Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival

We celebrate the fact that people with ties to Iowa are in the production industry EVERYWHERE. We search for films from anywhere and by anyone, who just happen to have an Iowa connection. That could be a crew or cast member who lived, worked or went to school in Iowa; a film that was produced, at least in part, in Iowa; or a story featuring an Iowa subject or Iowan (present or former, real or fictional). And if you think this makes CRIFF just a "local" fest – we regularly screen films from filmmakers all over the world! The Official Selections always represent a wide variety of features, shorts, documentaries, music videos, and experimental films at Student, Hobbyist and Professional levels. Selected films compete for Gold and Silver Eddy Awards and Audience Choice and Iowa Connection Awards, as well as a $1000 Collins Road Theatres Scholarship. We are also proud to present Student Cinema Sunday, a special screening of just student films. Student tickets for this special session are at a greatly reduced rate. At the close of this event, we present the Student Audience Choice Eddy Award!