesday, January 20th at our new office in The ARC – Home of the Historic Masonic Theatre at 255 Main Street, Winona, MN 55987. Please enter through the doors on 5th Street where the drive up and awning can be seen.