The Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership would like to extend its warm thanks to each of the entrants in the 2016 Mississippi Minute Film Festival! We’ve been so lucky to have a wide range of talent, interest, and entries that each warrant a viewing (or more!).
In celebration of the National Park Service’s Centennial, the Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership expanded the Mississippi Minute film festival to include the entire 72 miles of this unique riverfront park.
Upper Mississippi: Dayton and Ramsey to Minneapolis City Limits
Minneapolis Riverfront: Minneapolis northern city limits to Ford Dam
St. Paul Riverfront: Ford Dam to St. Paul Southern City Limits
Lower Mississippi: St. Paul Southern City Limits to Hastings/Point Douglas
The winners are listed and shown here. All winners – with the exception of the viewer’s choice award – were determined by a nine-judge panel, which included: Jay Cowles (Chair, Mississippi Park Connection); Dan Dressler (National Park Service); Aaron Dysart (City Artist in Residence, Public Art Saint Paul); Paul Hicks (Mayor, City of Hastings); Anne Hunt (Environmental Policy Director, Office of Mayor Chris Coleman); Tom Johnson (Former MRP Board Member, Attorney at Gray Plant Mooty); Brenda Langton (Owner, Spoonriver Restaurant; Founder Mill City Farmer’s Market); Derek McCallum (Best of Show Filmmaker, 2015; AIA, Leed BD+C, Principal RSP Architects); Susan Smoluchowski (Executive Director, The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul)
You can also browse an alphabetical list of all 20 film entries we received.
Relax, and enjoy a range of compelling perspectives on the Mississippi River!
Best in show
mr. sippy
by Heather Novak-Peterson & Dan Haugh
People’s Choice
Downstream
Directed by Erin Cole, Music and Sound by Jordan Hedlund, Acting by Charlotte Tate
Upper Mississippi
First prize
Dam the Mississippi
By Skip Carlson
Lower Mississippi
First prize
The Edge Effect with Chris Faust
By John Shepard, Producer; Tracy Fredin Executive Producer
Minneapolis Riverfront
First prize
Now Playing
By James Tucker
Runner-up
Downstream
Directed by Erin Cole, Music and Sound by Jordan Hedlund, Acting by Charlotte Tate
Honorable Mention
Space/River/Fabric
By Mark Ryan
Honorable Mention
Mighty Mississippi
By Mark Nystrom, Jimmy Gildea, Elizabeth Turner, CeCeBell, Annette Wiseman, and Jeanne Whitehill
St. Paul Riverfront
First prize
Gordy Mergens: Rooted to the River
By Patrick Deninger
Runner-up
One-River Thinking with Lyndon Torstenson
By John Shepard, Producer; Tracy Fredin, Executive Producer