2018

April 6-7

44 Entries

38 Official Selections

Back again in 2018 

We took 2017 off…after 16 years, we needed a rest! But we were excited to come back in 2018 and show films from the past 2 years.

Congratulations to all Official Selections and Eddy Award Winners!

2018

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Eddy Award Results

Eddy Award Results

Professional Short Film

Gold

Tom, The Knife Salesman

Silver

Someone Else’s Hero

Professional Documentary

Gold

The Barn Raisers

Silver

East Meets West: The First Railroad Bridge to Cross the Mississippi River

Professional Feature

Gold

Amelia 2.0

Silver

Snapshots

ProAm Freestyle

Gold

Lament of the Milky Way

Silver

Continuing a Legacy

ProAm Short Film

Gold

The Gift of the Magpie

Silver

The Spaceman

ProAm Documentary

Gold

Camp Algona

Silver

The Vision

ProAm Feature

Gold

Depression! The Musical

Student Freestyle

Gold

Dyslexia – Vibrant Diversity

Silver

Dear Barbara Park

Student Short Film

Gold

All the Things I Haven’t Seen

Silver

Man vs. Clay

Student Documentary

Gold

A Different Script

Silver

A Spectrum of Faith

Student Long-Form

Gold

The Helpers

Audience Choice Award

A Different Script

Iowa Connection Award

Amelia 2.0

$1000 Collins Road Theatres Student Scholarship

Man vs. Clay

Back again in 2018 

We took 2017 off…after 16 years, we needed a rest! But we were excited to come back in 2018 and show films from the past 2 years.

Congratulations to all Official Selections and Eddy Award Winners!

2020/22 Official Selections

All the Things I Haven’t Seen

Student Short
Ben Sulzberger – Writer/Director/Producer
Ames


Amelia 2.0

Professional Feature
Adam Orton – Director
Rob Merritt –  Screenwriter
Enrico Natale – Producer
MORE Productions
Cedar Rapids


Angel Oscuro

Student Short
Wesley Methfessel – Director/Editor/Writer
KDPS
Des Moines


August In Berlin

Professional Feature
Becky Smith – Writer/Director
Karen Glienke – Editor
Olivia Charamsa – Producer
Waterdog Films
Los Angeles, CA


The Barn Raisers

Professional Documentary
Kelly Rundle – Director
Tammy Rundle – Producer
Fourth Wall Films
Moline, IL


Beautiful Brooke

Professional Feature
Michael Noens – Director/Producer
Becky Blomgren, Marc Muszynski – Producers
CNGM Pictures
Arlington Heights, IL


Camp Algona

Pro-Am Documentary
Gary W. Ewing – Director
Dress casual Productions/Camp Algona POW Museum
Mason City


Cicada 

Pro-Am Short
Hannah Gansen – Writer
Paul Meyer – Director/Producer
Cedar Rapids


¿Cómo Fue? A Cuban Journey

Pro-Am Documentary
Jeff Browne – Producer
Meg Moritz – Director
Emilie Johnson – DP
CU News Corps
Iowa City
Boulder, CO


Continuing a Legacy

Pro-Am Freestyle
Micah Versemann – DirectorWaverly
Brothers in Christ Productions/Shell Rock Karate Club
Waverly


Cry Like a Ghost

Student Short
Ben Kuhlmann – Animator & Director
Peosta, IA


Dead Air

Pro-Am Short
Marc Bauer – Producer/Writer
Matt Tribble – Director/Writer
Broken Slate
Marion


Dear Barbara Park

Student Freestyle
Aaron Olson – Director/Writer/Producer
Carlisle


Depression! The Musical

Pro-Am Feature
Keaton Fuller – Producer/Director/Writer
Landon Sheetz – Composer and Cinematographer
Iowa City


A Different Script

Student Documentary
Eva Andersen and Francesca Carter – Directors/Producers 
Center Point
Cambridge, UK


dissociate

Student Freestyle
Rachel Renes – Writer/Producer/Director
Cedar Falls


Dyslexia – Vibrant Diversity

Student Freestyle
Anna Steenson – Animator
Des Moines


East Meets West: The First Railroad Bridge to Cross the Mississippi River

Professional Documentary
Denise Hollmer – Videographer/Editor
Julie Johnston – Writer/Director
Heritage Documentaries
Davenport and Blue Grass


Follow You

Student Short
Tarrell Christie – Writer/Director/Producer
Luke Kreger – Producer
Lost Utopia Films
Cedar Falls

 

 The Fourth Wall

Professional Short
Jake Roth – Writer/Director/Actor
Dubuque, IA


The Gap

Pro-Am Short
Luke Kreger – Writer/Director/Editor
Lost Utopia Films
Cedar Falls


The Gift of the Magpie

Pro-Am Short
Anita George – Writer/Director/Producer
Janet Fitzgiibbon – Art Director
Phillip W. Dingeldein – Director of Photography
WikWanWo Films
West Burlington
Altadena, CA


The Helpers

Student Long
Christopher Metz – Director/Writer
Phased Out Productions
Kansas City, Missouri


Knocked Down

Student Short
Scott Van Daalen – Director/Writer/Producer
Minneapolis, MN


Lament of the Milky Way

Pro-Am Freestyle
Kevin J Railsback – Filmmaker
Mary Blake – Writer
Karina O’Leary – Producer
Cedar Rapids


Leftovers

Pro-Am Short
Insane Mike Saunders and
Jason Bolinger – Directors
Prescribed Films
Ottumwa


Live to Dream

Student Short
Sydnie Sanford – Writer/Director/Editor
Des Moines


Malheur

Student Short
Abdul Mokhtar – Director/Editor
Des Moines


Man vs. Clay

Student Short
Oliver Carrell – Director/Editor
Des Moines


Morris

Pro-Am Short
Michael R. Helgens – Director
Debra Brubaker – Director of Photography, Producer
Kevin Brubaker – Producer
Media Adventures
Cedar Rapids


The Murder of William Martin

Pro-Am Documentary
Russ Fry – Writer/Director/Producer
Burlington


Skull of Elvis

Pro-Am Freestyle
Insane Mike Saunders and Jason Bolinger – Directors
Prescribed Films
Ottumwa


SNAPSHOTS

Professional Feature
Jan Miller Corran – Writer/Producer
LeeAnne Matusek – Producer
Melanie Mayron – Director
Three Women in a Box Films Films
Burbank and Oakland, CA


Someone Else’s Hero 

Professional Short
Beth Hinde – Writer/Producer
Stephen Folker – Director
Folker Films
Cedar Rapids


The Spaceman

Pro-Am Short
Tarrell Christie – Director/Producer
Luke Kreger – Producer
Lost Utopia Films
Cedar Falls


A Spectrum of Faith 

Student Documentary
Anna Steenson – Animator
Des Moines


Tom, the Knife Salesman

Professional Short
Ryan Brown – Writer & Director
Casey Denaro & David Morales – Producers
Last Slice Pictures
Brooklyn, NY


THE VISION

Pro-Am Documentary
Lightning N Mitchell – Producer/Director
Sandra K Mitchell – Music Selector
Laura Allen – Writer
AudioVision Productions
Independence, MO