2024 Festival Award Winners

  • People's Choice Award

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  • Best of Fest - Feature LENGTH

    The Engine Inside

  • Special Jury Award - Feature length

    King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones

  • Best of Fest - Mid-Length

    Children of Lead

  • Special Jury Award - Mid-Length

    Who She Is

  • Best of Fest - Short

    The Orchestra Chuck Built

  • Special Jury Award - Short

    Carpenter

  • Best MN Doc Award

    Minnesota Mean

2023 Festival Award Winners

  • People's Choice Award

    Finding Her Beat

  • Best of Fest

    Ranger

  • Special Jury Award

    The Balcony Movie

  • Best of Fest - Short

    Stranger at the Gate

  • Special Jury Award - Short

    Dani’s Twins

  • Best MN Doc Award

    Finding Her Beat

  • Special Jury MN Film

    Tiny Titanic

  • KSMQ Public Television Award

    Chicken Soup for the Soil

2022 Festival Award Winners

  • Best of Fest

    Failure to Protect

  • Special Jury Award

    Cat Daddies

  • Best Short Film Award

    Breaking Trail

  • Best MN Doc Award

    Breaking Trail

  • KSMQ Public Television Award

    Singing Kindness

  • People's Choice Award

    Cat Daddies

2021 Festival Award Winners

  • Best of Fest

    The Disrupted

  • Special Jury Award

    Picture of His Life

  • Best Short Film Award

    Welcome Strangers

  • Best Minnesota Documentary Award

    Jay’s Longhorn

  • KSMQ Public Television Award

    Myrtle Simpson: A Life on Ice