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.
FilmScene hosts numerous special events, community screenings and ongoing series to bring a diverse slate of film programming to Eastern Iowa audiences.
Three best friends attempt to escape suburban boredom by embarking on a life of crime. They’re just not very good at it.
A doctor, psychic and amusement park fanatic unite to save Detroit’s beloved “Boblo Boat” from the scrapyard in this documentary interweaving history with mythology.
It doesn’t get any grosser than this.
A teenage girl becomes immersed in an online role-playing game, digitally documenting the strange changes that take place from her attic bedroom.
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife, Etheline, had three uniquely talented children and then separated. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. This is the story of their reunion.
Two slacker best friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
Valerie is an alcoholic, misanthropic young woman on a dangerous path of bloodshed, insanity and sadistic urges.
Antonio Giménez-Rico’s landmark 1983 documentary explores the lives and loves of a group of six transgender women living in Madrid in the years following Spain’s transition to democracy
Twelve-year-olds, Sam and Suzy, fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness on an island off the New England coast in the summer of 1965.
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in search of his dog, Spots.
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!
A lyrical summery love story of new beginnings from Oscar-nominated director John Singleton with an all star cast featuring Janet Jackson, Regina King, Tupac Shakur, and Joe Torry.
Robert Ginty (The Exterminator) and Belinda Mayne (Krull) play Bo and Inga, brother and sister jewel thieves who target the legendary ‘White Fire’ diamond – a priceless rock so hot it actually burns those who try to lay their hands on it!
After hearing that her boyfriend/pimp cheated on her while she was in jail, a transgender sex worker and her best friend set out to find him and teach him and his new lover a lesson.
At the opulent Grand Budapest Hotel, the concierge and his young protégé forge a steadfast bond as they are swept up in a madcap scheme.
After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances “Baby” Houseman falls in love with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
A transgender woman tries to leave sex work by taking care of a friend’s son and joining a mayoral campaign, but she’s hindered by an old client who controls the opposition’s campaign.
Writer/director John Oak Dalton and producer/cinematographer Henrique Couto join us at FilmScene to present this tense techno-thriller.
The classic tale of star-crossed lovers, reimagined by Baz Luhrmann.
The film that still makes audiences afraid to go in the water.
Two butch transmasc grifters join forces to stay afloat in San Francisco.
A schoolbus full of 42 delinquent 9th graders is transported to an undisclosed island locale, where it is revealed that the students must fight to the death.
Bone-crushing terror! Spine-tingling chills! Turn bones and flesh into screaming, savage blood death!
When eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman gets his beloved bike stolen in broad daylight, he sets out across the U.S. on the adventure of his life.
Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his ex-administrator Yzma, and must now regain his throne with the help of Pacha, the gentle llama herder.
A young police officer must prevent a bomb from exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.
Thirteen-year-old Meilin makes a mortifying discovery: every time she is overwhelmed by emotion, she transforms into a giant red panda.
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.
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.
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.
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.