About the Festival

1. Who produces the Festival?

The Whiskey Creek Film Festival is produced by the Whiskey Creek Film Festival Committee. This year the committee includes Alice Martin, Rod Nordberg, Dave Quincer, Mary Dye Moen, Elizabeth Hawkins, and Jamie Robertson.

Local sponsors, including 5 Wings Arts Council and the Wadena Convention and Visitors Bureau, help support the Festival. All sponsors are recognized on the sponsor page; click on the “sponsor” menu at the bottom of the page to visit links to businesses and organizations that make the Festival happen.

The 2022 Festival is back in 2022 with 6 new films in current release.

2. The Cozy Theatre

Special thanks to the Cozy Theatre and 3rd-generation owner Dave Quincer for making the Cozy available one week each September for the Festival. And a special thank you to all the Cozy staff who have a key role in the success of this annual film celebration. Visit the Cozy website by clicking on the Cozy name or the photograph of the Cozy.

3. Thank our sponsors

Our business and individual sponsors make this Festival possible. If you have a chance please tell our sponsors you appreciate their support of Whiskey Creek Film Festival. They, along with our patrons, bring the Festival to life each September.

4. Best in Current Cinema

During the week of September 9-15 six films in current theatrical release-will be screened at the Cozy Theatre. The films are A Love Song, Phantom of the Open, Mr. Malcolm’s List, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, and Vengeance.

7. Getting Tickets

Season passes for this year’s Festival may be purchased at the Cozy boxoffice, Oma’s Restaurant in Wadena, the Cultural Center in New York Mills, Tower Pizza in Staples, and Beagle and Wolf Books in Park Rapids. Individual tickets for one or more films may be purchased only at the Cozy box office. You may also purchase season passes on line — just click the link below.

Sponsors

The Whiskey Creek Film Festival is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Five Wings Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Additional support has been provided by the following organizations and businesses: Wadena Hide & Fur; Arvig; Pemberton Law; Mid-Central Federal Savings Bank; Wadena State Bank; Hometown Crafts and Fabrics of Wadena & Detroit Lakes; Tri-County Health Care; Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative; Craig & Associates Financial Advisors in Wadena; the Wadena Convention and Visitor’s Bureau; Partners for a Healthy Wadena; the Cozy Theatre; State Farm Agency of Jolene Johannes; Central Minnesota Credit Union; Wadena Chamber of Commerce; Merickel Lumber and Hardware; Schuller Family Funeral Services.

Links to websites for these Festival sponsors may be found by clicking the sponsor menu at the bottom of each page.

Legacy funds were made available to the Festival through a grant from