Oneota Film Festival

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March 6-9, 2025

Decorah, Iowa


Now Accepting Submissions!

Early Bird Deadline - June 30, 2024

Regular Deadline - July 31, 2024

Submit Your Film Here
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    You Are What You Act

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    zakkiyyah najeebah dumas o’neal - A Glass Breakfast Interview

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    Tina

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    Wine, Women and Dementia

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    To The Moon and Back

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    The Errand

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    The Dead Track

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    The Countryman

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    Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett

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    Star Time

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    Shift: The RABGRAI Documentary

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    Reagan/Quigley '85

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    Panther Politician: Part 2

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    Parsons

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    Places to Be Wild

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    Once Love

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    Greybeard - The Man, The Myth, The Mississippi

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    Labor of Love

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    Greener Pastures

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    gun to the head

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    Hangman

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    Happy Hour

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    Invisible Landscapes

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    Friendly Faces

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    Essential Essence

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    Everything Fun You Could Possibly Do In Aledo, Illinois

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    Dwight in Denmark

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    Down The Mekong: Voyage of Discovery

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    Culture Talk on the Radio

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    Dishonour

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    Claire Facing North

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    Chasing Greatness; Wrestling Life

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    Balika

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    Burial

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    Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart

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    Between The Notes: The Helene Grimaud Documentary

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    Blue Sunshine

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View the 2024 Filmbook

Pre-Festival Events:

We will be screening two films from our 2024 festival in some of the smaller local communities leading up to the festival. Screenings start at 2pm and will show Places To Be Wild and Everything Fun You Could Possibly Do in Aledo, Illinois


Sunday, January 28th - Cresco Theatre and Opera House


Sunday, February 4th - PIVO Brewery in Calmar


Sunday, February 18th - Town Theatre in Waukon

About the Festival

The mission of the Oneota Film Festival is to build and sustain a community of film lovers through screenings and discussion. We strive to inform, inspire, and engage viewers and filmmakers in compelling issues of our time. As a non-profit community organization, we strive to bring quality films to Decorah and the surrounding communities that explore critical issues or address the great challenges of our time, such as environmental issues, community concerns, and human rights.


Oneota Film Festival’s mission is to inform, inspire, and engage viewers and filmmakers in compelling issues of our time by building and sustaining a community of film lovers through film, discussions, and other media to engage a large and diverse audience in Decorah and surrounding communities.

Supporter Benefits

Become a supporter today and gain access to exclusive benefits:


  • Special invites to festival events and year-around community events
  • Support for future film festivals


Supporters like you champion our community initiative to provide a weekend of films that are for all. All funding from sponsorship, supporters and donations goes directly into the programming, workshops, and special events that make Oneota Film Festival an incredible Northeast Iowa destination experience.


Supporters make this film festival possible.

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