ABOUT US

Landlocked Film Festival is located in Iowa City, a cultural mecca of the heartland and home to The University of Iowa. In 2007 the festival organization will have 501(c)(3) status.


BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mary Blackwood (co-director)
Jennifer Hemmingsen
Bruce Heppner-Elgin (co-director)
Stan Parker
Michael Schmitz
Theresa Seeberger


BOARD OF ADVISORS

Robin Beeck
[Executive director of the Boulder International Film Festival]

Beth Bewley
[Executive Director of the Englert Theatre]

Ethan Canin
[Novelist, screenwriter, and professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop]

Eric Dean Freese
[Board member of the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival and the Iowa Motion Picture Association]

Mark Ginsberg
[Co-founder of the famous Iowa City Jazz Festival]

Steve Schott
[Producer of the upcoming feature film The Final Season]


FESTIVAL 2007 PANEL OF JUDGES

Ellen Feig
[Screenwriter and V.P. of Development at Flash Forward Entertainment]

Robert Hardy
[Production coordinator of City Channel 4 in Iowa City]

Robert Hurst
[Filmmaker and faculty member at the University of Kansas]

Brett Ingram
[Award-winning documentary filmmaker and principal of Bright Eye Pictures]

Helen Kantor
[Faculty member at UCLA and National University; writing coach and workshop presenter]

Sarah Lewison
[Interdisciplinary artist working in single- and multiple-channel video and socially situated performance; faculty member at South Illinois University Carbondale]

THE VENUES

The Englert Theatre, an historic venue in the heart of downtown Iowa City, first opened in 1912 to host vaudeville acts and three-reel movies. For nearly a century it has been a much-loved community icon. In 1999, when it was about to be closed forever, the town came together to fund a grand renovation and renewal. Now live shows and movies have returned to this beautiful performing space.

Sheraton Hotel Conference Facilities

hotelVetro Conference Facilities

Iowa City Public Library Theater