Iowa Movies
- 1993
Shimmer
Shimmer7.51993HD
The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention...
- 2021
Fairtown
Fairtown102021HD
The Iowa State Fair draws millions of people to the city of Des Moines every year. However, this film is not about the Iowa State Fair or the people...
- 1935
Village Tale
Village Tale4.51935HD
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.
- 1995
Alkali, Iowa
Alkali, Iowa5.31995HD
On his family's farm in rural Iowa, young Jack Gudmanson is wrestling with his sexual identity, not an easy thing to do in the macho world of the...
- 2013
Mysteries of the Driftless
Mysteries of the Driftless02013HD
What strange forces saved one isolated section along the Upper Mississippi River from the repeated crushing and scouring effects of glaciers during...
- 2011
Bird Seed
Bird Seed02011HD
A short film starring Vanessa Gisselle (Mayans MC) filmed in 2009. A minor slasher shot around Des Moines, Iowa.
- 2022
You and Me This summer
You and Me This summer02022HD
Set in the backwoods of rural Iowa, this is Regan and Addisyn's last summer after high school. Growing up next door to each other, the girls are as...
- 2014
State of Bacon
State of Bacon02014HD
State of Bacon tells the kinda real but mostly fake tale of an oddball group of characters leading up to the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival....
- 2021
East of Middle West
East of Middle West02021HD
A teenage runaway and a widowed father each fight to take matters into their own hands to redeem their dark past.
- 2011
Cactua
Cactua02011HD
A short film collaboration between director Kristian Day and make up artist Patrick Boltinghouse. Patrick had created the make up for Pride Weekend...
- 2010
Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer
Brent Houzenga: Hybrid Pioneer02010HD
A documentary about an Iowa artist who made his career from two antique photo albums that he found in the trash. It has been four years since he...
- 2011
Drawings by Billy and His Friends
Drawings by Billy and His Friends02011HD
In this experimental short film, Kristian Day collected artwork created by the public. He found the majority of the pieces at "Sharpie marker...
- 2011
Message from Jerusalem
Message from Jerusalem62011HD
Made exclusively for the Hail to the King Tribute Show at Finder Creepers in Des Moines, Iowa. A surreal and non linear adaptation of the short story...
- 2019
Mushtown
Mushtown02019HD
It's the end of the summer of 1994 and life is about to change for two boys on a farm.
- 2021
Citizen
Citizen02021HD
A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in America.
- 2019
The Burial
The Burial02019HD
A woman returns to her hometown for her father's funeral. A couple strike a deal with her to help her fund the funeral service.
- 2009
Haunting Villisca
Haunting Villisca02009HD
Professor David Salt's guilty secrets draw him to the fabled town of Villisca. Past and present collide as he is driven to help the trapped spirits...
- 2008
A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story
A Friend Indeed: The Bill Sackter Story02008HD
The true story of Bill Sackter's emergence from lifelong institutionalization, to become an international hero for people with disabilities.
- 2010
A Woman Who Writes
A Woman Who Writes02010HD
The film tells the story of a woman reflecting on a painful part of her past as she writes. Although we do not see what she has written, we do see...
- 2022
Plastic Him
Plastic Him02022HD
A self portrait filmed with a modified PXL 2000 Camcorder. The camcorder itself records on to audio cassette tape. The tapes themselves are recycled...