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Chris Goetz Reading from New Book at Prairie Lights

Friday, March 22, 2024

Join us on Thursday March 21st for a reading by Chris Goetz from his acclaimed new book The Counterfeit Coin: Videogames and Fantasies of Empowerment. Chris will be in conversation with Corey Creekmur.

Screenwriting program highlighted on Des Moines newscast to coincide with the Oscars

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Anna Morrison Reading from Her New Book

Monday, October 30, 2023

Midwest Graduate Student Symposium in Film Studies

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 - 4:28 PM

Upcoming Events

Film Screening of From the Journals of Jean Seberg (Mark Rappaport, 1995)

Thursday, April 18, 2024 7:00pm to 9:30pm

FilmScene (Chauncey)

Film screening and post-screening discussion of the film From the Journals of jean Seberh (Mark Rappaport, 1995) hosted and organized by undergraduate students in the "Paris on Film" course (Spring 2024) taught by Professor Paula Amad, Dept. of Cinematic Arts, University of Iowa

$4 Fridays at FilmScene

Friday, April 19, 2024 8:00pm to 11:59pm

FilmScene (Chauncey)

Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

$4 Fridays at FilmScene

Friday, April 26, 2024 8:00pm to 11:59pm

FilmScene (Chauncey)

Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

$4 Fridays at FilmScene

Friday, May 3, 2024 8:00pm to 11:59pm

FilmScene (Chauncey)

Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

$4 Fridays at FilmScene

Friday, May 10, 2024 8:00pm to 11:59pm

FilmScene (Chauncey)

Every Friday after 8 p.m., students see any new release film for $4 at FilmScene!

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