2011

April 1-2, 2022

55 Entries

36 Official Selections

2-Year Wait

What year would YOU call it? Our shirts said 2020… 

Call for Entries went out in October 2019, we got a great bunch of submissions and the Judges went to work. March 1 we were ready to make a festival…and then the world shut down. So we postponed the 2020 event indefinitely. In spring 2022, we felt it was time to put things back in gear. Thank you to those who patiently waited! 

Congratulations to all Official Selections and Eddy Award Winners!

2011

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Eddy Award Results

Eddy Award Results

Professional Short Film

Gold

The Burial

Silver

The Last Minute till Midnight

Professional Documentary

Gold

The Collins Story: From the Earth to the Moon – Live from the Moon

Silver

STOUT HEARTED: George Stout and the Guardians of Art

Professional Feature

Gold

Two Ways Home

Silver

A Dead Dame in Hollywood

ProAm Freestyle

Gold

Chance

Silver

Gnats! (Trailer)

ProAm Short Film

Gold

Friendly Faces (Pilot)

Silver

Happy Birthday

ProAm Documentary

Gold

A Place to Grow

Silver

The Story of Vermeer Strong: Remembering the Events of July 19, 2018

ProAm Feature

Gold

The Seagull

Student Freestyle

Gold

The Rocket (tie)

Gold

Ticks (tie)

Student Short Film

Gold

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Silver

The Idea List (of how to get my purse back)

Student Documentary

Gold

My Dad’s Working Hands

Silver

Barbershops in the Cedar Valley

Student Long-Form

Gold

FLAVA

Silver

Barbershops in the Cedar Valley

Audience Choice Award

Friendly Faces (Pilot)

Iowa Connection Award

Sponsored by ProduceIowa

The Foursome

$1000 Collins Road Theatres Student Scholarship

My Dad’s Working Hands

What year would YOU call it? Our shirts said 2020… 

Call for Entries went out in October 2019, we got a great bunch of submissions and the Judges went to work. March 1 we were ready to make a festival…and then the world shut down. So we postponed the 2020 event indefinitely. In spring 2022, we felt it was time to put things back in gear. Thank you to those who patiently waited! 

Congratulations to all Official Selections and Eddy Award Winners!

2020/22 Official Selections

Ag Awareness Day Spotlight

Student Documentary
Krista Styer – Director
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN

Barbershops in the Cedar Valley

Student Documentary
Lauren Weber – Director
Gilbertville

The Burial

Professional Short Film
Jack Meggers – Writer/Director
Anatomical Heart Films
West Des Moines

Cedar Creek

Pro-Am Documentary
Dick DeAngelis – Director
Fair Field Productions
Fairfield

Chance

Pro-Am Freestyle
Alisabeth Von Presley – Director/Videographer/Editor
Rob Merritt – Videographer
Cedar Rapids

The Collins Story – Connecting the Moon to the Earth: Live from the Moon

Professional Documentary
Annette Juergens Busbee – Executive Producer/Writer
Eric Dean Freese – Editor
Busbee Communications/Wired Production Group/AACLA
Cedar Rapids

A Dead Dame in Hollywood

Professional Feature Film
Shawn Schminke – Writer / Director
Alicia Schminke – Producer
Schminke Studios
Van Nuys, CA

Down

Pro-Am Short
David Nemeth – Writer/Director/Producer
Hartselle, AL
Josh Harbin – Director of Photography/Producer
Madison, AL
Seventh Summit Productions

Finding a Forever Home

Student Documentary
Jacob Ruth – Director/Producer/Editor
Kaylee Daniels – Director/Producer/Editor
Cedar Falls

FLAVA

Student Long-Form Film
Tarrell Christie – Director
West Des Moines
Lakin Mims – Lead Actor
Cedar Falls
Lost Utopia Films

The Foursome

Professional Documentary
Jenifer Westphal – Executive Producer
Philadelphia
Zack McTee – Director/Producer
New York City
Wavelength Productions

Friendly Faces (Pilot)

Pro-Am Short
Keaton Fuller – Writer/Director
Cedar Rapids

Gnats! (Trailer)

Pro-Am Freestyle
Insane Mike Saunders – Writer/Director
Jason Bolinger – Director
Prescribed Films
Ottumwa

Happy Birthday

Pro-Am Short
Joseph Belez – Director
Marengo

Held Over

Pro-Am Short
Mark Woodhouse – Writer/Director
Iowa City
Jessica Murillo – Actor
Cedar Rapids
MW Productions

The Idea List (of how to get my purse back)

Student Short-Form Film
Kazek Israni-Winger – Director/Writer
Grimes
David Hindman – Producer
Johnston

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Student Short-Form Film
Anna Steenson – animator, illustrator, writer, score composer
Des Moines

Journey of a Bean

Professional Documentary
David Geiger – Producer
Cedar Rapids

The Last Minute till Midnight

Professional Short Film
Adam Orton – Director
Cedar Rapids
Beau Batterson – Writer/Producer
Waterloo
Flow Media and Bus-Stop Productions

Leslie’s Gift

Pro-Am Short
Charles Cunliffe – Director/Writer
Mary Cunliffe – Producer
Creative Maxims, LLC
Dubuque

Love is a Flame

Pro-Am Short
Matt Tribble – Director
Marion
Marc Bauer – Producer
Cedar Rapids
Broken Slate

My Dad’s Working Hands

Student Documentary
Lauren Weber – Director/Producer
Gilbertville

Nocturnal

Pro-Am Short
Benjamin Schmidt – Director
Brennan Pinicka – Co-Producer
Random Thought Films
Dubuque

A Place to Grow

Pro-Am Documentary
Dick DeAngelis – Director
Fair Field Productions
Fairfield

The Rocket

Student Freestyle Film
Abraham Schaecher – Director
Des Moines

Saturday with a Scientist

Student Documentary
Kayla Leiding – Director
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN

The Seagull

Pro-Am Feature
Carol MacVey – Director
Iowa City
Gary Monheit – Composer
El Cerrito, CA

Sons & Daughters of Thunder

Professional Feature
Kelly Rundle – Director
Tammy Rundle – Producer/Writer
Fourth Wall Films
Moline, IL

The Story of Vermeer Strong: Remembering the Events of July 19, 2018

Pro-Am Documentary
Aaron Riggs – Director
Vermeer Corporation Visual Content Studio
Oskaloosa

STOUT HEARTED: George Stout and the Guardians of Art

Professional Documentary
Marie Wilkes – Producer 
Kevin Kelley – Director
Vibrant Image Productions & New Mile Media Arts
Iowa City

Swipe Right

Student Short
Adam Heater – Director of Photography
Ale Diaz – Director 
Des Moines

This is For Her

Student Documentary
Jasmine Aquino – Director
Marion
Lane Larson – Audio Technician
Marshalltown

Ticks

Student Freestyle Film
Jenna Wilson – Director
Cedar Falls

Two Ways Home

Professional Feature Film
Tanna Frederick – Producer/Actress
Ron Vignone – Director
Los Angeles, CA

Unintended; Unlocking a Nation’s Pregnancy Secrets

Professional Documentary
Colleen Bradford Krantz – Director/Producer/Writer
Adel
Barry Andersson – Director of Photography
Edina, MN
Pink Spear Productions

Weeds in the Garden

Student Documentary
Quinn Rauchenecker – Director
Cedar Falls