The 2015 Muscatine Independent Film Festival is November 5th, 6th, and 7th. Over 90 films were submitted and 46 films were accepted. We were lucky enough to get 3 of our films accepted into this years film festival. Our film A Sinister Nature was accepted into the Murder & Mayhem category while our films OneTwoLeftShoe and The Great Self-Exile were accepted into the Best film category.
Here is the complete schedule:
Documentary Film Block
Thursday, November 5th – 6:30pm
Muscatine History and Industry Center
- Une Liberation (Brian Crewe – Studio City, CA)
- Letters Home to Hero Street (Kelly Rundle – Moline, IL)
- Auction Insider (Eric Benson – Waterloo, IA)
- The Simple Gift of Walnut Grove (John Richard – Iowa City, IA)
- It’s About the Music (Dreampost Media – Muscatine, IA)
Student Film Block
Friday, November 6th – 6pm
MIFF Theater at MCC
- A Longing For Home (Jonathan Dziuk – Iowa City, IA)
- Ian Has a Problem (Matthew Birks – Iowa City, IA)
- Sleight of Hand (Caleb Davis – Wellman, IA)
- Pressure Man (Kai Hsu – Los Angeles, CA)
- The Last Payphone on Earth (Alex Gibney – Cedar Rapids, IA)
Murder & Mayhem
Friday, November 6th – 7:15pm
MIFF Theater at MCC
- Smize (John Gigrich – Minneapolis, MN)
- Awakenings (Bhargav Saikia – India)
- Bright Light (John Gigrich – Minneapolis, MN)
- Hungry (John Montana – Van Nuys, CA)
- Franky & the Any (Billy Hayes – Redondo Beach, CA)
- Dead Saturday (Jeremy Burgess – Birmingham, AL)
- A Sinister Nature (Motive Direct Pictures – Quad Cities, IL)
- Depression (Connor Young – Carlisle, IA)
- Teasers (Rafael De Leon Jr. – New York, NY)
- White Diamonds (Corey Peak – Muscatine, IA)
- High Speed Caress (Corey Peak – Muscatine, IA)
- Those Trees Have Arms (Carl Busch – Cedar Rapids, IA)
Afternoon Block
Saturday, November 7th – 1:30pm
MIFF Theater at MCC
- The Great Self-Exile (Motive Direct Pictures – Quad Cities, IL)
- Temporary (Aaron Seever – Mesa, AZ)
- That Night (Phil Mayall – Lafayette, CA)
Twilight Film Block
Saturday, November 7th – 3pm
MIFF Theater at MCC
- To Have and Withold (Nic Barker – Australia)
- Into the Night (David Dawson – Machesney Park, IL)
- Fortunate Misfortune (Debra Brubaker – Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Max (Rajesh Naroth – San Jose, CA)
- The There (Scott Cobb – Austin, TX)
- Curse of Pancake Man (Girl Scout Troop – Mount Vernon, IA)
- Unicorn (Charles Klein – Batavia, IL)
- Driven By Bacon (Franklin/Devore – Minnesota/California)
- Walden Tarn (Anderson, Bishop, Busch, Lafayette, Taylor – Iowa)
- Life & Times of Thomas Thumb Jr. (Ryan Fox – Milwaukee, WI)
Evening Film Block
Saturday, November 7th – 6pm
MIFF Theater at MCC
- Teen Cop 3 (Greg Best – West Des Moines, IA)
- OneTwoLeftShoe (Motive Direct Pictures – Quad Cities, IL)
- Villanelle (Nick Busch – Cedar Rapids, IA)
- No More (Wes Worthing – Boone, IA)
- Call Me Crazy (Batterson/Orton – Waterloo, IA)
- The Whole Person (Mangler/Mayabb – Los Angeles, CA)
- Morgan and Kershaw (Fix It In Post – Eastern Iowa)
- Allison Red (Ferguson/Bishop – Muscatine, IA)
- County State USA: Sweet Corn (Nowak/Devore – California)
- Urgent (Nate Willits – Muscatine, IA)
8:30pm Awards Presentation and After-Party at Boonies
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