The films
Office Party Massacre 3
48 Hour Film Horror Project Des Moines 2024Office Party Massacre 3
This party should have been an email.
Premiere date Tuesday, October 15, 2024 in Screening Group C at Fleur Cinema & Cafe.
Audience Award Winnter
The 48 Horror event may be our team's favorite film challenge. Sure we've been competing in original recipe 48 for over ten years, but with horror the gloves are off. Brian spends the whole year testing and researching different blood gags. Chuck is working on munitions ideas. Pat is cracking the whip and demanding nothing but excellence... Anywho.
Required Elements:Genres pulled: Dark Fantasy / Ghost MovieCharacter: Kristina or Kurt Thompson - JanitorLine: “Something just touched my leg.”Prop: Roll of Toilet Paper
Defund the HOA
48 Hour FIlm Project Des Moines 2024July 26-28, 2024Defund the HOA
No gods, no masters, no mowing on Sundays.
Sometimes a prop just forces you to make a short. Brian had a flag that said "Defund the HOA," and off we went.
Premiere date Monday, August 5, 2024 in Screening Group B at Fleur Cinema & Cafe.Screened at Best of City.Best Editing winnerBest Direction winner
Required ElementsGenre pulled: Thriller/Suspense Character: Zeke or Zoe Hill, NannyProp: a Can OpenerLine: "My dog could do better than that."
Making Magic
December 2023 - June 2024Making Magic
Romance... as imagined by two kids who have no clue what it is.
Screenings:DSM Underground Film Festival - November 2024Fleur Film Festival - September 2024Tiny Explosions Showcase - June 2024
This film was produced purely for the fun of it in the winter of 2024. Initially intended as a opportunity to submit something fresh to the debut of the Fleur Film Festival, as the film took shape it very quickly turned into our first PG-rated project, a wildly fun celebration of creativity and childish reckless abandon, and a tribute to the director's mother. Making Magic borrows its title and character names from the real world literary work of Adelyn Zara, a.k.a. Linda Boberg. As someone who laughed the hardest at Tiny Explosions, there's no doubt she would have loved this.
In memory of Linda Catanzaro Boberg, 1955-2023.
Wheel of Death
48 Hour FIlm Project Des Moines HORROR 2023October 6-8, 2023Wheel of Death
It's all fun and games, until you're dead
After Pat getting sick derailed 2022, Tiny Explosion was excited to properly compete in the 48HFP Horror competition. Brian has fallen in love in learning practical horror effects and make-up, recruiting friends Chuck and Nicole as support. The result is an undeniably fun horror-comedy. This might be our best film to date.
Premiere date Friday, October 13, 2024 in Screening Group B at Fleur Cinema & Cafe.Screened at Best of CityAudience Award WinnterBest Sound DesignBest ActorBest DirectorScreened at Cedar Rapids International Film Festival 2024Screened at Snake Alley Festival of Film 2024Screened at SiouxperCon Film Festival 2024
Required ElementsGenre pulled: FunHouse Character: Christina or Christopher Steele, Professional AthleteProp: a SheetLine: "Don't let the outside fool you"
Essential Essence
48 Hour Film Project Des Moines July 28-30, 2023Essential Essence
Vibe. Dip. Rise.
Premiering at The Varsity Theater in screening group A
Closing film at Best of City screeningBest EditingAudience Award for screening groupScreened at Oneota Film Festival 2024Screened at Alternating Currents 2024Screened at Snake Alley Festival of Film 2024
Required ElementsGenre: Fish Out of WaterProp: A TrayDialogue: "I can't remember where or when"
Character: Jada or Jared Vanson, door-to-door sales person
Elf Off the Shelf
Yes We Cannes Global Film Challenge(48 Hour Film Project) December 2-4, 2022Elf Off the Shelf
Some families refuse to give up the magic of Christmas..
Tiny Explosions jumped at the opportunity to participate in a second stage 48 Hour Film Project competition before the end of 2022. 16 Films would be selected to screen at Filmapalooza and 9 selected to screen at Cannes. Total 72 films submitted so we had a 2-in-9 shot at Filmapalooza and a 1-in-8 shot at Cannes. This will be update when we know anything.
Screened online in YWC Screening Group 5Screened at Snake Alley Festival of Film 2023Screened at Alternating Currents 2023
Required ElementsGenre: Fish Out of WaterProp: WalletDialogue: "What Does it Taste Like?"Character: Alex Seabra, Inventor
Murder Farm
48 Hour Film Project Des Moines HorrorOctober 7-9, 2022Murder Farm
A lot of people died here.
Debuted at Copper Creek Cinemas in screening group A Screened at Best of Horror Des MoinesBest Gore award winner
Required ElementsGenre: Supernatural HorrorProp: PumpkinDialogue: "Maybe you should wash that"
Character: Fran or Fred Mixter, Doctor
The Run
48 Hour Film Project Des Moines July 29-31, 2022The Run
A stupid mistake leads to one man's journey into madness.
For the first time in our 11-year run at the Des Moines 48 Hour Film Project, Tiny Explosions took home the big prize. Our 2022 short "The Run," won "Best of Des Moines." That is the top prize. We were all in complete shock when our team name was revealed on the screen at the Best of City screening..
Screened at Best of CityScreened at Filmapalooza 2023Screened at 48 Turns 20 in Des Moines 2024Best of Des Moines award winnerBest use of Line award winner
Required ElementsGenre: Thriller/SuspenseProp: TV RemoteDialogue: "I forgot to mail it."Character: Casey Karver, Delivery Driver
Family Tree
2019 100 Hour Film RaceEl Engano!
2020 Des Moines 48 Hr Film ProjectThe Special
2021 Des Moines 48 Hr Film Project"Stuck at Home" was an early days of the covid-19 pandemic free filmmaking event where 48 Hour Film teams were given elements to test making films remotely. Tiny Explosions took part in four of the five weekends.
"Stuck at Home" was an early days of the covid-19 pandemic free filmmaking event where 48 Hour Film teams were given elements to test making films remotely. Tiny Explosions took part in four of the five weekends.
Black Hat Bingo
2020 Stuck at Home 48 Hr Film ProjectCitizen Wayne
2020 Stuck at Home 48 Hr Film ProjectTo the Class of 2020
2020 Stuck at Home 48 Hr Film ProjectQuarantrims
2020 Stuck at Home 48 Hr Film ProjectAlmight Haul
2016 Des Moines 48 Hr Film ProjectSnap Back
2017 Des Moines 48 Hr Film ProjectPalle Amorevoli
2018 Des Moines 48 Hr Film Projectred flag
2019 Des Moines 48 Hr Film ProjectPalle Amorevoli – Soundtrack
Palle Amorevoli – Soundtrack
Tiny Explosions received an added boost of talent in 2018 when multi-faceted musician Jordan Mayland offered up his skills to produce the score for Palle Amorevoli. All the music in the film was produced within the 48 Hour filmmaking window and recorded by Jordan. He worked his brain out his ear to make these songs happen and they are flipping awesome. An additional thank you goes out to Jill McLain for joining the team in 2018 and writing the lyrics for Jordan's tunes with the added help of Nate Carlson, Erin Hogan, Brian Hogan, Jon Hoffmann, and team leader Patrick Boberg. These songs are unquestionably awesome. Take a listen and please throw some love Jordan's way.
Culling of Heirs
2015 Des Moines 48 Hr Film ProjectTwo Men and a Backpack
2014 Des Moines 48 Hr Film ProjectJust a Few Tips
2013 Des Moines 48 Hr Film ProjectTrigger Words
2012 Des Moines 48 Hr Film ProjectNon-48 Hr Short Films
Non-48 Hr Short Films
Lost Soulmates
Lost Soulmates
2014
The Haircut
The Haircut
2013
Creat-Ur Own Fun!
Creat-Ur Own Fun!
2013
Game Night
(2012)Desperate Times
(2012)The Chase Begins
(2012)Master of Puppets
(2012)Sooooo, you noticed the ridiculous number dividers. That can mean only one thing... more TE.
Sooooo, you noticed the ridiculous number dividers. That can mean only one thing... more TE.
So here's the thing, there is one more Tiny Explosions short and it is not embedded on this page. Why, pray tell, has it not been posted here? Welllll... It's hilarious, but Pat dances over and behind the line of tastes that short kind of crosses. So if you're really looking to watch something that will make you do a spit take, but end with you going "WHY!?!?" Then you need watch, Balls.
So here's the thing, there is one more Tiny Explosions short and it is not embedded on this page. Why, pray tell, has it not been posted here? Welllll... It's hilarious, but Pat dances over and behind the line of tastes that short kind of crosses. So if you're really looking to watch something that will make you do a spit take, but end with you going "WHY!?!?" Then you need watch, Balls.