48 Hour Film Horror Project - Des Moines

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 2025 goes to Nightmare on Hilton Street! Their film ‘’Meat Printer’’ will go on to represent Des Moines against all the other city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2026!

Character
Lefty Lober - Coach
Line
“How was I supposed to know?”
Prop
a Key
It's a Wrap! Congratulations to all the award winners and to everyone who made a film in 48 hours!
Award Winners below!

DES MOINES TEAMS are now in the Yes We Cannes!

127 48HFP Teams from 19 Countries

Filmmaking Weekend Nov. 14-16th
Des Moines Teams:
Cutting Room Floor
Team Last To Enter
Tiny Explosions

Best of luck to these Des Moines Filmmakers!

More info to come on the Premiere Screenings of these films!
1st Place: Best Film of 2025
Filmposter for Meat Printer
Meat Printer by Nightmare on Hilton Street
2nd Place: Best Film of 2025
Filmposter for Decafitation
Decafitation by Tiny Nightmares
3rd Place: Best Film of 2025
Filmposter for Cursed
Cursed by Cutting Room Floor
Audience Favorite Group A:
Filmposter for Cursed
Cursed by Cutting Room Floor
Audience Favorite Group B:
Filmposter for Meat Printer
Meat Printer by Nightmare on Hilton Street
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Teams
2:13 Productions
Slaughtered Slumber
C3 Abductions
Key Witness
Cutting Room Floor
Cursed
Genesis Theater from Dimension X!
Love and Other Creations
Lumen Productions
The Skeleton's Key
Peach Fuzz
The C Word
Retro Neon Film
2016
Studio H
Bloody Night Lights
The Clever Crows
Revelatus
The commission
The Rot
Thrash Panda
Pest Control
Twin Sun Pictures
Ghost In The Graveyard
WOOD SMELL
M.M (Monsters Mysterious)
BOY BRAINS
The NIGHT KNIGHT
Butter Cow Mutilation
Tiebreaker
Comets
The Box
Fractured Film Slate
236
Minutiae Films
Killing Time
Nightmare on Hilton Street
Meat Printer
Rosemary's Kung Fu Biker Baby
Cages
SlowMo Productions
Punching Bag
Team last to resort to Cannibalism
Down Day
The freaks
The Student
Tiny Nightmares
Decafitation
Wild Winds Studios
Lober's Ghost
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