Twins Cities Film Fest (TCFF) is the gateway for movie lovers into the deep well of American Independent Cinema from across the country. The original film-art we showcase starkly contrasts the increasingly formulaic blockbuster that falls flat with sophisticated audiences.
Twins Cities Film Fest started in 2009 and takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet walked away with the top honor of Best Narrative Feature at the 2025 Twin Cities Film Fest. The film starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley reimagines the life and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s Hamlet, exploring love, grief, and artistic legacy through an intimate, poetic lens.
Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) celebrating its “Sweet 16” anniversary, unveiled its film slate of more than 150 movies set to both screen and stream October 16 – 25, 2025.
The Edward Berger drama Conclave alongside other acclaimed titles Sam Yates’ feature debut, Magpie, Steve McQueens’ WWII drama Blitz, A Real Pain directed by Jesse Eisenberg, Ash Avildsen directed Queen of the Ring, and Nickel Boys directed by RaMell Ross, are the finalists for the Best Feature Film Award at the 15th Twin Cities Film Festival (TCFF).
For its 15th year, the Twin Cities Film Fest in Minnesota released its 2024 film slate of more than 140 movies set to screen October 17-26, 2024. More than 70 films will also simultaneously stream online via the TCFF STREAMS platform.
The satire American Fiction took home the coveted Best Feature Film prize at the 2023 Twin Cities Film Fest. Starring Jeffrey Wright, the comedy marks Cord Jefferson’s (Watchmen, Succession, Master of None) memorable directorial debut, as he confronts America’s obsession with the reducing of people to outrageous stereotypes. The film recently won the People Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, often viewed as a bellwether of success at the Academy Awards.
Sarah Polley’s Women Talking took home the coveted Best Feature Film prize at the 2022 Twin Cities Film Fest. A big-screen adaptation of the Miriam Toews novel, about a group of eight women in an isolated religious community struggling to reconcile with their faith after a series of sexual assaults, Women Talking stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand in critically acclaimed roles. McDormand also served as producer on the film.
In its 13th year, the 2022 Twin Cities Film Fest showcases more than 140 movies from October 20-29 in a hybrid format – at the Showplace ICON Theaters and Kitchen at The Shops at West End, and online.
Kenneth Branagh’s critically acclaimed drama Belfast took home the Best Feature Film prize at the 2021 Twin Cities Film Fest. A semi-autobiographical portrait of childhood and working class family life in Northern Ireland during the tumultuous period of the late 1960s, the film stars Jamie Dornan and Caitriona Balfe.
The Twin Cities Film Fest selected more than 25 finalists for its top awards, and among the 2020 contenders for the top Best Feature Film Award are Darius Marder’s electrifying drummer drama Sound of Metal, Hisonni Johnson’s gritty urban thriller Take Out Girl and Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland.
Twin Cities Film Fest, set to run October 22-31 via a ‘Hybrid’ format opens on October 22 with the acclaimed documentary Black Boys, an intimate, inter-generational story that offers profound insight into black identity and opportunity at the nexus of sports, education and criminal justice.
Noah Baumbach’s critically-acclaimed relationship drama Marriage Story starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, was named the Best Feature Film of 2019 at the Twin Cities Film Fest.
Some of the top awards contenders from the festival circuit will be showcased at the 2019 Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) set to take place October 16-26 at the Kerasotes ShowPlace ICON Theatres at The Shops at West End. TCFF 2019 marks the organization’s 10th anniversary and arrives with a special focus on both female filmmakers and films that advance this year’s social justice cause: environmental sustainability.