Des Moines Arts Festival will feature 40 films at 2022 Interrobang Film Festival this June

The Des Moines Arts Festival presented by Nationwide has released the film line-up at the annual Interrobang Film Festival.

The films will be screened inside the air-conditioned comfort of the Central Library (1000 Grand Ave., Des Moines), during the 25th anniversary Des Moines Arts Festival, June 24 – 26. The Interrobang Film Festival is open Friday, June 24, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday, June 25, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 26, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission to both festivals is free.

Interrobang will feature 40 juried films (17 hours 30 minutes’ worth) from a dozen states and seven countries. The schedule includes features films, student films, shorts, documentaries, web/tv shows, found footage films and music videos. It will also feature two notable panel discussions on Saturday, June 24. The first, Iowa Filmmakers Panel, will be hosted by Produce Iowa at 1 p.m. followed by a Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Student Showcase and Discussion at 2 p.m. The Produce Iowa Panelists are Hannah Wright, Lucius Pham, Rebecca Haroldson, and Scott Siepker. It will be moderated by EJ Philby Burton.  

A synopsis of each film, as well as detailed daily schedules are available at www.desmoinesartsfestival.org/film.

2022 Interrobang Film Festival

International films are noted accordingly; all other films originate in the United States

A FEAST THAT NEVER COMES

Experimental, Music Video, Short, Other             

Director: Maria Juranic

A GIFT FOR ALL AGES             

Short     

Directors: Russell Webb and Alicia Wszelaki

A PLACE TO GROW             

Documentary, Short

Director: Maribeth Romslo

ALMOST A MASTERPIECE             

Documentary, Experimental, Short             

Director: Belinoff Robert

BED BUGS           

Short     

Director: Kaitlyn T. Busbee

BITTER PILL         

Music Video

Director: Camron Rushin

BOBLO BOATS: A DETROIT FERRY TALE             

Animation, Documentary, Feature 

Director: Aaron Schillinger

CHAOS  

Short, Student     

Directors: Hana Mekacher and Julien Porras   

Country of origin: France

CINEMA AND SANCTUARY

Documentary      

Director: Dave Davidson

 

CUSTARD            

Short, Student     

Director: Arsen Chobanyan         

Country of origin: Russian Federation

DAVID LINDMER // OMEN   

Music Video        

Director: DRUST                              

Country of origin: United Kingdom

DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS

Animation, Short, Student

Director: Anna Owenson

 

DIVERTIMENTO  

Short     

Director: Keyvan Sheikhalishahi    

Country of origin: France

DOLL PARTS        

Experimental, Short             

Director: Michael LaRocco

 

DON’T PANIC      

Student 

Director: Kenadie Larson             

 

FARM FREE OR DIE             

Documentary      

Roger Sorkin

FLYOVER

Short

Director: Brian White

GOT YOUR BACK 

Short     

Directors: Mitch Hudson

GLUED

Experimental, Short, Student 

Director: Oswmer Louis

 

HIDEOUT

Feature 

Director: Yen Kuang Chen

Country of origin: Taiwan

JIMMY IN SAIGON

Feature

Director: Peter McDowell

JIM’S TIPS            

Short, Student     

Director: Piper Pena Hadley

LABOR OF LOVE

Short

Director: Hannah Rosalie Wright

LEFT OF THE DIAL

Television

Director: Andrew Lawton

LIVESTOCK ON THE LAND             

Documentary, Feature             

Director: Nick Ohde

LIFE’S BEEN GOOD TO ME        

Animation, Music Video             

Director: Jake Armstrong

LULLABY TO MY FATHER

Experimental, Short             

Director: Michael LaRocco

OLD MET             

Documentary, Experimental, Short             

Director: John Haley

PRE-EXISTING     

Short     

Director: Kevin Isaacson and Michael Godfrey

PUBLIC SPACE

Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student 

Director: Eli Bernstein

RAISE YOUR VOICE             

Documentary      

Director: Maribeth Romslo

SPECTRUM          

Short, Student     

Director: Thiago Rosestolato and Raul Paiva Mello         

Country of origin: Brazil

STATIC SPACE     

Short     

Directors: Kate Black-Spence and John Klein

 

SUPERDICK |EP 1| RED RAGE    

Short     

Director: Charlie Harmony            

THE COLLINS STORY: STEPS TO THE MOON             

Documentary, Feature                            

Director: Eric Dean Freese

THE T.P. CURSE   

Short     

Directors: Adam Rebora and Miles Strong-Austin

THE LAST MINUTE TILL MIDNIGHT          

Short     

Directors: Adam Orton

WE BURN LIKE THIS              

Feature 

Director: Alana Waksman           

THE WHITE ROSE

Animation, Documentary, Short, Student 

Director: Ian Kim

WOLF + LAMB     

Experimental, Short, Student, Other

Directors: Giuseppe Schettino

Country of origin: Italy

 

 

 

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