2nd Annual Mississippi Minute Film Festival - Entries in; Vote for Your Favorite!

Mississippi Minute Film Festival

Entries in; Vote for Your Favorite!

Winners Screened October 26 at Riverfront Summit, Mill City Museum

October 4, 2015: Minneapolis, MN: All films are in for the 2^nd Annual Mississippi Minute Film Festival, an event of the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership (MRP.) Judging is now underway; MRP is asking people to vote for their favorite film to win the Festival’s People’s Choice Award. Voting is online at www.mississippiminute.org. A one minute trailer showing some of the entries for this year’s Festival is available on You Tube at: Mississippi Minute Trailer.

“We have an exciting and creative batch of new films entered in this year’s Festival,” notes Kathleen Boe, executive director of MRP. “We are encouraging folks to watch this year’s films online and vote for their favorite!” she said.

All category winners and runners-up, plus a Best of Show and a People’s Choice Award, will be screened October 26, 2015 at MRP’s Riverfront Summit, 5:30 p.m. at the Mill City Museum. The Summit is free and open to the public.  Guest speaker is John Anfinson, Superintendent of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.  Learn more about the National Park Service’s upcoming 100 year celebration and this one-of-a-kind park in the midst of our city.

            Judges for this year’s Mississippi Minute Film Festival are:

• Whitney Clark, Executive Director, Friends of the Mississippi River
• Lisa Goodman, Council Member, Minneapolis City Council
• Brenda Langton, owner/founder of Spoonriver Restaurant; founder of the Mill City Farmer’s Market,
• Tom Meyer, Founding Principal, Meyer, Scherer and Rockcastle, Ltd
• Dean Otto, Program Manager, Moving Image, Walker Art Center
• Blong Yang, Council Member, Minneapolis City Council

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