arts and

engagement

Revision is a perpetual video installation commissioned annually for the festival, forever adapting the work of the previous year's artist. Currently, FilmScene has an open request for proposals inviting artists to submit ideas for a video art piece, informed and adapted from the previous edition of Revision, a 52-minute video entitled We Always Come Here, by Ian Bennett. The piece should be inspired by the festival’s guiding theme of “adaptation,” and take the existing piece, an archival meditation on Iowa City's Ped Mall, into new conceptual territory rooted in our Iowa City community.

Now accepting applications for 2025 music and visual art! Movie lovers will rejoice at the opportunity to take in multiple films each day, with screenings preceded by live musical performances or on screen art shows by local artists to form a kaleidoscopic impression of the many artistic disciplines that inform our big screen experience. In 2024, our festival pre-shows featured 27 local live musicians and 9 on screen slideshows created by local artists adding their talent to the festival vibes.

2024 Musicians
Ayron Messerschmitt
Big Begonias
Dan Padley
Emily Ho
Erik Lopez Reyes
Eva Maeve
Ion Alexakis
Jonathan Altman
Jordan Sellergren

Grain Bin Operettas
Lauren Willberg
Lex Leto x Christine Burke
Sam Ross and Joe Shanks
Saul Lubaroff and Andy Parrott Duo
Silver Alexander
The Soft and Low
Two-Bit Maniac

2024 On Screen Art
Carol Preston
Connie Sherman
Drew Morton
Maddie Meylor
Miriam Alarcón Avila
Padric Timp
Sandra Dyas
Sarah Lynn Fitzgerald