Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As FilmScene’s programming director, Delgado watches more than 400 films a year, some amid the grandeur of the festival circuit, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Refocus Film Festival is celebrating film adaptation in the most Iowa City way. The annual film festival returns to downtown Iowa ...

On opening night of the 2025 Refocus Film Festival, FilmScene Board of Directors Chair Uri Lessing (left), Executive Director Andrew Sherburne and Programming Director Ben Delgado welcomed the ...

Andrew Sherburne, executive director of FilmScene, and Programming Director Ben Delgado, kicked off the 2024 Refocus Film Festival at the Englert Theatre ahead of the opening night screening of ...

In collaboration with the Iowa City Book Festival, FilmScene’s Refocus Film Festival will debut its fourth season the weekend of Oct. 9-12. “The original conception was to have films that were ...

As a fourth-year University of Iowa student, I’ve attended FilmScene’s Refocus Film Festival every year since it was revived in 2022. Each year, I’ve attended more and more events until this weekend, ...

During the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, Ben Delgado sees nearly 30 films in a five-day stretch. The workday begins sometime between 8 and 9 a.m. and goes past ...

Refocus Film Festival is celebrating film adaptation in the most Iowa City way. The fourth annual festival will open with "Train Dreams," a new film from the Academy Award-nominated ...

The fourth annual Refocus Film Festival returns to Iowa City from Oct. 9-12, featuring over 20 films and events. The lineup includes the U.S. premiere of "Ariel" and the North American premiere of the ...

The Refocus Film Festival, held in Iowa City from Oct. 9-12, will open with "Train Dreams," an adaptation of a novella by Iowa Writers' Workshop alumnus Denis Johnson. The film, directed by Clint ...