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Minneapolis, Minnesota · Videography

Guiding stories that stand out.

Rivermile Filmworks makes brand films, documentary shorts and event coverage for corporate and nonprofit teams — video built to be followed, not scrolled past.

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Brand films Documentary shorts Event coverage Interview production Post-production

Services

Five services, one thread from idea to delivery.

We take a project from the first conversation to final delivery — planning, shooting and finishing — with the same team on it the whole way through.

01

Brand films

Company films that explain what you do and why it matters, carried by the people who actually do the work.

02

Documentary shorts

Short non-fiction pieces for nonprofits and mission-driven teams, built around real voices and real places.

03

Event coverage

Conferences, galas and launches captured with a moving camera and an eye for the moments between sessions.

04

Interview production

Executive and subject interviews shot and lit properly, with the questions that get past the talking points.

05

Post-production

Editing, color, sound mix and captions — finished in the formats every channel and platform asks for.

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The work

Built for the room it has to land in.

Three shapes of work we take on most: brand films for companies, documentary shorts for nonprofits, and coverage for the days that only happen once. Each one is planned around where it has to land.

Film crew setting up a lit interview in a bright office atrium
01 Corporate

Brand films

A company film is a positioning statement you can watch. We build it around your people — the work on the floor, the decisions in the room — so customers, hires and partners understand you in a few minutes.

  • Interview-led storytelling
  • Shot on location with a small crew
  • Cutdowns for your site and social channels
Plan a brand film
Videographer filming a canoe landing on the river at golden hour
02 Nonprofit

Documentary shorts

For mission-driven organizations, the strongest argument is a true story told plainly. We follow a single thread — one person, one program, one season — and cut it short enough that people finish it.

  • Single-thread storytelling
  • Real voices and real places
  • Editable for campaigns and grant applications
Plan a documentary short
Camera operator moving through a crowded conference hall
03 Events

Event coverage

Keynote, panel, ribbon-cutting, gala. We work the room quietly and come back with the film your team can put out the following week.

  • Recap film of the day
  • Speaker and session clips
  • Vertical cuts for social
Cover an event

How we work

From first call to final cut.

  1. 01

    Scout

    We learn the business, the audience and the single idea the film has to land before anything is scheduled.

  2. 02

    Script

    Treatment, interview arcs and a shot list. The story is built on paper long before the first camera rolls.

  3. 03

    Shoot

    Small crew, real locations, natural light. Interviews and documentary footage captured inside the same working week.

  4. 04

    Cut

    Editing, color, sound and captions in post-production, then delivery in the formats each channel needs.

Next

Start with the story.

Tell us who you need to reach and what you already have — a launch, a campaign, an anniversary, a conference. We will come back with a plan for the film: format, approach and where it needs to land.

  • Based inMinneapolis, Minnesota
  • Working withCorporate and nonprofit teams
  • ServicesBrand films · Documentary shorts · Event coverage · Interview production · Post-production

Send us the shape of the project and we will reply with the next step.