Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel to Attend Fargo Film Festival

BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN

Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel will be welcomed as guests of honor for the 2023 Fargo Film Festival. An on-stage conversation with the artists will serve as the Festival’s Closing Night showcase at 7:00pm on Saturday, March 25. This will be Siegel’s first visit to the FFF. Flanagan attended in 2011 to premiere his debut feature Absentia.

Writer/director/producer Mike Flanagan is one of modern horror’s preeminent creators. With acclaimed feature films and episodic series, Flanagan has developed a signature artistic style and devoted fan base. His Netflix “Flanaverse” series include The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass. Flanagan has directed many popular horror/thriller features including Doctor Sleep, Gerald’s Game, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Hush, and Oculus. In 2021, Flanagan received the Visionary Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

Writer/actor Kate Siegel has been dubbed the “Queen of Netflix Horror” (Collider, Oct 2021), but her filmography is impressively diverse. Several of Siegel’s most celebrated performances are featured in collaborations with husband Mike Flanagan. Their shared projects include The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, for which Siegel received a Critics Choice Award nomination. Siegel co-wrote and starred in the Netflix thriller Hush, for which she received multiple genre award nominations.

Tickets for “An Evening with Mike Flanagan and Kate Siegel” will go on sale at 12:30pm on Thursday, January 19. Seating is reserved for this special event. Tickets on the floor are $35 and tickets in the balcony are $25. Tickets will be available for purchase at FargoTheatre.org or in-person at the Fargo Theatre box office. The box office is open in-person from 12:30pm-7pm Tuesday to Sunday.