Landlocked Film Festival – Schedule & Locations Sunday August 29, 2010

August 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Still lots going on in downtown Iowa City at the Landlocked Film Festival on Sunday. Full programs scheduled starting at noon at the Englert and ICPL. Of course the highlight will be the Awards Ceremony at 9.00pm at the Englert Theatre. Below is the full schedule of showing times through Sunday. You can find more information about the film selections at the Landlocked Film Festival Website. (Updated Monday: The link to the website now takes you to the Awards Page).

Click here for the schedule for Saturday’s showing times.

Schedule Sunday August 29

Englert

12:00 pm (Noon) Ballhawks (Free)
1:45 pm First Stop, Iowa (Free)
4:00 pm Shorts Program #2 Drama – 1 hr 40 min (Free)

  • Survivors
  • One Bullet
  • Trophy Wife
  • Clemency
  • 2-45
  • Stewart Little 3000
  • Empty

6:00 pm Huset Overfor (Free)
7:00 pm Broken Dreams ($5)
9:00 pm Landlocked Awards Ceremony

ICPL

12:00 am Kid-Friendly All Ages – 45 min (Free)

  • Kidnap
  • The Lift
  • Damsel Distressed
  • Skylight
  • God’s Critters
  • The Scientist’s Apprentice
  • Mashed

1:00 pm (noon) Kid-Friendly Over 10 – 1 hr 15 min (Free)

  • Huset Overfor (The Other Side)
  • I’m a Madman
  • Abidjan

2:15 pm Shorts Program #3 Drama – 2 hrs 40 min (will include a break)(Free)

  • El Forjador de Historias (The Storymaker)
  • Listen (The List)
  • Sway
  • The Desperate
  • Sacrifice on the Ante
  • Sombras en el Viento (Shadows in the Wind)
  • Split Hit
  • A Prayer for the Umpire

Carver Room – Sheraton


2:30 pm Music Videos- 50 mins (Free)

  • The Long Goodbye
  • Inside
  • Let Me In
  • On Our Own
  • Take Me to Heart
  • Switch Hit Resistor
  • Pain Killer


4:00 pm Vivir de Pie (Free)

6:30 pm Shorts Program #4 Comedy – 2 hrs 45 min (will include a break) (Free)

  • Action World
  • Martes por la Manana (Tuesday Morning)
  • Deathstu
  • Cabbie
  • Tarzan Jr. and the Cuban Mercenaries
  • Outer Space
  • Summon Lovin’
  • Den Frygtlose Ivan (Fearful Ivan)
  • Doodie Egg

Plaza Room – Vetro


6.00pm Home/Land – A 30 minute documentary, directed by Lebanese filmmaker Nigol Bezjian with cinematography by Cyprus-based filmmaker Stephen Nugent. After the showing a panel of writers from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program will discuss the concept of “home” and open a dialogue with the audience.



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Landlocked Film Festival – Schedule & Locations Saturday August 28, 2010

August 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Iowa City is hopping this weekend with film makers and independent movie lovers getting together for the biggest event of the year – The Landlocked Film Festival. (Updated Monday: The link to the website is now to the Awards Page).

More than 80 films are being shown this year at five venues in downtown Iowa City. For most of them admission is free, with just a few exceptions where admission is a mere $5. Below is the schedule for Saturday.

Click here for the schedule for Sunday’s showing times.

Schedule Saturday August 28

Englert


12:00 pm (noon) World’s Largest (Free)
1:30 pm Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (Free)
4:00 pm Play On ($5)
7:00 pm Ashley’s Ashes ($5)
9:30 pm Splatter: Love, Honor and Paintball ($5)


ICPL

11:00 am Kid-Friendly Short Films All Ages – 45 min (Free)

  • Kidnap
  • The Lift
  • Damsel Distressed
  • Skylight
  • God’s Critters
  • The Scientist’s Apprentice
  • Mashed

12:00 pm (noon) Kid-Friendly Over 10 yrs old – 1 hr 15 min (Free)

  • Huset Overfor (The Other Side)
  • I’m a Madman
  • Abidjan

1:15 pm Music Videos – 50 mins (Free)

  • The Long Goodbye
  • Inside
  • Let Me In
  • On Our Own
  • Take Me to Heart
  • Switch Hit Resistor
  • Pain Killer

2:45 pm Shorts Program #5 – Comedy – 2 hrs 30 min (will include a break) (Free)

  • Sunscreen Serenade
  • Who Is Candy Bernardino?
  • Tales of a Traveler
  • Father and Sister
  • Squared
  • With Anchovies… Without Mamma
  • 4 Pictures
  • Time for a Hero
  • Tengo Algo Que Decirte (I’ve Got Something to Tell You)
  • El Cortejo (The Cortege)

Carver Room – Sheraton

5:15 pm From the Badlands to Alcatraz (Free)
7:00 pm Roll Out, Cowboy (Free)
9:00 pm Scrappers (Free)


Plaza Room – Vetro

11:00 am Can’t Go Native? (Free)
12:00 pm (noon) Voices Unveiled (Free)
1:45 pm Dumb Dumb (Free)
3:15 pm Shorts Program #1 – 1 hr 40 min (Free)

  • Snippets
  • Transparent Movement
  • Kapsis
  • Look through the Clown’s Eye
  • Lydia and Otto
  • Arena
  • Johnny Saw Johnny
  • Aliki
  • Sapsucker

5:15 pm Documentary Short Films – 2 hrs 10 min (will include a break) (Free)

  • The Next Act
  • $100 Dollars a Day
  • Boat Dreams
  • The Bay Swimmers
  • Perfectly Abled
  • Period Piece
  • What Else Would I Do


Bijou Theater – IMU

2:00 pm Student Program at the Bijou – 2 hrs 15 min (Free)

  • Clemency
  • Snippets
  • What Else Would I Do
  • The Bay Swimmers
  • Empty
  • Johnny Saw Johnny
  • Survivors
  • Who Is Candy Bernardino?
  • The Scientist’s Apprentice
  • Tales of a Traveler
  • Perfectly Abled

11:30 pm Endure (Free)

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Landlocked Film Festival 2010 – Another Fun Weekend in Iowa City

August 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

After Sand in the City Weekend last weekend it’s only fitting that we highlight the fact that we are in fact landlocked here in Iowa City… This week it’s something entirely different. This week we’re taking it inside as Iowa City hosts its 4th annual film festival – Landlocked Film Festival 2010. This year there are more than 80 films by independent film makers being shown at five locations – The Sheraton Hotel, The Englert Theatre, Iowa City Public Library, Bijou Theatre, (in the IMU Building) and HotelVetro. The majority of the showings are free, with a low $5 admission for a few of the full length feature films. In addition to the films there’s also the opportunity to visit workshops and film maker panels. You can find more info about that at the Landlocked Film Festival Website.

Since I’m a map freak and have just learned how to use Google Maps, (bit of a learning curve there I have to say), I decided to put together a map showing the locations and the schedule for the film showings. It would have been too confusing to have it all on one map, so I decided to break it up into daily schedules. Click on the markers on the map to see Friday’s Schedule. Here’s the schedule for Saturday.


View Landlocked Film Festival Schedule Friday August 27, 2010 in a larger map

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Things to Do in Iowa City: Movie Theaters & Community Theatres

February 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The perception is that Iowa City is a rural area. I’m here to prove to you that Iowa City has more going for it than you may think… I relocated to Iowa City almost eleven years ago and I can tell you, it is one surprising little town!

Today I’m going to concentrate on movie theaters and community theatres. Hopefully this will turn out to be a good resource for you if you’re thinking of moving to the Iowa City area. As great as the Internet is as a research tool, the information is pretty scattered. My plan is to pull some of it together into one handy place, making it easier to find.

Movie Theaters in the Iowa City Area

Coral Ridge Mall Movie Theatre is, as the name suggests, located at the Mall in Coralville. It’s a pretty big theater with 10 screens and stadium seating. Tel: 319-625-1010

Sycamore Cinema is located on the east side of Iowa City at Sycamore Mall. It has 12 state-of-the-art auditoriums and in addition to movies often shows unique events that include simulcast live concerts, sporting events and the New York Metropolitan Opera, (MET). Tel: 319-351-8383

Bijou Theater is a non-profit student run theater at the Iowa Memorial Union that focuses on independent, art house, foreign and classic movies. They have 1 screen and tickets are available at the box office only on the day of showing. Tel: 319-335-3041.


New Strand Theatre is in West Liberty – a rural area and a surprising one at that. It’s a 15 minute commute east of Iowa City. New Strand is not just a movie theater, it’s also home to wonderful puppet shows from the Eulenspiegel Puppet Theater. (I love puppet shows, they bring back lovely memories with my sons in Germany). 319-627-2014

Theaters & Auditoriums in the Iowa City Area

The Englert Theatre is a Community Arts Theatre in downtown Iowa City. It was built in 1912 by William Englert and his wife Emma who wanted to rival the finest stages and movie houses in the Midwest. The local newspaper at the time wrote that “Iowa had nothing finer.” It is still an impressive building. Well-preserved and adds to the atmosphere of the historic part of downtown Iowa City. In the spirit of Vaudeville, The Englert embraces all the Arts and hosts performances from all over the world. Case in point, The Peking Acrobats will be performing there in February.
319-688-2653

Riverside Theatre is located on Gilbert St and is Iowa City’s resident professional theatre. It was founded in 1981 and strives to offer an artistic home for theatre professionals while entertaining audiences with intimate, engaging productions from the classics to world premieres. 319-338-7672

Hancher Auditorium was damaged in the floods of 2008, so does not have a physical address at present. That doesn’t stop them organizing events though and these take place at a variety of locations, depending on the needs of the performers and ranges from West High School Auditorium to The Englert and The Mill in Iowa City. (Check out the website and you’ll see they have 11 different locations). Tel: 319-335-1160

Iowa City Community Theatre was established in 1956 and dedicated to promoting the dramatic arts in and around Iowa City. They perform at a variety of locations, including Johnson County Fairgrounds and The Englert.

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