Series & Special Events
FilmScene hosts numerous special events, community screenings and ongoing series to bring a diverse slate of film programming to Eastern Iowa audiences.
Animation Camps Now On Sale!
FilmScene hosts numerous special events, community screenings and ongoing series to bring a diverse slate of film programming to Eastern Iowa audiences.
A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.
Caretakers at a California horse ranch encounter a mysterious force that affects human and animal behavior.
Marcel is a one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother and their pet lint. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them, Marcel is engulfed in instant fame and unprecedented danger.
We celebrate Valentine’s Day on Wednesday night at the grindhouse with a trashy 3D treat.
The life of renowned musician and composer Lydia Tár as she records the symphony that will take her formidable career to new heights.
Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.
At a vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures the time she spends with her loving and idealistic father. Twenty years later, Sophie reminisces about their last holiday together as she tries to come to terms with the man she didn’t always know.
Back on the big screen where it belongs for a limited #encoRRRe, RRR is an exhilarating, action-packed spectacular mythologizing two real-life freedom fighters who helped lead India’s fight for independence from the British Raj.
After thirty years, Maverick is called back to teach a new batch of the best of the best his old tricks for a deadly mission.
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
A recently widowed man’s son calls a radio talk-show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
We’ll be friends forever, won’t we…?
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
A man finds his wife cheating on him with his best friend; he kills both of them and then himself. Fifty years later, his ghost haunts the same apartment building.
A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.
A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.
Julie’s cool, Randy’s hot. She’s from the Valley, he’s like… so not!
A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship between love and food.
A film about black experiences with a “backdrop of Creole cooking.”
A pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
Late Shift at the Grindhouse joins The Bijou Film Board in celebrating their 50th anniversary with a series of favorites from the year 1973. John Milius presents John Dillinger as an almost mythical figure, tracing the rise and fall of the Depression era’s Public Enemy Number One. Presented on 16mm film!
A small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend, Johnny and his creditors.
Young driver Speed Racer aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.
Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan.
Late Shift at the Grindhouse joins The Bijou Film Board in celebrating their 50th anniversary with a series of favorites from the year 1973.
A nimble, nose-thumbing comedy from the writer and producers of The Sting.
Presented on 16mm film!
On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.
A FilmScene tradition returns! No matter who you’re cheering for on Hollywood’s biggest night, there’s only one place to watch the ceremony – at FilmScene with a community of cinema lovers. And it’s free!
Tell your own animated stories with FilmScene! At Lego Animation Camp, Lego creations come to life! Join us for our one week, spring break, Lego-themed animation camp. Students will work with their peers to brainstorm, build and create stories told in bricks.
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
A young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book.
A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.
A naive teenager is sent to rehab camp when her straitlaced parents and friends suspect her of being a lesbian.
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
An electrifying black comedy about love, passion, betrayal and lies, footballs, and spoons.
An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.
In 2029, a cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei’s fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man.
Filmmaker Derek Jarman narrates a reflection of his losing battle with AIDS against the backdrop of a blue screen.
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Tell your own animated stories with FilmScene! At Animation Camp, campers imagine and create their own animations, totally from scratch. Each day, campers learn the key principles of animation and explore the styles of 2D paper, 3D object, Pixilation, Claymation, and replacement animation and then apply these lessons by making their own videos!
Take your stop motion skills to the next level in our advanced class! Campers who have taken our general Animation Camp twice previously are invited to work on honing acquired skills, learn more challenging techniques, and apply knowledge to longer and more story-driven projects. Both content and grading criteria will be more challenging than the standard course and students will be working alongside and collaborating with fellow veteran animators.
In this week-long camp, campers will learn the history of miniature making, study design, and create their own miniature set pieces, including buildings, terrain, and more! Curriculum includes 3D printing.