Emily Drummer's thesis film Field Resistance will screen at Art of the Real. Our ecologically fraught present gives way to dystopian visions in Emily Drummer’s documentary-cum-science-fiction, which examines environmental devastation in Iowa as a means of thinking through the antagonism between nature and humanity.

Associate Professor in Film and Video Production Chris Harris premiered his new film Dreams Under Confinement during an online screening as part of the 2019–20 Wexner Center Artist Residency Award.

Hao Zhou received the Next Masters Support Program award from Talents Tokyo for his feature project 禁闭 (English working title: Bridled).

Emily Drummer’s (MFA, 2018) thesis film, Field Resistance, is screening at the annual Camden International Film Festival. Camden is recognized as a “major documentary event” and showcases innovative and visionary works of documentary cinema.

University of Iowa film students shared their thoughts about theater safety, the importance of the theatrical experience, and their concerns for the future of independent theaters.

In his innovative article, Jackson establishes aesthetic and conceptual connections between the prominent French filmmaker’s early painting films and his later, better-known features through the lens of animation theory.

Dalina Perdomo Alvarez, Curatorial Fellow for Diversity in the Arts at the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College in Chicago, has released a new exhibition on Puerto Rican Culture and the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Associate Professor and Chair of Cinematic Arts Paula Amad participated in the May 15, 2020 online symposium on “Affect” — organized by Associate Professor Jennifer Bean of University of Washington, Seattle and sponsored by their Simpson Center for the Humanities.  

"A Quiet Place" screenwriters and University of Iowa graduates Scott Beck and Bryan Woods share what they’ve learned while working in the film industry during a wide-ranging Zoom Q&A.

A message of solidarity on behalf of the faculty in the Department of Cinematic Arts.