2019

April 12-13

40 Official Selections

3 Bonus Attractions

In 2019, our great slate of films was not the only attraction. 

Frequent CRIFF entrants and rising Hollywood filmmakers, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, joined us to discuss their careers and what’s up next for Beck/Woods. In conjunction with “Wine Diamonds”, we held a wine tasting featuring several local vineyards. And last but not least, “Do We Belong?” was screened, followed by a panel discussion of immigration, advancing diversity awareness, inclusion, and increased education and understanding.

Congratulations to all Eddy Winners and Official Selections!

2019

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Eddy Award Results

Eddy Award Results

Professional Freestyle

GOLD

Lucid Webs

Professional Short Film

Gold

Knee High

Silver

Rose is a Rose is a Rose

Professional Documentary

Gold

Wine Diamonds

Silver

The Amish Incident

ProAm Short Film

Gold

In the House of Paper Flowers

Silver

Skip Day

ProAm Documentary

Gold

Cultivation: Writing and Wrestling in Iowa City

Silver

Amazing Grace Lemonade Race

ProAm Feature

Gold

Overdue

Student Freestyle

Gold

Born to Love You

SILVER

Top Secret!

Student Short Film

Gold

The Merge

Silver

The Pocket Protector

Student Documentary

Gold

The Art of Living

Silver

Come Explore Central Campus

Audience Choice Award

Overdue

Iowa Connection Award

Knee High

$1000 Collins Road Theatres Student Scholarship

The Romance Language

In 2019, our great slate of films was not the only attraction. 

Frequent CRIFF entrants and rising Hollywood filmmakers, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods joined us to discuss their careers and what’s up next for Beck/Woods. In conjunction with “Wine Diamonds”, we held a wine tasting featuring several local vineyards. And last but not least, “Do We Belong?” was screened, followed by a panel discussion of immigration, advancing diversity awareness, inclusion, and increased education and understanding.

Congratulations to all Eddy Winners and Official Selections!

2019 Official Selections

Aging In America

Professional Documentary
Kirk Monson – Director
Jacob Spiekermeier – Producer


Amazing Grace Lemonade Race

ProAm Documentary
Eric Smidt – Writer/Director
Jenny Risner – Producer
Actors – Grace McCunn as Herself, Mary Jane McCunn as Herself, Brenna Finnerty as Herself


The Amish Incident

Professional Documentary
Kelly Rundle – Director
Tammy Rundle – Producer


The Art of Living

Student Documentary
Brody Kuhar, John Spencer, Jack Sarcone – Directors/Writers
Brody Kuhar – Producer


Better

Pro-Am Short
David Nemeth – Director/Producer/Writer
Serena Collins – Director of Photography


Born to Love You

Student Short
Nicole Embree – Director/Editor/Writer


The Collins Story: Connecting the Moon to the Earth – Moon Talk

Professional Documentary
Annette Juergens Busbee – Writer/Producer
Eric Dean Freese – Editor


Come Explore Central Campus

Student Freestyle
Antonesia Williams, Cade Pahl and Dustin Hagler – Directors


Crave

Pro-Am Short
Micah Versemann – Director/Writer
Matthew Versemann and Kathleen Franck – Producers


Cultivation: Writing and Wrestling in Iowa City

Pro-Am Documentary
Nathan McNurlen – Director/Editor
Nick Pfeiffer – Producer


Dating Mr. Fox

Student Short
Sonja Strathearn – Director/Producer/Writer
Destiny Benson – Sound/Assistant Camera
Actors – Joseph Thorin, Abby Thorin
Additional Credits – Hayley Buettell, Jan Jackson, Olivia Welch


Do We Belong?

Documentary – Out of Competition Screening
Sunayana Dumala – Subject
Sofian Khan – Director
Pulkit Datta – Producer


E for Edwin

Student Short
Allyn Oxley and Kazek Israni-Winger – Directors
Allyn Oxley, Kazek Israni-Winger, and Rachel Renes – Producers


Enemy Territory

Pro-Am Short
Matt Wagner – Director/Producer/Writer
Adam Chown – Videographer


The English Assignment

Student Short
Sydnie Sanford – Director/Editor/Writer


Getting Over It

Student Short
Mason Shrader – Director/Writer
Cheyenne Jaquez – Producer


The High School

Student Short
Jed Russell Wyse – Director
Tristan Miller, Ryan Kapfer – Producers


The Holy and the Profane

Student Short
Alexandra Moad – Director
Evan Runkle – Writer/Director


In the House of Paper Flowers

Pro-Am Short
Anita George – Writer/Director
Evan Fellers – Producer


Knee High

Professional Short
Marissa Vonn – Director/Writer
Alex Joss – Producer

 
Livin’ the Dream

Student Short
Michael Allen – Director


Lost Myself

Student Short
Cade Murphy – Director/Editor
Luke Cipale – Writer


Lucid Webs

Professional Freestyle
Jake Roth – Director/Producer/Writer
Resistant Productions – Production Company


The Mall Walker

Student Short
Amy Hummel – Director/Producer
Amy and Matt Hummel – Writers


The Masochism Tango

Student Short
Geneva Klein – Director/Writer


The Merge

Student Short
Laney Kraus-Taddeo – Director/Writer/Editor
Francesca Soans & Laney Kraus-Taddeo – Producers


Monster Under the Bed

Pro-Am Short
Insane Mike Saunders – Director/Writer
Jason Bolinger – Director


Overdue

Pro-Am Feature
Stephen Folker – Director/Producer/Writer
Beth Hinde – Producer


Peregrination

Pro-Am Short
Lewayne L. White – Director/Writer
Gary DeSomber – Producer
Gladhouse Studio – Production Company
Actors – Ken Reams, John Reynolds


The Pocket Protector

Student Short
Sasha Kuznetsov – Director
Lukas Lane – Producer, Writer
Charlie Balsar – Director of Photography


Revenge of the Blind Dead

ProAm Short
Mike Saunders – Director/Writer
Jason Bolinger – Director


Role Model

Pro-Am Short
David Nemeth – Director/Writer
Josh Harbin – Producer/Director of Photography


The Romance Language

Student Short
Mitchell D Keeran – Director/Writer
Bela Ruiz – Lead Actress and Assistant Director


Rose is a Rose is a Rose

Professional Short
Ron King – Director/Co-writer
Daniel Hagen – Co-writer/Actor


Seeds of Technology: The Minnesota Model for AgriScience Communication and Education

Pro-Am Documentary
Troy McKay – Director/Producer/Writer


Skip Day

Pro-Am Short
Matthew Tribble – Director
Marc Bauer, Eva Andersen – Producers
Rob Merritt – Writer
Actors – Kyle Cook. Carley Hutson
Additional Credits -Rob Merritt, Tempestt Farrar, Thomas Ely Sage
Fake News – Production Company


Through My Eyes

Pro-Am Documentary
Sujit Singh – Director
Keaton Fuller – Producer/Editor


Top Secret!

Student Short
Tarrell Christie – Director/Producer/Writer
Lost Utopia Films – Production Company


VAVAV

Student Freestyle
David Gleason – Director/Producer/Writer
Devin Louks – Music


Wine Diamonds

Professional Documentary
Kirk Monson, Jeff Zahrt – Producers
JMZ Productions