The Duluth Superior Film Festival is set to have its ‘strongest line-up’ according Founding Director Richard Hansen.

The festival runs Thursday, October 5 though Sunday, October 8 across downtown Duluth.

Their opening night presentation, 40 Below: Toughest Race in the World. It’s an extreme endurance race in Minnesota from International Falls to Tower. People have 135 miles to cover in 60 hours on statistically the coldest day of the year, the last Monday in January.

Director Marius Anderson explains, “Just to qualify for it you have to do some of the toughest races.” Adding that Iron Man is not even comparable.”

The film was shot during the coldest race they’ve ever done, and tickets for its NorShor screening are going quickly.

Other Feature Films Include:

TUSCALOOSA

  – Directed by Philip Harder

BEYOND THE NORTH WOODS

  – Directed by Lance Todd

BAD PRESS

  – Directed by Rebecca Landsberry-Baker and Joe Peeler

  – U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award Winner at Sundance Film Festival

BOUGH BROTHERS

  – Directed by Nickolaus Swedlund

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS

  – Directed by Mike Cheslik

GREYBEARD: THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE MISSISSIPPI

  – Directed by Zak Rivers

IRON OPERA

  – Directed by Mike Scholtz and Marius Anderson

MINNESOTA MEAN

  – Directed by Dawn Mikkelson

OJIBWA WARRIOR

  – Directed by Marie-Michèle Jasmin-Bélisle

RELENTLESS

  – Directed by Thomas Lindsey Haskin

THE CLAW

  – Directed by Philip Harder