Frozen River Film Festival

Frozen River Film Festival | February 1 – 8

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 the sixty films which will be screened across downtown Winona, February 1st-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.

To reserve your Festival Pass (in person only), or All Access pass (In Person and Online) for the 2026 Frozen River Film Festival, visit frff.org/attend. To learn more about the films featured in this year’s festival, visit frff.org/films.

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 255 Main Street, Winona, MN 55987. Please enter through the doors on 5th street where the drive up and awning are.

Frozen River Film Festival is a member of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: riverartsalliance.org/membership/.