We’re the Sioux City International Film Festival

 

the 2024 festival wILL BE HELD:

OCTOBER 3—OCTOBER 6, 2024

At the ACX Promenade Cinema

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Plan your viewing experience by checking out our screening schedule and workshop plans!


2024 Festival Schedule Overview

  • No Right Way | Feature Film Screening | 7:30pm-9:30pm

    Followed by live Q&A with filmmakers Chelsea Bo (Director, Writer, Cast), Sean Drummond (Producer), and Ava Acres (Cast).

    This event is offered free of charge due, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Iowa Arts Council, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

  • FILM SCREENINGS

    1:00 PM | Documentary | Theater 8

    3:00 PM | Drama 2 | Theater 14

    7:00 PM | Drama 1 | Theater 8

    7:00 PM | Horror/Thriller/Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Theater 14

    WORKSHOP (FREE ADMISSION)

    6:00 PM | Chelsea Bo and Sean Drummond | Theater 8

  • FILM SCREENINGS

    10:00 AM | Midwest High School and College | Theater 14

    12:00PM | Drama 3 | Theater 8

    12:00PM | Encore Documentary | Theater 14

    3:00PM | Comedy | Theater 8

    3:00PM | Drama 1 Encore | Theater 14

    7:30PM | Awards | Theater 8

    WORKSHOPS (FREE ADMISSION)

    11:00AM | Anna Weinstein | Theater 8

    2:00PM | John Gray | Theater 8

    5:00PM | Filmmakers Roundtable | Theater 8

  • FILM SCREENINGS

    11:00AM | Drama 2 Encore | Theater 8

    12:00PM | Comedy Encore | Theater 14

    2:00PM | Drama 3 Encore | Theater 8

    3:00PM | Horror/Thriller/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Encore | Theater 14

    5:00PM | Awards-Encore | Theater 8

Sioux City International Film Festival Partners


2023 Festival Winners

BEST OF THE FEST: Bus Girl | Director Jessica Henwick

BEST DRAMA: The Fuse } Director Kevin Hæfelin

BEST COMEDY: Gorditx | Director Malik Evers

BEST SCI-FI/FANTASY: Carly Dolls | Directors Maudie Schmidt & Jaxson Power

BEST HORROR/THRILLER: The Unquiet Dead | Director John Thomas Gray

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Haulout | Directors Evgenia Arbugaeva & Maxim Arbugaev

BEST MUSIC: The Van | Director Bernard Badion; Composer Tangelene Bolton

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Into the Valley | Director Emily Sandifer; Cinematographer Jon Pears

AUDIENCE CHOICE JURIED: The Fuse } Director Kevin Hæfelin

 

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THE SIOUXLAND INSTITUTE OF FILM IS A 501(C)3 Organization

CONTENT OF PROGRAMMING IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF VIEWS, BELIEFS, OR OPINIONS OF SPONSORS. SPONSORSHIP OF THE SIOUX CITY INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST IS A GIFT TO THE SIOUXland COMMUNITY.


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THE FESTIVAL

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