48 Hour Film Project - Des Moines
Announcing the Winners!
After much deliberation, our distinguished panel of judges has selected this year’s winning films. Congratulations to all of the filmmakers and teams who participated. We are proud to announce our winners.
The Best Film of 2015 goes to SouthSiderStudios! Their film ‘’Puppy Love’’ will go on to represent Des Moines against all the other city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2016!
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Harold or Harriett Meyers, Doctor
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Prop
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1st Place: Best Film of 2015
Puppy Love
by SouthSiderStudios
2nd Place: Best Film of 2015
Until Sunrise
by Dot K Productions
3rd Place: Best Film of 2015
So You Think You Can Jingle?
by Team
Audience Favorite Group A:
Love will Live Forever...
by Slater Maxwell Productions
Audience Favorite Group B:
Urban Expedition
by white poison industries
Audience Favorite Group C:
A Living History Farce
by Horse and Cart Productions
Audience Favorite Group D:
Puppy Love
by SouthSiderStudios
All Awards
Best Film
- Winner: Puppy Love by SouthSiderStudios
- Until Sunrise by Dot K Productions
- So You Think You Can Jingle? by Team
Best Writing
- Winner: Bad Medicine by Oceanwide Legacy
Best Editing
- Winner: Until Sunrise by Dot K Productions
Best Directing
- Winner: Until Sunrise by Dot K Productions
Best Cinematography
- Winner: Urban Expedition by white poison industries
Best Sound Design
- Winner: The Other Meyers Family by Two Creek Productions
Best Original Musical Score
- Winner: Morgan and Kershaw by F.I.I.P.
Best Song
- Winner: Making Adjustments by One Genome Short Productions
Best Actor
- Winner: Bad Medicine by Oceanwide Legacy (Josh Visnapuu)
Best Actress
- Winner: Puppy Love by SouthSiderStudios (Lyndsy Darland)
Best Acting Ensemble
- Winner: So You Think You Can Jingle? by Team
Best Graphic Design
- Winner: Puppy Love by SouthSiderStudios
- Urban Expedition by white poison industries
Best Special Effects
- Winner: Until Sunrise by Dot K Productions
Best Choreography
- Winner: Love will Live Forever... by Slater Maxwell Productions
Best Costume Design
- Winner: Making Adjustments by One Genome Short Productions
Best Use of Character
- Winner: Bad Medicine by Oceanwide Legacy
Best Use of Prop
- Winner: Real Things That Really Happened by Owl Mode
Best Use of Line
- Winner: The Other Meyers Family by Two Creek Productions
Best Use of Genre
- Winner: Love will Live Forever... by Slater Maxwell Productions
Spirit Award
- Winner: Shagird by Zef Rafaz Productions
- Winner: A Living History Farce by Horse and Cart Productions
Demonkey
Divergent Cinema
The Rook
Hawkeye Film Alliance
Trudy Leaves the House
hi-fi-lo-fi-no-fi
Jackson Galactic
Count Blacula: Police Detective
Junctionladdes
Dimensions
Ok, Great
Just Me and My Muse
Slater Maxwell Productions
Love will Live Forever...
The Jan Bradys
Wake Up
The Trans-Iowa Canal Company
Carpe Mens
Two Creek Productions
The Other Meyers Family
BANG!! ZAP!! KAPOW!!
The Dastardly Deeds of Dusty Stache
Brorittos
Gastronamical Problems
DEFT
Flayed
Gate 13 & Company
Four Shots
Mayhem Nation
DRAMA ME THIS
Mildly Insane Productions
Broken
Oceanwide Legacy
Bad Medicine
One Genome Short Productions
Making Adjustments
Team Continuity
Proposal
Tonik Productions
Stuck at Work
white poison industries
Urban Expedition
Wilkinson Films
What The Heart Wants
Bewildered Productions
Love Jockey
Bold Film Production
The Meyers Inheritance
Campus Productions
Four
Dot K Productions
Until Sunrise
Honorable Mention
Promises
Horse and Cart Productions
A Living History Farce
MicahMedia Productions
Once Upon a High School
Poplar Production
The Cure
The Unfathomable Possibilities Assembly
April's Fool
Tiny Explosions
Culling of Heirs
WelchFilm
Happy Prey
Dawghouse Productions
The Fear Within
F.I.I.P.
Morgan and Kershaw
Gladhouse Studio
Where is Amy?
Owl Mode
Real Things That Really Happened
SmokeMonster Productions
Thanksgiving
SouthSiderStudios
Puppy Love
Strobie Studios
The Oath
Team
So You Think You Can Jingle?
The Movie Magicians
Rykon
The Mumkey Bunch
One Man's Trash
Zef Rafaz Productions
Shagird
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