Filmscene

Reel Representation

FilmScene, Iowa City's nonprofit cinema, has a long tradition of programming featuring women, and non-binary artists. This series champions those underrepresented perspectives in the industry.

Upcoming Screenings

THE PEOPLE’S JOKER

2024 / USA / Vera Drew

Sat, Apr 2712:45pm4:00pm6:45pmSun, Apr 283:45pm7:00pmMon, Apr 294:00pmTue, Apr 304:00pm6:45pmWed, May 13:45pm9:30pmThu, May 23:45pm6:30pm

An aspiring clown grapples with her gender identity and combats a fascistic caped crusader when she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian.

WICKED LITTLE LETTERS

2024 / UK / Thea Sharrock

Sat, Apr 271:00pmSun, Apr 281:00pm4:00pmMon, Apr 294:00pmTue, Apr 304:00pmWed, May 14:00pmThu, May 24:00pm

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy based on a true story.

AWAY FROM HER ON 35MM

2006 / Canada + / Sarah Polley

Tue, May 77:00pm

A man copes with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer’s disease while she transfers her affections to another patient at the nursing home.

DEPARTING SENIORS

2023 / USA / Clare Cooney

Wed, May 810:00pm

It’s graduation time so join us for a fun Gen-Z slasher about a queer high school student who, after suffering an act of bullying, develops the ability to foresee his classmates’ deaths as they’re picked off one by one by a masked killer whose identity may just be from among their own.

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