Driftless Film Festival 2025

The Mineral Point Opera House

A visual history of Mineral Point’s venerable performing arts theater, highlighting more than a century of films, plays, concerts, and more!

Where the River Slows

Two strangers paths cross as they realize the changes that need to be made in their lives. Nathan Talan works as a Media Lab Technician at Rock Valley College and . . . 

The J.O.A.T. Suit

When a lowly custodian at a spy facility gets his hands on the secret agent suit that can do everything, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a highly . . . 

Light Shines in the Darkness

The “making of” journey through grief on the road to healing. Light Shines in the Darkness is a healing art and music project in response to the tragic shooting at . . . 

Static

Three friends discover a tape recorder that talks back if you repeat a phrase into it. When one of the friends says the phrase, they realize they might have invited . . . 

Step One

A woman makes the first step towards recovery from addiction. Aaron Hill is a filmmaker from the Chicago area who got his start doing sound for shows like Chicago Fire, . . . 

Big Steps

A disillusioned office worker endures a lonely and mundane existence until he starts seeing visions of Bigfoot. He tries to rid himself of these hallucinations, until he realizes that Bigfoot . . . 

Lucid

When a narcoleptic musician decides to go off her medication, her dreams become a dangerous source of inspiration as her cataplectic fainting attacks offer new musical possibilities. Brent Ervin-Eickhoff is . . . 

About Time

After a year apart, two ex-lovers reunite and struggle to connect until an edible spurs an emotional night of dredging up past hurts and self-discoveries. Donald Conley is an award-winning . . . 

Cup Of Wallace

Three characters attempt to outsmart and outrun each other as they vie for the most precious artifact in all of human history…the cup of Wallace. Wil & Jarrod have made . . .