48 Hour Film Project - Des Moines

Indra van 't Hooft
Indra van 't Hooft
City Producer
Christina Ruppert
Christina Ruppert
City Producer
Chris Kottman
Chris Kottman
City Producer Assistant

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 2024 goes to Morning Run! Their film ‘’Sharp’’ will go on to represent Des Moines against all the other city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2025!

Character
Zeke or Zoe Hill - Nanny
Line
“My dog could do better than that.”
Prop
a Can opener
1st Place: Best Film of 2024
Filmposter for Sharp
Sharp by Morning Run
2nd Place: Best Film of 2024
Filmposter for Vinegar
Vinegar by Green Bicycle Cinema
3rd Place: Best Film of 2024
Filmposter for Baby Doll
Baby Doll by The Virgin Marys
Audience Favorite Group A:
Filmposter for Sharp
Sharp by Morning Run
Audience Favorite Group B:
Filmposter for Good Enough
Good Enough by Slater Maxwell Productions
Audience Favorite Group C:
Filmposter for Baby Doll
Baby Doll by The Virgin Marys
Audience Favorite Group D:
Filmposter for Orange is the New Jerk
Orange is the New Jerk by Team last To Enter
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1 Bad Idea Compounded
Bad Boys 4 Life
Good Boy
BOY BRAINS
SPORE LORDS
Grand Digital Media
THE LAST SHIFT
Lick That 9 Volt!
...TOTES
Mixed Pictures
Darling
Morning Run
Sharp
OuchGuys
Driving Me Crazy
Siouxland Filmmakers Club
Studio 88 & Coronado Films
Initiation Day
The Kung-Fu Biker Mafia
Malpractice
Tuxedo Media Productions
Just Another Day
yep.
Dangerous Game
2:13 Productions
12 Hours
Buried Lemon Productions & Heartland Media
CLOSED DOORS
Butter Cow Abduction
Safehouse
Duron Films
Thin Pancakes
Finger Gunners
Stained
Green Bicycle Cinema
Vinegar
Sans-Serif
Hill's Kitchen
Slater Maxwell Productions
Good Enough
The Trans-Iowa Canal Company
Stolen Life
Tiny Explosions
Defund the HOA
Wood Smell
ENZO No-Can-Do
Big Bog Productions
Guy Running
Cinema Street
Answer the Door?
Cutting Room Floor
Cautionary Tales
Dr Acula Productions
"That's Life!"
Is it kino?
I Was the Dancing Baby
One Genome Short Productions
Dusty
Professor Productions
IMPERTINENT
Retro Neon Film
Weed Man
Sliding Rock Productions
Cool Beans
the freaks
The Cargiver
The Virgin Marys
Baby Doll
Your Local Vamp Studios
Baking For Kids
CLD Films
Re-Konnecting With Kyle
Cornfield Babylon
Facing Marty
Fix It In Post
Life of the Party
New Peak Productions
Mountain Guides with Seth Hinzburg
Orbital Films
Love Hertz
PartyMinuteProductions
Cuckoo
Smooth Operators
The Last Pool Hall
Stan Lee and The Cool Bricks
48
Team last To Enter
Orange is the New Jerk
Team Underdawg
Shiny Silver Solver
Theater Genesis
"Toxic Inheritance"
We're not doing music this year
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