Iowa Movies

What strange forces saved one isolated section along the Upper Mississippi River from the repeated crushing and scouring effects of glaciers during th...

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. Bacon-...

Soul-touching and moving, TWO WAYS HOME compassionately follows Kathy (Tanna Frederick),a woman newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder who is released...

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 Midw...

When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor...

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 w...

A self portrait filmed with a modified PXL 2000 Camcorder. The camcorder itself records on to audio cassette tape. The tapes themselves are recycled w...

A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in America.

A short film collaboration between director Kristian Day and make up artist Patrick Boltinghouse. Patrick had created the make up for Pride Weekend 20...

A teenage runaway and a widowed father each fight to take matters into their own hands to redeem their dark past.

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he h...

The shots used in this piece were from first test shots with the Mobile Phone 60x microscope. Subjects included the fur of a cat, hair of a girl, a cu...

A Local Iowa documentary about the history of trophy to the Cy-Hawk games.

An essay style film in the vein of Orson Welles' "F For Fake" and Jon Jost's "Speaking Directly". From 2011 to 2013, filmmaker Kristian Day randomly d...

A quiet ukeleleist and his talkative manager struggle to realize their artistic vision in this comic story of loss and friendship.

In this experimental short film, Kristian Day collected artwork created by the public. He found the majority of the pieces at "Sharpie marker demonstr...

The true story of Bill Sackter's emergence from lifelong institutionalization, to become an international hero for people with disabilities.

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...

It's the end of the summer of 1994 and life is about to change for two boys on a farm.

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.