Please go to www.sacrednoisesociety.org for information on 2025 Award Winners!
The current festival taking submissions is Star City Film & Theater Festival for Fall 2026 Festival is at The Fleur Theater in Des, Moines Iowa Feb 13 & 14 Valentines Day weekend!
Our Star City Film & Theater Festival will be on February 13 starting at 12:30 pm to 10:30 pm and February 14 12:30 pm to 10:30 with a red carpet starting at 6:00 pm with Valentines pictures for all interested. I have the TV news coming, and the radio to promote us. All proceeds of the tickets will go to benefits Lutheran Lakeside Camp.
1)We will be showing our movies and doing talk backs and staged readings of new films in one theater dedicated for us.
2) I will do a children’s session on Friday afternoon about creating new art workshop so if we want to invite all children at a church or churches here please advise on who you think we should invite.
3) We could use some volunteers in the area if you have people who want to help. Volunteers can see all movies and talk backs for free of course.
4) Tickets to the festival will be $30.00 for all movies Friday and Saturday. Popcorn drinks and concessions will go to the cinema.
5) We will get half of the admission ticket.
6) $20 for a one day pass on Friday and Saturday.
7)We have over 25 movies to see and a staged reading of my musical “The Dream Cafè” live with actors. We will have features and shorts… program to come.
8) Everybody welcome!
Tickets at www.sacrednoisesociety.org
2025 Winnners
1) Max Allan Collins “Death By Fruitcake”
Winner Best Feature Film
2) Michael Banks Winner Best leading actor in a Short
“The Last Guardian of Magic” directed by Scott Strosahl
3) Stacy Olds Winner Best Historical Family Documentary
“Warriors”
4) Kelly Combs and Alan Blake winners of The Best Short Comedic
Film and winners of Best Cast in short film
“Love Me K(not): Pilot
5) John Norton Winner of “Best Inspirational Film” feature
“The Empty Church”
6) Robert Barhite Winner best Wisconsin Short Script
“Sanguinary Hearts”
7) J. Norton Winner Best Costumes in Festival
“A Hard Place” feature
8) Volodymyr Yakymenko Winner best Adult Film
“My Life”
9) Todd Ciske Winner Best leading actor web series
“Cheeched and Handy” and winner of best music
video “ Frank (Should I Shake One Out of My Sleeve”
10) Shelby Hagerdon winner best animated film
“The Etomologist’s Wife” short film
11) Michael White Winner Best Iowa Screenplay
“The Painter”
12) Russ Emanuel Winner of Best Editor in a feature
“Staycation” and Winner of best Short Horror
“Quarantine”
13). Daryl Hrdlicka best new filmmaker short short category
“Steeple”
14) Meatgrinder Films Winner of best Veterans Films
“What I Want You to Know”
15) Keith Armonaitis Wimmer Best Short less than ten minutes
“The Legend”
16) Ben Leasum Winner of Best Student Film
“River Trail Odyssey”
17) Stephen Folker Winner Best Iowa Short Drama
“When It Snows”
18) Joshua William Fiser Winner Best Short Action Film
“The Boxer”
19) Peter Taslim Winner Best Feature Action Film
“23 Seconds”
20). Michael Huntington Winner Best Iowa Feature Film
“5683”
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Winner in Festival Best Autism Movie
“The Thousand Gates of Filippo”
Adamo Antonacci
Winner Best Web Series
“Cheeched And Handy”
Todd Ciske
Winner Best Short Cinematography
“Killing Hope”
Chuck Marra, Megan Marra
Winner Best Feature Actors in a Short Film
“Maladjustment”
Anatasha Blakely
Winner Best Veteran’s Film
“Maladjustment”
Winner Best Feature Actress in a Feature
“Everything Fun You Could Possibly Do In Aledo Illinois”
Bethany Berg
Actress Jennifer Estlin
Winner Best Soundtrack in Festival
“Everything Fun You Could Possibly Do In Aledo Illinois”
Musician Suzy Bogguss
Winner Best Student Film
“26 %”
Meli Werner and Andrea Rogers
Best Iowa Filmmaker Award
“The Cross”
Michael White, Shelby Hagerdon
Best Supporting Actor in a feature
“The Cross”
Actor Daryl Hrdlicka
Winner In Festival Best Action Documentary
“Be Here Now”
Evan M. Jenkins
Winner in Festival Best Experimental Film
“FUZZ”
Gabe Leistekow
Winner in Festival Best Minnesota Filmmaker Feature
“Bobby’s Intermission”
Justin Atkinson
Winner Best SHORT SHORT Less Than 10 minutes Comedy
“Seasoned with Death”
Bob Barhite
Winner in Festival Best Historical Documentary
“The Murder of William Martin”
Russ Fry
Winner in Festival Best Drama Short Short
“Enter The Room”
Harry Waldman
Best Animated Film
“All that Remains”
Quinn Wondolowski
Winner Best Silent Film
“The Crosswalk Talk”
M.r. Fitzgerald
Winner in Festival Best Screenplay in Scripts Category
“Warrior”
Dale Deacon
Winner Best Film Grade School Children
“Savitri”
Crestwood 4th & 5th Graders Madison, WI
Winner Best Short Film Autism Category
“Safe Place”
Scott Klumb
Winner Best Political Documentary
“Ako Abdul-Samad: Panther Politician”
Steven Torriano Berry
Special Mention Winners
Filmmaker Russ Emanuel had three films entered in the festival
All are deemed exceptional. Russ is awarded:
Director’s Achievement Award
Films: 1. Short Film “Collar” 2. Feature Film “Occupants” 3. “The Assainsin’s Apprentice”
Finalists
Foreign Films Category
Armin Azizi
Two Short Films:
1.“Liberation” 2. “1984”
Finalist Short Films
“Survival of The Sexiest”
Sam Stewart
“The Hornet’s Nest”
Andrew Huggins
“Haste”
Joey Pasbrig
Finalists Script Category
“The Animated Christmas Special”
g.Michael Nicolosi, David Hyde, J. Nicolosi
“Murder at the Acme Hotel”
Dillon Fuhrman Fuhrman
“The Devil’s Secretary”
Daryl Hrdlicka, Alicia Bayer
Finalist Dog Films Catergory
Pirata’s Road Trip
Gianfranco Alcantara
Special thank you and honor to our guest of honor and Thaao Penghlis
WIWinners of the STAR CITY FILM FESTIVAL LACEY AWARDS 2022
STAR CITY FILM FESTIVAL
The LACEY AWARDS WINNERS
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Stopped Motion: The Story of GULP
Director David Busch
Winner Best Director of Festival and Best Animated film
Boozehound
Director Tristan Crawford
Winner Best Actors in Festival
Winner Best Action Film
Void
Director Tristan Crawford
Best new Filmmaker Award
Sicily Street
Director Daryl Hrdlicka
in Minnesota Filmmakers
Winner best Comedic Minnesota Short Film
The Academy of Extraordinary Heroes
Director Scott Klumb
Winner Best Autism Filmmaker
Long Day on a Lonely Planet
Directors Robert Barhite, Will Machay II
Winner Most
Creative Sci-Fi Fiction
Iggy
Director Anthony Cuomo
Winner Student Film Category
Seeds of Life
Director Paige McKenna Grube
Winner Best Documentary in Festival
Dairyland
Director Taylor C Pipes
Winner of Best
Historic Family
Documentary
'Sin Rock: The Story of Johnny Bazooka
Director Sean Klaus
Winner Mockumentary
Filmmaker
Detective Drews
Director Penn Pauletich
Winner best Mystery
She Moved the Prairie
Directors Cheyla Clawson,
Winner Best Dance Film
Dog-Gone It!
Director Hunter James Cox
Winner Best
Dog Movie
Awakening
Director Julie Koehnen
Winner Best Minnesota Filmmaker
Complete Bull
Director Barry Andersson
Winner Best Series Film in Festival
Private
Director Steve Blackwood
Winner Best
Best Period Movie
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Lacey Awards 2021
The Winners of The Spring Grove Caledonia Film Festival!
Project Title with Director to Follow and then Award⭐️🏆♥️
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Seeking Bigshoe
Robert Barhite
Best Wisconsin Filmmaker
Growing Charlotte
Anna Czarska
Best Foreign Family Short
Dizzy's World © pilot
Robert Lawrence
Best Television Pilot/Best Actress Joanna Sanchez
LUTAH A Passion for Architecture: A Life in Design
Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Best Documentary Women in History
Making a Play
Peter Gould
Best Theater Short
She was the Deputy's Wife
Travis Mills
Best Script Fiction Feature
Wilt
Wes Worthing
Best Iowa Short
In their eyes
Arnaud Blin
Best Foreign Short
To Live Again
Dr. Michael White
Best Iowa Feature Film
Bad Undercover Cops
Daniel Rudin, Kelby Joseph
Best Comedy Short
Pale Dawn
Doug Gerash
Best Horror Short
Burren Girl
Rita Davern
Best Minnesota Filmmaker Award
Love on Holiday
Chris Opper
Best Music Documentary Award
Reunion
M.r. Fitzgerald
Best Horror Series
People in A Box
M.r. Fitzgerald
Best Script Submission
Good Business Sense
Emmett Loverde
Best Short Film in Festival
Sigmund & Dora
Shelby Hagerdon
Best Costumes/Best Set
My promise to PJ
Daniel Baldwin
Best Documentary Feature in Festival
Tomorrow's Today
Timothy Hines
Best Cast in Feature/Best Director in Feature
Becoming Geppetto
Dale Lindquist
Best Wisconsin Filmmaker Documentary
Dozer's Pet Diesel
Peter Charles Downey
Best in Dog Film Category
Home Again
RubyAnn Stiegelmeier
Best New Filmmaker Award
Hand Me Down
Jon Bartholomew
Best Cinematography Short
Stuck
Steve Blackwood
Best Actors in a Short Award
"A Dream of Touch When Touch is Gone"
Carl Flink
Best Dance Film in Festival
Neurodiverse: One Couple's Experience
Scott Klumb
Best Film in Autism Category
The Diabolical Schemes of Thadeus Jackson
Brandon Crawson
Best Action Film in Festival
September 25th 2020
Filmmaker Awards “Spring Grove International Film Festival”
Inaugural Festival September 11-13th
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.
