Des Moines Arts Festival® Announces 2024 Interrobang Film Festival Winners

Italian Filmmaker Marina Resta takes Best in Show for “Traces of Rocco”

(Des Moines, IA) – Officials from the Des Moines Arts Festival presented by Nationwide recognized winners of the 2024 Interrobang Film Festival at a public event at 1 p.m. today. Traces of Rocco by Italian filmmaker received Best in Show. Traces of Rocco is a film covering the search for the iconographical and metaphorical traces of the Southern Italian poet, social researcher, and politician Rocco Scotellaro.

Interrobang featured 50 juried films from 14 countries at the east end of the Festival in the Central Library. Screenings included feature, student, short, documentary, and web/TV films and several panel discussions.

2024 Interrobang Film Festival Award Winners

Best of Show: Traces of Rocco
Directed and Produced by: Marina Resta
Category: Found Footage
Country of Origin: Italy

Best Feature Documentary: Heart sisters
Directed and Produced by: Christopher Phillips
Category: Feature Length Documentary
Country of Origin: United States

Best Short Documentary: It’s for You
Directed by: Bruce James Bales
Category: Documentary Shorts
Country of Origin: United States

Best Feature Narrative: Orbital
Directed by: Maysam Hassanzade
Category: Feature Length Narrative
Country of Origin: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Best Short Narrative: Pitage
Directed by: Ali Khaledi
Category: Narrative Shorts
Country of Origin: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Best of Iowa: Parts and Pieces
Directed by: Bruce James Bales
Category: Documentary Shorts

Best Student Film: Electra Wasp
Directed by: Wasan Hayajneh
Producer: Joseph O’Hailey, Tatiana Teixeira, Darayell Wright
Category: Student Shorts
Country of Origin: United States

IFF Producers Choice: Feedback Loop
Directed by: Thomas Nelson
Category: Narrative Shorts
Country of Origin: United States