The Iowa Picture Show was inaugurated at the Iowa City Arts Festival in June 2006 as a showcase for films made in Iowa and/or by Iowans. The films crossed many genres and lengths — from a few minutes to feature-length; from fiction, to documentary, to animation, to experimental, to humor, or even to drama.

On Friday night, movies were projected on the wall of the nearby building. During the day, free movies were shown inside a tent theater erected in the U.S. Bank parking lot at the corner of Linn and East Washington Streets in downtown Iowa City.

The 2006 show was hosted by U.S. Bank and Summer of the Arts, with funding and support from the Iowa Arts Council, the Iowa Film Office and the Iowa Motion Picture Association. The show was programmed by IDFG and Cedar Rapids Independent Filmmakers.

The Iowa Picture Show will return in June 2007 with new movies, screening times, and events.


Schedule of 2006 screenings in Word

Schedule of 2006 screenings in PDF

2006 Film details in Word

2006 Film details in PDF