SPECIAL EVENTS

Family-Friendly Movies
Spanish-Language Screening
Panel Discussions

All events shown here are FREE and do NOT require advance notice or registration. These events are also listed on The Big Schedule.

The Iowa Showcase will take place in the Sheraton Ballroom throughout the festival and will focus exclusively on films and videos made by Iowans. Check here for the full list of selections, and check the schedule for times. Drop in throughout the festival to see short and long movies made right here in Iowa and/or by Iowans.


Family-Friendly Movies presented by Summer of the Arts in conjunction with Landlocked will take place on the Pentacrest in front of MacBridge Hall, starting around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday evening, August 11, 2007. Live music will precede the movie screening.

   Nellie's Adventures
   Dance at Redrocks
   Love & Music
   20 Questions
   Sym-Tales
   The Story of Bubbleboy
   Super-Anon
   Rick Speed: Private Shrink
   Janis: A Daughter's Portrait
   20Q


The Spanish-Language Screening will feature short films from Spain plus one film shot in Iowa by the Rodriguez brothers of Des Moines. All films have English subtitles so that they can be enjoyed by people who speak either Spanish OR English as a first language. Takes places in the Englert Theatre from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 11, 2007.

   El Canto del Grillo
   Antes y despues de besar a Maria
   Boletas Por Favor
   La Sirena
   El DVD

PANEL DISCUSSIONS - All panels take place in the Sheraton's Lindquist Theater

Screenwriting for the Indie Budget
12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m., Saturday, August 11, 2007

Join L.A. screenwriter and professor Helen Kantor, Iowa writer and filmmaker Max Allan Collins (writer of the graphic novel Road to Perdition), Shirley Long of The Screenwriters Agency, and writer and past president of the Iowa Script Writers Alliance Chuck Hughes for a discussion about tailoring your script to the budget you can afford to shoot.


Film Finance
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, August 10, 2007

Workshop presenters Stu Pollard and Steve Holmes are joined by Iowa Film Commissioner Tom Wheeler and Iowa Motion Picture Association president Kent Newman for a discussion about financing your next project.


Filmmaking in Iowa
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, August 11, 2007

Have your questions ready for Iowa film commissioner Tom Wheeler, Iowa filmmaking team the Rodriguez brothers, writer/filmmaker Max Allan Collins, and L.A. director and Iowa native Ty Clancey as they talk about making films right here in Iowa.