48 Hour Film Project - Des Moines

Chris Kottman
Chris Kottman
City Producer

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 2026 goes to The Kung Fu Biker Mafia! Their film ‘’Please Say Yes’’ will go on to represent Des Moines against all the other city winners from around the world at Filmapalooza 2027!

Character
Georgette or George Washburn - Elected Official
Line
”Will you please say 'yes'?”
Prop
a Greeting Card
1st Place: Best Film of 2026
Filmposter for Please Say Yes
Please Say Yes by The Kung Fu Biker Mafia
2nd Place: Best Film of 2026
The Woman In The Browser Window by Vortex Video
3rd Place: Best Film of 2026
Filmposter for Whittle Issues
Whittle Issues by New Peak Productions
Audience Favorite Group A:
Filmposter for Whittle Issues
Whittle Issues by New Peak Productions
Audience Favorite Group B:
Filmposter for Together We Breathe
Together We Breathe by Film Caffeine & Minutiae Cinemas
Audience Favorite Group C:
The Woman In The Browser Window by Vortex Video
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10 PM Bedtime
Thinking of You
20th Street Productions
Damage Control
BONK!
Koalalone
BOY BRAINS
a Dog Day in an American Robocalypse
Butter Cow Abduction
Fish Out Of Water
Cutting Room Floor
Cottage Cheese
ICY Entertainment
Specter of the Butterfly
Lunch Money Productions
It Was A Good Day
New Peak Productions
Whittle Issues
Retro Neon Film
Number One Suspect
Sans-Serif
Muffin to Worry About
Theater Genesis
Keeping the Lights On, and the Coffee Full.
Wood Smell
Ian Mommy
BeautyviaMedia_Productions
MisFired
Dakota's Dog Reese
The Slats
DoubleHAT
The Campaign
Film Caffeine & Minutiae Cinemas
Together We Breathe
Lick That 9 Volt
COWBOYS VS ALIENS 2: THE LEGEND OF CURLY'S GOLD
Mowan Movies
The D.O.T.T. Matrix
OuchGuys
From The to Thou
Studio H
It's in the Cards
Team Without a Name
Will You Please Say 'Yes'? Episode 5
The Drumm Beats
Universal Remote
The Kung Fu Biker Mafia
Please Say Yes
The Trans-Iowa Canal Company
A Boon For A Boon
6yooth1unc Productions
War and Pieces
ForTheCulture
Soup
Grocer’s Grocery: A Place To Get Groceries.
Dante’s The Mornossy
Lithic Studios
Road Wraith
Mixed Pictures
No Country for Young Men
Orbital Films
Grand Theft Spatula
Peach Fuzz
Spilt Milk
Pineapple Shirt Productions
You're Telling Me a Michael Fried This Rice?
Team Last To Enter
Unrequited
Tiny Explosions
Wag the Cat
Vortex Video
The Woman In The Browser Window
Your Local Vamp Studios
GOOD GRIEF
Zilluminati Productions
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