Mississippi Minute Film Festival Winners Announced

Winners of the Mississippi Minute Film Festival were announced Monday evening, October 20^th, at the Riverfront Summit, held at the Mill City Museum by the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership, www.minneapolisriverfrontpartnership.org.

Winners were juried by Brenda Langton, Spoonriver Restaurant; Ben Heywood, The Soap Factory; architect Tom Meyer of MS&R; Sarah McKenzie, editor of the Downtown Journal, and Jesse Bishop, Minneapolis St. Paul Film Society.

With the tagline “One River, One Minute, Your Vision”, the Mississippi Minute Film Festival asked for one-minute video essays that would amuse, inform and inspire viewers about the city’s great river. Winners are:

Best of Show Award:

Mississippi Night by Jack McTigue

People's Choice Award:

Mississippi and Friends by Dave Woradech, Cabin in the Woods

Category Winners:

Central Riverfront Entries

First Place: Why Yes by Artis Curiskis and Sara Rothholz Weiner

Runner-up: Origins by James Tucker and Ryan Siemers

Lower Gorge Entries

First Place: An Evening on the River with Minneapolis Rowing Club, by Lisa Ohnstad

Runner-up: Mississippi Tribute, videography & editing by Mark Ryan

Upper River Entries

First Place: It's the Mighty Mississippi, cartoon by John Akre

Runner-up: Labor Day by Isabelle Harder and The Starfolk

Upper Harbor Terminal Entries

First Place: Summer of 1975, directed by David Tinjum, videography, Josh Zenner, A Mill City Times Production

Runner-up: River, Wind, Canoe by John Gigrich and Sam Spencer

Honorable Mention

Intro to Belle: The Stone Arch Deer by Darrell Ayers

Spirits of the Winter River by Roy Sorenson

Greg Goes Through the Lock by Paul Helgesen, Greg Bohrer, Phil Harder, Patrick Pierson, and Glen Helgeson

Winners and all submitted films can be seen at www.mississippiminute.org.