11th annual Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival takes place April 11-13
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Written by: University Communication and Marketing

The University of Iowa Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will present the 11th annual Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival Thursday April 11 through Saturday, April 13. The festival presents different forms of film and video that explore the boundaries of documentary and nonfiction filmmaking from around the world. The festival is free and open to the public.

Highlights include competitive shows, juror shows, and an evening of traveling documentary work courtesy of the Flaherty Seminar. The festival culminates in award announcements Saturday, April 13.

Cathy Lee Crane and Ernst Karel will be jurors for this year’s festival.

Crane is currently associate professor in the Department of Cinema, Photography, and Media Arts at Ithaca College. She has been making narrative/documentary hybrid films on 16mm since 1994. She received the 2009 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Film for her lyrical re-combinations of archival and staged material. For more information on Crane visit cathyleecrane.com/.

Karel is lecturer on anthropology, assistant director of the Film Study Center, and lab manager for the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University. Karel collaborates with video and filmmakers as a sound recordist, mixer, and sound designer. He also works as a mastering engineer, having prepared a wide variety of material for publication on CD. Karel worked as a sound engineer and recordist at the Chicago Cultural Center, and as engineer, recordist, and editor at Chicago Public Radio. For more information on Karel visit ek.klingt.org/about.html.

This event made possible by generous support from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Perry A. and Helen Judy Bond Fund for Interdisciplinary Interaction, the Bijou Cinema, the Institute for Cinema and Culture, and the Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature.

For more information about the festival and a full schedule of events visit icdocs.wordpress.com.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI events. If you require an accommodation to participate in this program, contact Jason Livingston in advance at 319-353-2260.