After winning the top prize at 48 Hour Film Project Des Moines for the second time, Tiny Explosions once again screened at Filmapalooza. In 2023 we traveled as a crew to Los Angeles for the festival, this year Pat brought his family to Lisbon for the event. Representing Des Moines in an international film festival is a wildly special and we are very grateful for the opportunity. Here's hoping Tiny Explosions wins this honor again.

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Tiny Explosions is the 2025 Des Moines 48 Hour Film Project Best of City winner. I love that sentence. We've been there before but to win our way is so rewarding. We ended up taking home Best Film, Best Directing, Audience Award (Group C), and Best Ensemble! Winning Best Film teamed with Best Ensemble is a resounding victory and endorsement of our dedication to sillyness and fun. Please watch the film and enjoy a pun taken beyond where anyone could ever expect.

Tiny Explosions is a rotating circus of Central Iowa friends who enjoy playing pretend and occasionally attempt to create short films.

The roots of our filmmaking trace back to the mid-90s when founding members Brian Hogan and Patrick Boberg met in junior high. What started as simple silliness with cameras eventually spawned "films" about a serial cat killer, destruction of private property, free-style walking, a sentient lawn ornament, political activism to create New Kids on the Block Day, and other nonsense.

Fast forward 15 years where Hogan and Pat once again found themselves with too much free time, access to camera equipment, puppets and the ever present storytelling itch. Within six months, the duo had created three goofy short films and felt ready to take on the 2012 Des Moines 48 Hour Film Project.

As the years pass our free time to make films has waxed and waned, but come each July, we drop everything to produce a new installment in the Tiny Explosions saga.

Please enjoy the films, as well as the behind the scenes extras from every film.

Following the 2023 48 Hour Film Project, Pat was invited out to Marengo to show Essential Essence in an online 48 short film showcase hosted by Mediaverse Studios. Laughs were had, longwinded tangents were discussed, and puppets were celebrated. Enjoy.

Life is Short, Be Silly.

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