Iowa Movies

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...

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

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...

A short film starring Vanessa Gisselle (Mayans MC) filmed in 2009. A minor slasher shot around Des Moines, Iowa.

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...

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

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...

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