Door County Film Festival

03/01/2026

We were featured in this month's digital issue of Out & About Wisconsin Magazine! Film Festivals Happening Around Wisconsin.

Great information and related stories about events and fun things you like to do in Wisconsin.

02/16/2026

Congratulations to the Audience Choice and Jury winners!
You can see all of the films on our website until Sunday, February 22nd.
www.doorcountyfilmfest.com

02/13/2026

Day 2 of the Door County Film Fest is about to begin! Tickets are still available at the door for all of the sessions. Hope to see you here!

02/08/2026

Chris and Antonio talk with Joe Burke, the Director of "Burt". Burt will be showing on Friday, February 13, 2026, at 2pm at the Northern Sky's Gould Theater in Fish Creek, WI.
More information about the Door County Film Festival can be found at www.doorcountyfilmfest.com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6urGetaAWQ

Chris and Antonio talk with Joe Burke, the Director of "Burt".Burt, a delightful and spirited 69 year old street musician with Parkinson’s has his daily life...

02/05/2026

Another festival director will be on Nite Lite with Pete Schwaba tonight. Jeff Blankenship, who has been sharing his movies with us for many years will be on tonight. The show runs from 5pm to 8pm.

Tonight Song Sung Blue Actor Hudson Hensely joins Pete! Then Director Jeff Blankenship talks Door County Film Festival, Shannon Simon of Cedar Crest Ice Cream makes the 🍿 Popcorn Pic of the Week 🍿 with the help of 4-H Leader Ann Jaroski & 4-H Youth President Hope Erath, then Editor of Film Comment magazine Devika Girish talks movies!

Let's Lite It Up!

02/03/2026

Bowdie Bentz will be on Night Lite with Pete Schwaba tonight at 7:20. His film "The Blood Trade" will screen in the 1pm short session on Saturday, February 14.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16UnKwAAyu/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Tonight, Pete welcomes Sturgeon Spirits Founder Karl Loewenstein, A Road at Night Director and ROACH Founder John Roach and filmmaker Bowdie Bentz!

Let's Lite it up!

02/02/2026

Chris and Antonio interview the Cast and Crew of Daniel Needs to Leave at Piranha North Studios in Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Shot in long, fluid takes on an iPhone 15, Daniel Needs to Leave is a genre-bending short that slips from comedy to horror and back again. It's a playful yet unsettling reflection on the social anxiety of leaving, the weight of politeness, and the strange purgatory of Wisconsin goodbyes.
Daniel Needs to Leave will be a part of the Shorts Program 2 starting at 3:30 on Saturday February 14th, 2026, at the Gould Theater in Fish Creek, WI.
For More information about the Door County Film Festival, visit www.doorcountyfilmfest.com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zovRtM7zFx4

Chris and Antonio interview the Cast and Crew of Daniel Needs to Leave at Piranha North Studios in Sturgeon Bay, WI.Shot in long, fluid takes on an iPhone 15...

01/26/2026

Chris interviews Peter Howie about his film, Controlled Burn, which will show in the Student Film Session on Thursday February 12, 2026, at 6pm in Northen Sky's Gould Theater.
More information about the festival can be found at www.doorcountyfilmfest.com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R53WHGIULrA

Chris talks with Peter Howie and his film, Controlled Burn. Peter is a Toronto-based writer, director, and editor whose films explore emotional ambiguity, fr...

01/22/2026

Chris and Antonio talk with Clare O'Connor, writer, Director, Producer of Kind Mother. This movie will be shown during the 1pm Shorts Block of the 2026 Door County Film Festival on February 14th.
For more information about the festival, check out: www.doorcountyfilmfest.com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s6dCffHr-Y

Chris and Antonio talk with Clare O'Connor, writer, Director, Producer of Kind Mother.An estranged mother arrives at the silent retreat that her daughter is ...

01/21/2026

Festival Director Chris Opper was on WTMJ's What's on Tap with Sandy Max last night. Here's the podcast. The interview comes on around the 47-minute mark.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/whats-on-tap/id1714916912?i=1000745986750

01/13/2026

Chris and Antonio talk with Writer, Director, Bowdie Bentz about his Western film "The Blood Trade". This movie will be shown during the 1pm Shorts Block of the 2026 Door County Film Festival on February 14th.
For more information about the festival, check out: www.doorcountyfilmfest.com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhKc68v-x1Q&t=29s

Chris and Antonio talk with Writer, Director, Bowdie Bentz about his Western film "The Blood Trade". This movie will be shown during the 1pm Shorts Block of ...