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( Under 18 years old.)

F: Family Suitable for all ages M: Mature Contains mature themes & strong language

101.7 Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 24 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: PAULINA OLSZYNSKI CAST: MAEVE HOULIHAN, ELLA RADOJKOVIC, SOPHIE LEONARD, BLAIRE After losing everything to a pandemic, four girls must lean on each other to build a new life, even if it means hiding a dangerous secret. Friendships and survival are tested...one degree at a time.

ARACHNOPHOBIA Iowa Premiere COMEDY, HORROR / 2 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: LUKE GOLLAN CAST: ANNSLEY HELENHOUSE, CLARA DITSCH Two girls get stranded in a bathroom for months due to a spider.

BONE APPETIT Iowa Premiere THRILLER, HORROR / 4 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: BLAIRE BROWN CAST: AUSTIN PETON, MAC STUDIOS RAPACH Campers have been slowly disappearing from camp. Though it’s not until Blues wakes up to his best friend nowhere to be found....

EXPERIMENT 918 Iowa Premiere THRILLER, DRAMA / 5 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: ANNSLEY HELENHOUSE CAST: OLIVIA JAMES, WILL KASHER At an attempt to find the missing campers in their cabins, Olivia and Will discover secrets about someone watching them.

GAME ON Iowa Premiere COMEDY / 14 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: JOEY MORGAN CAST: ALEXA WELLINGTON, SHAYNA YOUKHANA, LIAM EDDY, LEE DOYLE Friendships are tested when a Prank Wars competition gets...messy.

THE GIFT Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 2 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: WESTON M., ADAN K. CAST: WES “WESTON M.” TIAN, ELLA RADOJKOVIC, AIDAN K. A middle school trio discovers one of their good friends has a new special ability...

GA: General Audience Suitable for most audiences. May contain adult situations/language

GROWING PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST Iowa Premiere 17 MIN / GA / USA / ARABIC, ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: STEVEN HOFFEN CAST: STEVEN HOFFEN, YOAVE TAMIR, NADIA GIOL A seventh-grader from New York is inspired by a visit to Sindyanna of Galilee in Israel—a unique non-profit organization led by a team of Arab and Jewish women working together to create social change from the ground up. He spends the year during the pandemic inspired to document the new hydroponics project at Sindyanna, which strives to enhance Arab-Jewish cooperation, while creating economic opportunities for Arab women.

HIGH ROAD Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 17 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: JOSHUA THOMAS CAST: MONTGOMERY SAMUEL THOMAS, VALENTIN GERONIMO PERRY, ROMAN HIERONIMUS PERRY They can’t bury the hatchet, so they bury each other. The offspring of two families continue a longrunning feud that began before they were born.

LITTLE BLOOD Iowa Premiere ANIMATION / 8 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH DIRECTOR: CRESTWOOD 4TH & 5TH GRADERS / CAST: JOCELYN P, SAWYER S, JAHMIR W An animated retelling of a Mayan myth by the fourth- and fifth-grade students of Crestwood Elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin.

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F: Family Suitable for all ages M: Mature Contains mature themes & strong language

THE OUTSIDE Iowa Premiere 6 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: MAC RAPACH CAST: BLAIRE BROWN, PAIGE LANDRU, PAULINA OLSYNSKI THE OUTSIDE is a brief story about a girl attending a summer camp that suffers from social anxiety. She struggles to connect with her fellow camp members. During one of the nights at camp, she enters a dream-like sequence where she is forced to confront her anxiety. After her self-reflection, she finds the key.

PANIC Iowa Premiere DRAMA, COMEDY / 4 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: CLARA DITSCH CAST: MADIE NEELY, BLAIRE BROWN, MICHELLE FEHSENFELD Emma is stressing over the big “test” she has. With her anxiety running, what will happen?

PARADISE Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 19 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: JOSHUA THOMAS CAST: ROSEMARY NICOLE KONVISER, EMMA CLEMTINE THOMAS, MONTGOMERY SAMUEL THOMAS Would a dead man lie? In a world without rain, two sisters search for water to survive but find much more.

PENPALS Iowa Premiere DRAMA / 5 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: PAIGE LANDRUM / CAST: ANNSLEY HELEHOUSE, WILL KASHER, CASIMERE JOLLETTE After summer camp attendee Layla gets a vulnerable letter from her best friend Max, there is a lot left unsaid—and what seems to be a confusing dream turns out to have an unimaginable meaning.

RESET Iowa Premiere COMEDY / 3 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: TJ MCNAMARA CAST: JOSH WILLENSON, LUKE GOLLAN Jonah wakes up and everything seems familiar. He ends up continuously living the same minute of his life over and over.

SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE... Iowa Premiere COMEDY, DRAMA / 15 MIN / GA / USA / ENGLISH / DIRECTOR: JESSICA NEEDHAM CAST: ELLA RADOJKOVIC, CRUZ GENET, MAEVE HOULIHAN, TJ MCNAMARA, CRINA SHAH As a pandemic ravages the land, an elite group of commando kids are called to duty to uncover the cause of the rising crime rate and eliminate the source.