The Cedar Rapmids Indepmendent Film Festival holds its 22nd edition CRIFF will celebrate the work of filmmakers from across the state, throughout the country, and around the world, all with connections to Iowa.

Schedule of Events:

April 4, 2025

Friday Afternoon

Theatre 1

12:20pm - Dinner With Gigi - 5m:50s
12:26pm - Nightmare At Camp Bloodbath - 6m:19s
12:32pm - Making Magic - 15m:45s
12:48pm - Baby Doll -7m:21s
12:55pm - The Grief pmroject - 27m:37s
1:23pm - Tina - 14m:27s
1:37pm - Ku: A Love Story - 3m:24s
1:41pm - pmroject Lucidity - 7m:41s
1:48pm - Q&A / Break
2:00pm - Anybody But You -8m:22s
2:08pm - Flock Together - 8m:36s
2:17pm - Weedman - 7m:06s
2:24pm - Counterfeit - 17m:36s
2:42pm - Q&A / Break
2:55pm - Bits & pmieces - 2h:05m:28
5:00pm - Q&A / Break

Theatre 2

12:20pm - Abraham's Bridge - 35m:53s
12:55pm - After Ike: A Journey That Changed America - 59m:07s
1:55pm - Q&A / Break
2:05pm - Friends & Neighbors - 1h:13m:17s
3:18pm - Q&A / Break
3:30pm - Garden of Des Moines - 15m:38s
3:46pm - Moved by Waters - 28m:42s
4:14pm - The Negro Artist - 52m:23s
5:07pm - Q&A / Break

Friday Evening

Theatre 1

5:50pm - CRIFF Welcome Overflow
6:05pm -My Heart Remembers - 1h:21m:53s
7:27pm - Q&A / Break
7:40pm - Remote - 1h:14m:19s
8:54pm - Q&A / Break
9:05pm - 50mm - 20m
9:25pm - Chase - 15m:13s
9:40pm - Stronghold - 15m:12s
9:55pm - Inheritance - 29m:37s
10:25pm - Q&A

Theatre 2

5:50pm - CRIFF WELCOME!
6:05pm - Abraham's Bridge - 35m:53s
6:41pm - Light Painter - 38m:13s
7:19pm - Tinker - 7m
7:26pm - Q&A / Break
7:40pm - i went on the adventure of my dreams - 23m:06s
8:03pm - Hunky Dory - 6m
8:09pm - From Iowa and Back – The Vietnam Era - 11m:39s
8:21pm - Brothers: A Civil War Story - 19m:59s
8:41pm - Q&A / Break
8:50pm - The Gates - 1h:32m
10:22pm - Q&A

April 5, 2025

Saturday Morning

Theatre 1

9:00am - My Heart Remembers - 1h:21m:53s
10:21am - Q&A / Break
10:30am - Get Over Yourself - 1h:49m:18s
12:19pm - Q&A / Break

Theatre 2

9:00am - Bits & Pieces - 2h:05m:28
11:05am - Q&A / Break
11:15am - Lost Woods - 7m
11:22am - Chase - 15m:13s
11:37am - The Grief Project - 27m:37s
12:05pm - Sew Lucky - 10m:14s
12:15pm - Q&A / Break

Theatre 3

9:00am - Yule Father - 30m:20s
9:30am - Counterfeit -17m:36s
9:48am - Weedman - 7m:06s
9:55am - Inheritance - 29m:37s
10:25am - Q&A / Break
10:35am -5683 - 1h:30m
12:05pm - Q&A

Theater 4

9:00am - Remote - 1h:14m:19s
10:14am - Q&A / Break
10:25am - The Gates - 1h:32m
11:57am - Q&A

Theatre 5

9:00am - Good Tough Kid - 1h:14m:37s
10:15am - Q&A / Break
10:25am - From Iowa and Back – The Vietnam Era - 11m:39s
10:37am - Tinker - 7m
10:44am - Friends & Neighbors - 1h:13m:17s
11:57am - Q&A

Saturday Afternoon

Theatre 1

1:00pm - Hunky Dory - 6m
1:06pm - Blink Once - 3m:20s
1:09pm - Eighteen Years - 6m:02s
1:15pm - Stronghold - 15m:12s
1:31pm - Project Lucidity - 7m:41s
1:38pm - Anybody But You - 8m:22s
1:47pm - The Wordless Ones - 4m:54s
1:52pm - ORGANIZED TERROR | Eclypse Haunted Attraction: Year 3 Recap - 11m:32s
2:03pm - Ku: A Love Story - 3m:24s
2:06pm - Dinner With Gigi - 5m:50s
2:12pm - Q&A / Break
2:20pm - Making Magic - 15m:45s
2:36pm - Nightmare At Camp Bloodbath - 6m:19s
2:42pm - Exaltation - 23m:05s
3:05pm - Q&A / Break
3:15pm - Get Over Yourself - 1h:49m:18s
5:04pm - Q&A

Theatre 2

1:00pm - Tim Olson: Observing Oddities - 11m:33s
1:11pm - Moved by Waters - 28m:42s
1:40pm - Light Painter - 38m:13s
2:18pm - Q&A / Break
2:30pm - The Negro Artist - 52m:23s
3:22pm - Tina - 14m:27s
3:37pm - Baby Doll - 7m:21s
3:44pm - Garden of Des Moines - 15m:38s
4:00pm - Q&A / Break
4:15pm - Forum

Saturday Evening

Theatre 1

6:00pm - Lost Woods - 7m
6:07pm - Home No Return - 15m
6:22pm - Gloves - 6m:01s
6:28pm - Yule Father - 30m:20s
6:58pm - Loyal Wheels - 2m:52s
7:01pm - Blink Once - 3m:20s
7:05pm - EDM is Plastic? - 5m:29s
7:10pm - Unwritten - 2m:15s
7:12pm - Q&A / Break
7:25pm - 5683 - 1h:30m
8:55pm - Q&A / Break
9:30pm - (Overflow if necessary) The Eddy Awards Ceremony presented by Farmers State Bank

Theatre 2

6:00pm - After Ike: A Journey That Changed America - 59m:07s
6:59pm - ORGANIZED TERROR | Eclypse Haunted Attraction: Year 3 Recap - 11m:32s
7:11pm - Jayden Upton: “Give It Your All” - 15m:12s
7:26pm - Q&A
7:35pm - Good Tough Kid - 1h:14m:37s
8:50pm - Q&A / Break
9:30pm - The Eddy Awards Ceremony presented by Farmers State Bank

April 6, 2025

Sunday Morning

Theatre 1

1:00pm - Student Cinema Sunday Welcome
1:05pm - Love Bites - 5m
1:10pm - Unlikely Pair - 1m:59s
1:12pm - Killsbury Doughboy Rises - 3m:22s
1:15pm - Facing the Father - 9m:26s
1:25pm - Pluto - 9m:37s
1:34pm - Cuffed! - 7m:21s
1:42pm - Refining Your Craft - 5m:30s
1:47pm - Petrichor - 6m:24s
1:54pm - Home No Return - 15m
2:09pm - Tim Olson: Observing Oddities - 11m:33s
2:20pm - Loyal Wheels - 2m:52s
2:23pm - EDM is Plastic? - 5m:29s
2:29pm - Unwritten - 2m:15s
2:31pm - Q&A / Break
2:40pm - Student Filmmaker Forum
3:30pm - 50mm - 20m
3:50pm - Gloves - 6m:01s
3:56pm - The Wordless Ones - 4m:54s
4:01pm - Facing the Father - 9m:26s
4:10pm - Pluto - 9m:37s
4:20pm - Cuffed! - 7m:21s
4:27pm - Love Bites - 5m
4:32pm - Paranormal Press- 9m:01s
4:41pm - Clean Up - 4m:48s
4:46pm - Killsbury Doughboy Rises - 3m:22s
4:50pm - Unlikely Pair - 1m:59s
4:52pm - Refining Your Craft - 5m:30s
4:57pm - Eighteen Years - 6m:02s
5:03pm - Brothers: A Civil War Story - 19m:59s
5:23pm - Q&A / Break
5:30pm - (Overflow if necessary) Student Recognitions and Audience Choice Eddy Presentation

Theatre 2

1:05pm - Paranormal Press - 9m:01s
1:14pm - Clean Up - 4m:48s
1:19pm - Turn Four - 40m:30s
1:59pm - The Legacy of The Great River Reapers - 6m:49s
2:06pm - Exaltation - 23m:05s
2:29pm - Q&A / Break
2:40pm - Student Filmmaker Forum
3:30pm - Sew Lucky - 10m:14s
3:40pm - Petrichor - 6m:24s
3:47pm - Turn Four - 40m:30s
4:27pm - Flock Together - 8m:36s
4:36pm - The Legacy of The Great River Reapers - 6m:49s
4:42pm - Jayden Upton: “Give It Your All” - 15m:12s
4:58pm - i went on the adventure of my dreams - 23m:06s
5:20pm - Q&A / Break
5:30pm - Student Recognitions and Audience Choice Eddy Presentation

Date: April 4 - 6, 2025

Location: Collins Road Theatre, 1462 Twixt Town Road Marion, IA 52302

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