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Thank you Ed!
The GIANTS fundraiser was held Friday September 11 at 5 pm at The beautiful new MCal Grove Country club in Caledonia, MN!.
The seven time Emmy award winning Mr. Ed Asner was our guest of honor. It was a blast!
Our mission and the Film Festival!
We Collect, Create, Educate, Preserve and Protect the Past for the Future!
Official Awards
Spring Grove International Film Festival Lacey Awards
September 25th 2020
Filmmaker Awards “Spring Grove International Film Festival” Inaugural Festival September 11-13th 2020
1) “Three Bells” Director Jake Griggs. 1) Most Inspiring short film.2) Best Wisconsin Filmmaker Award.
2) ”1000 Miles to Nome” Director David Mabel & Steve Cannon
Best Nature Feature Award.
3) “16 to Life” Director Becky Smith.
Best Iowa Feature Film Award.
4) Trilogy of Shorts films. “Inner Peace” “Pretty Ugly Dreams” “The Space of Peace” Director Svern Lang. Best Iowa Short Filmmaker Award.
5) “The Butterfly Effect” Directed by Deb Wallwork and Janet Bayliss.
Best Butterfly Film in Category Award.
6) “The Dental Plan” Director Wayne Diu.
Best Action Film Award.
7) “Cookophony” Director Joe Chavala.
1) Best Dance Film Director in Festival Category Award.
2) Best Dance Cast Award.
8) “The Wolf” Director/Writer M.R. Fitzgerald.
1) Best psychological Intellectual Script “The Wolf” M.R. Fitzgerald.
2) Best Cinematography 10-30-minute category.
9) ”The Chair” Director Ronnie Cramer.
Best Animation Award.
10) “Blake” Directed by David Busch.
Most heartwarming Short Film.
11) “The Business of Autism” Director Stephen Mackey.
Best Film in Autism Category Award.
12) “Beauty Brains and Personality” Writer/Director Emmet Loverde.
1)Best scripted Feature.
2) Best Film Marketer Award.
13) “The One and Only Jewish Miss America” Director David Around.
Best Documentary Feature Award.
14) “Father and Father” Directors Michael Baumgarten & Art Camacho.
Best Short Action Film Award.
15) “Master Servant” Director Julie Koehnen.
1) Best Short Film Minnesota Filmmaker Award.
2) Best Costumes in Festival Award.
16) “On Top of The World” Director Kevin Isaacson.
Special Director Media Award for film and podcast work.
17) “Maids” Director Sofia Castro.
Best International dance film award.
18) “Senior Entourage” Director Brian Connors.
1) Best Supporting Actress Marion Ross.
2) Best Actors Lifetime Achievement acting awards, Mr. Ed Asner and Mr. Mark Rydell.
3) Best special supporting actor award David Lockhart.
4) Best Singer Award Helen Reddy.
5) Best Director/Writer. Brian Connors.
6) Best Bit Player Zia Jamali.
7) Best Producers Award Teresa Porter, Zia Jamali.
19 ) “Good Men” Director/Writer Brian Connors.
1) Best Actor of the festival. Mr. Ed Asner.
2) Best short script 10-minute category award.
20) “The Blue Butterfly” Directed by Gina Meinertz.
Best short family historical creative film Minnesota Award.
Honoring Mr. ASner! Ed ASner Spring Grove Pop
Special Edition ED ASNER Film Festival Strawberry and Grape Soda
Go to GIANTS of THE EARTH and purchase your very own special edition soda for $15.00 a six pack! Fundraiser for GIANTS.
Ed ASNER SPRING GROVE FILM FESTIVAL T-shirts
Only can be purchased at GIANTS of the EARTH! $20
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The Dream Cafe Musical Comes to Spring Grove Minnesota!
Thank you for being at our a special performance of The Dream Cafe will be performed by wonderful a
The DREAM CAFE MUSICAL! by Katie O'Regan
"Welcome to Rhymeington, USA where the Dream Café & Spa is ready to heal what ails you. Lovers, dreamers, parents, workaholics and sometimes, even angels find themselves transformed and inspired in this entertaining SELF-HELP MUSICAL comedy! A show for the entire family!"
As a special fundraiser for the UP-coming Spring Grove International Film Festival, there will be a live staged reading with nine characters of the "The Dream Cafe" by Katie O'Regan. No singing is in the show. The reading will be approximately 1:45 minutes. The beautiful barn is outdoors so bring some sunscreen!
A very talented group of actors will be on microphone and on book to entertain you while you sit on the beautiful lawn at the Ye Olde Gray Barn Theater! Family Friendly and full of fun!
The Special premiere of Ed Asner Spring Grove Soda will be available for purchase and popcorn and many surprises! Food cannot be brought to the show due to covid.
Marked circles for social distance will be in place and masks are asked to be worn.
A special cast of guest artists will be in this production!
Movie In the works! Stay Tuned!
Our SPECIAL Edition collector's item for out film festival!
ED ASNER DAY SPRING GROVE POP!
All proceeds of pop sales go to GIANTS! $15 for a six pack.
Available at GIANTS of the EARTH! Get yours now! Call for details
Chosen films for the Spring GrOve International Film Festiva
These wonderful films were shown at our festival
These Wonderful Films will be Shown
at the Film Festival!
THE BLUE BUTTERFLY
Director Gina Meinertz
THE TRANSFORMATION: BRILLIANCE AND BEAUTY
Director Ava Olerud, McKenzie Fisch, and …
WILD HONEY
Director Emma Tyribakken
SPORTS IN MY FAMILY AND WHAT THEY TAUGHT…
Director Caden Grinde
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SPRING GROVE HERALD
Director Kennedy Bornholdt
PHILADELPHIA BLACK AND BLUE
Director Dave Eitzen
GOOD MEN
Director Brian Connors
MASTER SERVANT
Director Julie Koehnen
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
Directors Deb Wallwork, Janet Bayliss
SENIOR ENTOURAGE
Director Brian Connors
THREE BELLS
Director Jake Griggs
PRETTY UGLY DREAMS
Director Severn Lang
THE SPACE OF PEACE
Director Severn
INNER PEACE
Director Severn
THE CHAIR
Director Ronnie Cramer
AUTISM: ONE MAN'S JOURNEY
Director Scott Michael Klumb
INEDITED ROSE
Director Sofía Castro
THE BELLY BUTTON DANCE
Director Sofía Castro
MAIDS
Director Sofia Castro
ALICE IN NITE HAWK
Director Devin Fei-Fan Tau
ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Director Kevin Isaacson
UNINTENDED
Director Colleen Bradford Krantz
MUTABLE SPIRALS OF ASCENSION
Director Jessica Gomula-Kruzic
THE RETURN
Director Liudmila Komrakova
AT THE LIMIT OF FEELINGS
Director Liudmila Komrakova
RABBIT AND BEAR
Director zhaocongbo
LUCID
Director David Mair
THE DENTAL PLAN
Director Wayne Diu
1000 MILES TO NOME
Director David Mable, Steve Cannon
DOMICILE
Director Marissa Vonn
RECALIBRATE
Director John Gigrich
HAUNTING THE HAUNTED
Director John Gigrich
WITCHES OF WONDER
Director John Gigrich
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF HUGH
Director Ben Tobin
THE ONE AND ONLY JEWISH MISS AMERICA
Director David Arond
NINEJAY
Director Robert Ray Jimenez
COOKAPHONY
Director Joe Chvala
BEAUTY, BRAINS, AND PERSONALITY
Director Emmett Loverde
THIS BUSINESS OF AUTISM
Director Stephen W. Mackey
SHIFT CHANGE - THE REGENERATION OF AN AM…
Director Bill Roach
THE SEAGULL
Director Carol MacVey
THE WOLF
Director M.R. Fitzgerald
FATHER AND FATHER
Directors Michael Baumgarten, Art Camac…
BLAKE
Director David Busch
BLIND TRUTH
Directors Wyatt Buckner, Adrianna Buckner
AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL
LAUGH*
Director Yakov Smirnoff
*This film will only be available in person
and will not be included
in the online package.
16 TO LIFE
Director Becky Smith
