Siouxland Inspirational Short Film Festival

12/04/2025

The 7th annual Siouxland Inspirational and Historical Short Film Festival is now scheduled for November 8th, 2026.

The film fest will again be hosted by the Siouxland Filmmakers Club and held again at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

Filmmakers may begin submitting family - friendly short films for consideration starting April 1st through Film Freeway.

11/10/2025

The audience at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center voted our new comedy first place on Sunday. "Zoey versus AI Microwave," a 17- minute Hi-Tech kitchen comedy, was produced by the small crew of the Siouxland Filmmakers Club.
Our comedy narrowly beat out another locally-produced film, Dear John, by just one lone vote. The black and white post Korean War bittersweet love story was also filmed in Sioux City.
Historian Russ Frye's story about Almira Fales, a Civil War nurse from Iowa, came in third.
The 6 - annual film fest was held in the middle of a power outage with the event moved to a cafeteria room when the auditorium projector would not work. The movies were shown to a packed room of enthusiastic viewers on a big screen TV, which fortunately still had an emergency power supply.

11/09/2025

Siouxland Filmmakers Club's 6th annual short film festival starts at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow, Sunday, November 9th, at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

The event will mark the premiere of two locally produced Independent films, including the club's 17-minute high-tech kitchen comedy: Zoey versus AI Microwave.

Clean family friendly movies, inspirational and historical.
Admission is free and vote for your favorite short film.

11/02/2025

Only a week away!
Here is the list of selected films, length and overview:
Dear John, 6 minutes, a Korean War bittersweet love story
Tales on the Rails, 10 minutes, a railroad history lesson
To be seen by You, 5 minutes, woman faces health issue
Almira Fales, 5 minutes, crusading Civil War nurse from Iowa
Zoe vs. AI microwave, 17 minutes, a high-tech kitchen comedy
Fraying, 15 minutes, 12th century monks in a feudal world
Micro Transactions, 2 minutes, experimental film
Geneseo City Museum, 15 minutes, Kansas small town history is remembered.

The Siouxland Inspirational and Historical Film Festival will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 9th, 2025 at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center auditorium in Sioux City, Iowa. Admission is free!

10/29/2025

The premiere of the new short comedy film "Zoey versus AI Microwave" will premiere next weekend during our inspirational and historical Film fest.
The Siouxland Filmmakers Club is hosting the event.

10/25/2025

Only two weeks away!

The Siouxland Inspirational and Historical Film Festival
2:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center auditorium
Sioux City, Iowa.

Admission is free!
The list of selected films, length and overview:
Dear John, 6 minutes, a Korean War era story
Tales on the Rails, 10 minutes, a railroad history lesson
To be seen by You, 5 minutes, woman faces health issue
Almira Fales, 5 minutes, Civil War nurse from Iowa
Zoe vs. AI microwave, 17 minutes, a high-tech kitchen comedy
Fraying, 15 minutes, 12th century monks in a feudal world
Micro Transactions, 2 minutes, experimental film

10/23/2025

The sixth-annual Siouxland Inspirational and Historical Film Festival will be shown at 2 p.m. November 9th, 2025, at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

The festival will feature a variety of selected short films from around the region and country. These films will be uplifting, interesting, clean-language, and family-friendly. The Siouxland Filmmakers Club is hosting the event, with a focus on history movies this year.

The Filmmakers Club will premiere their first short, a high-tech kitchen comedy, during the event.

Admission is free, the audience can vote on their favorite film, a Q&A with the filmmakers will follow and treats will be provided after the show.

View details at this link:

The 6th-annual Siouxland Inspirational & Historical Short Film Festival will be held Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Sioux...

10/22/2025

Great coverage in the Sioux City Journal weekender magazine regarding the upcoming film festival. Earl did a great job telling about our Siouxland Filmmakers Club and first-screening of our comedy film.
The film fest is less than 2 weeks away, 2:00 p.m. Sunday November 9th at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. Admission is free to the family friendly short films.

09/24/2025

The Siouxland Inspirational and Historical Film Festival will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 9th, 2025 at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center auditorium in Sioux City, Iowa. Admission is free!
Here is the list of selected films, length and overview:
Dear John, 6 minutes, a Korean War story
Tales on the Rails, 10 minutes, a railroad history lesson
To be seen by You, 5 minutes, woman faces health issue
Almira Fales, 5 minutes, Civil War nurse from Iowa
Zoe vs. AI microwave, 17 minutes, a high-tech kitchen comedy
Fraying, 15 minutes, 12th century monks in a feudal world
Micro Transactions, 2 minutes, experimental film
Geneseo City Museum, 15 minutes, Kansas small town history.

08/24/2025

The final deadline to enter your short film into our film festival is August 31. So far we have 16 films to view with more than 2.5 hours of footage for our judges to review.

07/30/2025

Filmmakers, the regular deadline to submit short films into the sixth-annual Siouxland Inspirational and Historical Film Festival is set for July 31.

The short filmfest will be shown at 2:00 p.m. November 9th, 2025, at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

The film festival will feature a variety of selected short films from around the region and country. These films will be uplifting, interesting, clean-language, and family-friendly. The Siouxland Filmmakers Club is hosting the event, with a focus on history and comedy movies this year.

View details at this link:
https://filmfreeway.com/SiouxlandInspirationalShortFilmFest

06/06/2025

The early bird deadline for entering your short film in this Festival is a little more than a week away, June 15th, 2025. Entry fees are at their lowest! This year's 6 - annual Film Festival will be Sunday, November 9th.