Landlocked Film Festival
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Landlocked Film Festival is an annual film festival
hosted in Iowa City, Iowa
. The Festival was founded in 2007. Landlocked Film Festival was created to support independent filmmaking by bringing the best of independent world cinema to the American heartland, by providing workshops led by experts in their fields, and by fostering a dialogue between audiences and filmmakers . The primary venue for the festival is the Englert Theatre but the festival also has screenings, panels, and workshops in other venues.
The third annual festival, which took place from August 27-30, 2009, featured Iowa-made film 16 to Life and the Danish Film Program .
Veteran character actor Googy Gress attended the fourth annual festival which took place from August 26-29, 2010, with his film Ashley's Ashes . Other filmmakers in attendance included David Crabtree, editor and director of Psych
, and John Putch, director of comedy television including Cougar Town
and Scrubs.
Festival director Mary Blackwood says that Landlocked audiences number 4000 and that 80 filmmakers are scheduled to attend the 2010 festival.
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
hosted in Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, State of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of about 67,862, making it the sixth-largest city in the state. Iowa City is the county seat of Johnson County and home to the University of Iowa...
. The Festival was founded in 2007. Landlocked Film Festival was created to support independent filmmaking by bringing the best of independent world cinema to the American heartland, by providing workshops led by experts in their fields, and by fostering a dialogue between audiences and filmmakers . The primary venue for the festival is the Englert Theatre but the festival also has screenings, panels, and workshops in other venues.
The third annual festival, which took place from August 27-30, 2009, featured Iowa-made film 16 to Life and the Danish Film Program .
Veteran character actor Googy Gress attended the fourth annual festival which took place from August 26-29, 2010, with his film Ashley's Ashes . Other filmmakers in attendance included David Crabtree, editor and director of Psych
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
, and John Putch, director of comedy television including Cougar Town
Cougar Town
Cougar Town is an American television sitcom that premiered on ABC on September 23, 2009. The series focuses on a recently divorced woman in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter, along with her son, ex-husband, and friends who together make...
and Scrubs.
Festival director Mary Blackwood says that Landlocked audiences number 4000 and that 80 filmmakers are scheduled to attend the 2010 festival.