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
''Psych'' is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observ ...
, 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.
Iowa City Press-Citizen
See also
*List of film festivals
This is a list of existing major film festivals, sorted by continent.
The world's oldest film festival is the Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica (''Venice Film Festival''), while the most prestigious film festivals in the world, known ...
* Film festivals in North and Central America
References
External linksLandlocked Film Festival website
Film festivals in Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
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