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2025 Winnners
1) Max Allan Collins “Death By Fruitcake”
Winner Best Feature Film
2) Michael Banks Winner Best leading actor in a Short
“The Last Guardian of Magic” directed by Scott Strosahl
3) Stacy Olds Winner Best Historical Family Documentary
“Warriors”
4) Kelly Combs and Alan Blake winners of The Best Short Comedic
Film and winners of Best Cast in short film
“Love Me K(not): Pilot
5) John Norton Winner of “Best Inspirational Film” feature
“The Empty Church”
6) Robert Barhite Winner best Wisconsin Short Script
“Sanguinary Hearts”
7) J. Norton Winner Best Costumes in Festival
“A Hard Place” feature
8) Volodymyr Yakymenko Winner best Adult Film
“My Life”
9) Todd Ciske Winner Best leading actor web series
“Cheeched and Handy” and winner of best music
video “ Frank (Should I Shake One Out of My Sleeve”
10) Shelby Hagerdon winner best animated film
“The Etomologist’s Wife” short film
11) Michael White Winner Best Iowa Screenplay
“The Painter”
12) Russ Emanuel Winner of Best Editor in a feature
“Staycation” and Winner of best Short Horror
“Quarantine”
13). Daryl Hrdlicka best new filmmaker short short category
“Steeple”
14) Meatgrinder Films Winner of best Veterans Films
“What I Want You to Know”
15) Keith Armonaitis Wimmer Best Short less than ten minutes
“The Legend”
16) Ben Leasum Winner of Best Student Film
“River Trail Odyssey”
17) Stephen Folker Winner Best Iowa Short Drama
“When It Snows”
18) Joshua William Fiser Winner Best Short Action Film
“The Boxer”
19) Peter Taslim Winner Best Feature Action Film
“23 Seconds”
20). Michael Huntington Winner Best Iowa Feature Film
“5683”
Guest of Honor for The Star City Film Festival Max Allan shares his journey so far with Festival Director Dr. Katie O’Regan.
Highlights from our past festivals and presenting our Fall festival!
An inspiring comeback story about a woman who came from a little town in the Midwest and became a famous painter. She suddenly loses her Mom and changes her life. She doesn't know how to manage her grief, but she decides to change her life to move on. A story for everyone who ever loved their parents and lost them.