October 15–24, 2026 · 17th Annual Festival
Your red carpet.
Your moment.
See the filmmakers, cast and special guests attending TCFF 2026.
Two red carpet experiences
See who’s stepping into the spotlight
View appearances by date, time and venue. Check back for updates before you go.
Marcus West End Cinema
1625 West End Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Edina Mann Theatre
3911 W. 50th St.
Edina, MN 55424
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Red carpet schedule
Subject to change. Confirm details on this page before heading to the venue.
Saturday, October 24
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
11:15 AM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
‘Make The Cut’ Pitch Contestants
Jay J. Schuster – Cold Blooded Kari, Lauren Neal – Terminal, J.D. O’Brien – Whipple
Red carpet host
Diane Sieber
Carpet time
11:30 AM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Come Talk to Me
Deacon Warner (Director), Jackie Hunt Christensen (Producer)
Red carpet host
Diane Sieber
Carpet time
11:45 AM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Kings of Venice
Sveinn Ingimundarson (Co-Director/Producer)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Carpet time
2:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Catching Pinecones
Parker Michels-Boyce (Cinematographer/Producer/Editor) and Chad Heddleston (Director)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Carpet time
2:15 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Fork in the Road
Lisa Holmes (Executive Producer and Producer), Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin (Local MN Farmer), Beth Dooley (James Beard award-winning journalist)
Red carpet host
Miss Shannan Paul
Carpet time
4:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Acting Like Women
Cheri Gaulke (Director/Writer/Producer), Anne Gauldin (Writer/Producer)
Red carpet host
Lori Roovers
Carpet time
7:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Not Dead Yet
Eric Weber (Writer/Director), Nick Weber (Co-Director), Michael Goodin (Producer)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Thursday, October 15
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
4:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
You Belong Here
VisitLex – Mary Quinn Ramer (Film Sponsor), Ouita Michel (Cast/Executive Producer), Steve Zahn (Producer), Rick Gomez (Director), Coby Toland (Producer/Editor)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
5:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview
All About The Culture (Sharon Smith-Akinsanya)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
5:10 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview
Raymond J. Christensen Foundation (Sarah Devens)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
5:40 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview
Women’s Foundation (Roxane Battle & Erika Idrovo-Cuesta)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
5:50 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview
TeamWomen (Katy Burke)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
6:10 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview
Westopolis (Becky Bakken)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
6:20 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview
DoubleTree Hotel
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
6:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview
TPI Hospitality/AC Marriott (Amanda Westholter)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
7:10 PM
Marcus Interview
Film title
Sponsor Interview
Gigli (Evan Talebi)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
9:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
2026 TCFF Staff Photo
Red carpet host
Photo Only
Friday, October 16
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
3:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
The Art of Sustaining Prison
Kim Johnson (Director); C. Fausto Cabrera (Subject in Film)
Red carpet host
Tsion Kebede
Carpet time
3:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Memorializing The Movement
Alec Fischer (Director/Producer/Editor)
Red carpet host
Tsion Kebede
Carpet time
4:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
2026 Film Fellows Group Photo
Red carpet host
Photo Only
Carpet time
5:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Small Town Girl
Beth Hinde (Executive Producer/Screenwriter), Bill Cooper (Director)
Red carpet host
Lori Roovers
Carpet time
5:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
All About the Culture (Group 1)
Red carpet host
Photo Only
Carpet time
5:30 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Captive
Tyler Edward (Writer/Director)
Red carpet host
Briana Rose Lee
Carpet time
7:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Hot Dish Surprise (MN Shorts Block)
Sunny – Shelly Nagell (Writer/Director/Actor), All Good Things – James Snapko (Writer/Director), Clean Slate – Mitchell McCallson (Director/Writer), Behind the Reins – Adam Zuehlke (Director), Ruunta – Abdilatif Hassen (Director), The Boom – Ajuawak Kapashesit (Writer/Producer/Director)
Red carpet host
T. Aaron Cisco
Carpet time
8:00 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Run Amok
Julie Christeas (Producer)
Red carpet host
Briana Rose Lee
Saturday, October 17
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
1:30 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
SeriesFest: Pitch-A-Thon! Sponsor
Upper Midwest Film Office (UMFO) – Riki McManus
Red carpet host
Khadijah Cooper
Carpet time
1:45 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
SeriesFest: Pitch-A-Thon! Panelists
Claire Taylor (Moderator), Erich Smith, Crystal Holt, Michael Rucker
Red carpet host
Khadijah Cooper
Carpet time
2:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
One In a Million
Alight Sponsor – Changemaker Award
Red carpet host
Miss Shannan Paul
Carpet time
3:30 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Donostia
Daniel Cummings (Director/Producer)
Red carpet host
Khadijah Cooper
Carpet time
4:45 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview – Give Me The Ball!
Irish Titan (HER Series Sponsor)
Red carpet host
Matt Dooyema
Carpet time
5:45 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Bonding
David Nordstrand (Lead Actor), Barry Nordstrand (Producer), Carmen Nordstrand (Producer)
Red carpet host
T. Aaron Cisco
Carpet time
6:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Morelife
CJ Renner (Writer/Director), Clayne Crawford (Actor), Jackson Whitman (Actor), Ben Enke (DP), Lori Roovers (Line Producer)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Carpet time
6:45 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Under Your Skin (Horror Shorts Block)
Safe House – Faith Miller (Director)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Sunday, October 18
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
10:40 AM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Film Fellows Mock Interviews
Red carpet host
Sarah McPeck
Carpet time
11:45 AM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Noxturne
Kristina Klebe (Director/Writer); Byron Clohessy (Actor)
Red carpet host
Sarah McPeck
Carpet time
1:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Mackenzie
Jaffe Zinn (Director of Photography/Editor/Sound Design/Producer)
Red carpet host
Sarah McPeck
Carpet time
1:45 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Women’s Foundation Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
Roxane Battle (Vice President of Communications and Strategic Initiatives, Women’s Foundation of Minnesota), Lindsey Seavert (Director))
Red carpet host
Jiccarra N Hollman
Carpet time
2:00 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
A Month in Minnesota
Brian Lucas (Producer), Laura Gabbert (Executive Producer)
Red carpet host
Jiccarra N Hollman
Carpet time
2:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Demons and Depictions
Cy Dodson (Director), David Cook (Main Character)
Red carpet host
Sarah McPeck
Carpet time
4:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Welcome to the Fishbowl
Sheryl Glubok (Director/Writer), Iana Dontcheva (Producer), Jeremy Swift (Actor), Natalie Gold (Actor), Marin Hinkle (Actor)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
5:30 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Beyond the Eagle Obsession
Jeffrey Morris (Writer/Director), Fredrick Haugen (Writer/Editor)
Red carpet host
Bailey Murphy
Carpet time
6:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Caity
Lindsay Calleran (Director) and Jack Davis (Cinematographer)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Carpet time
7:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
You Don’t Know My Name
Tommy Franklin (Director)
Red carpet host
Blythe Whealy
Monday, October 19
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Appearances for this date will be announced soon.
Tuesday, October 20
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
3:30 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
T
Deb Fink (Executive Producer/Actor)
Red carpet host
Briana Rose Lee
Carpet time
4:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Love Reflected
Davar McGee (Writer/Producer/Director), Demitri McGee (Producer), LaTwanna Williams (Producer), Hannah Graffunder (Actress), Joseph “Juice” Sutton (Actor), Eve black (Actress)
Red carpet host
Sanni Browne of Carbon Sound
Carpet time
5:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Harvest
Ronda Lee Chapman, Keng Yang (Producer)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Carpet time
5:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Film Sponsor Interview
Trust for Public Land (Harvest)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Carpet time
5:15 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Strong Women (Drama Shorts Block)
Woman Land – Yasmin Yassin (Director), Tangled Roots – Tiffany Cornwell (Writer/Director/Actor)
Red carpet host
Briana Rose Lee
Wednesday, October 21
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
4:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Film Sponsor Interview – One Plant
Avio – Ezra Hereth (CEO/Founder)
Red carpet host
Briana Rose Lee
Carpet time
4:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Out of the Woods
Sal Bardo (Writer/Director), Frances Fisher (Actor)
Red carpet host
Briana Rose Lee
Carpet time
5:15 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Film Sponsor Interview – Faces of Hope
Anoka County (Patti Constant & Megan Thompson)
Red carpet host
Lori Roovers
Carpet time
5:30 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Faces of Hope
Cy Dodson & Megan Thompson (Directors), Patti Constant (Executive Producer)
Red carpet host
Sanni Brown of Carbon Sound
Carpet time
6:45 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Work Life Imbalance (Comedy Shorts Block)
At Work – Becca Schall (Director/Writer/Lead Cast); Switcheroo! – Kristin Schaack (Director); The Big Break – Kenny Cooper (Lead Actor/Executive Producer); Deeply Troubled – Cici Yixuan Wu (Co-Director/Co-Writer); Avant Guard – CR Sherman (Writer/Director)
Red carpet host
T. Aaron Cisco
Carpet time
7:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Jane’s Not Here
Jonathan Oster (Producer/Writer/Director); Lukas Mooney (Assistant Director/Producer)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Carpet time
7:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Boris is Dead
Micah Brandt (Producer), Chris Mulkey (Actor)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Thursday, October 22
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
4:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Dream (E)scapes (Sci-Fi Shorts Block)
A Strange Night In The Noise – Erin LeMair (Director of Photography), Memento Mori – Betsy Kenyon (Co-Director/Co-Writer/Co-Producer), Keepsake – Erik Skramstad (Writer/Director), Superconscious – Christianne Hedtke (Writer/Director)
Red carpet host
Matt Dooyema
Carpet time
5:45 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Film Sponsor Interview – An Invitation To Wonder
The Nature Conservancy – Angie Becker Kudelka (Deputy Director of The Nature Conservancy in MN, ND, SD)
Red carpet host
Diane Sieber
Carpet time
7:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Sponsor Interview
The Bond Between w/ Puppies + Kitties
Red carpet host
Matt Dooyema
Carpet time
7:45 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Comedy Through The Chaos
Miss Shannan Paul (Executive Producer/Host), Buffie Blesi (Director of Production), John DeBoer (Featured Performer)
Red carpet host
Diane Sieber
Friday, October 23
Appearances
Each appearance shows the carpet time, film, guests and host.
Carpet time
3:30 PM
Edina Mann Theatre
Film title
Edie Arnold is a Loser
Megan Rico (Writer)
Red carpet host
Tsion Kebede
Carpet time
4:30 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Small Talk
Steven Gerald Warkel (Writer/Director/Editor/Producer), Sabrina Hammoudeh (Production Designer/Co-Producer)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Carpet time
5:00 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Turning The Page (Documentary Shorts Block)
Me and Millie and Sundown Towns – Lingyue (Director)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
Carpet time
5:15 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
All About the Culture (Group 3)
Red carpet host
Photo Only
Carpet time
6:45 PM
Marcus West End Cinema
Film title
Under Your Skin (Horror Shorts Block)
Bad Insect – Severin Wessel (Writer/Director/Editor), You’ve Been Selected – Megen Musegades (Co-Writer/Co-Director/Co-Producer), Radiation April – Chaz Kangas (Writer/Lead Actor), Internal Color – Heidi Berg (Actor)
Red carpet host
Charla Marie Bailey
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Blythe Whealy
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Charla Marie Bailey
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Diane Sieber
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Jiccarra N Hollman
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Lori Roovers
Red carpet host
Matt Dooyema
Red carpet host
Miss Shannan Paul
Red carpet host
Sanni Browne
Red carpet host
Sarah McPeck
Red carpet host
T. Aaron Cisco
Red carpet host
Tsion Kebede
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