Iowa City's FilmScene To Open This Friday

By Charity Nebbe,

Matthew Alvarez

Published September 18, 2019 at 9:53 AM CDT

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Executive Director Joe Tiefenthaler (left), and co-founder Andrew Sherburne (right)

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Executive Director Joe Tiefenthaler (left), and co-founder Andrew Sherburne (right)

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Tin ceiling accompanied with hundreds of LED lights will sit above a concession stand.

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Tin ceiling accompanied with hundreds of LED lights will sit above a concession stand.

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Behind a future screen: large speakers will sit directly behind screen inside Theater One, or, as it will be known, the Blue Theater.

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Behind a future screen: large speakers will sit directly behind screen inside Theater One, or, as it will be known, the Blue Theater.

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Construction continues outside the Chauncey building.

Matthew Alvarez

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Construction continues outside the Chauncey building.

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A big dream is coming true for film lovers in Downtown Iowa City this week. For the last three years, people have watched the construction of the Chauncey building. This fifteen-story building will have a mixture of commercial and residential space, but what is on the first floor has film lovers excited. On Sept. 20, the new space for FilmScene, a non-profit cinema, and cultural organization will open its doors to the public.

On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks with Andrew Sherburne and Joe Teifenthaler, founders of FilmScene and they show her around the new FilmScene space.

Guest:

Andrew Sherburne, Filmmaker, and founder of FilmScene.
Joe Tiefenthaler, Executive Director, FilmScene.

Iowa City's FilmScene To Open This Friday

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