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, ...

Excitement is brewing for a popular movie festival. The yet-to-be-realesed "Nightbitch," starring Oscar-nominated Amy Adams, is FilmScene's 2024 Refocus Film Festival headliner, which was announced ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ben Delgado, the programming director for Refocus Film Festival, and Iowa City author Rachel Yoder, spoke to a crowd at FilmScene on Aug. 6. Yoder's debut novel, Nightbitch, was recently adapted into ...

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, ...

Iowa City has influenced literature for decades—and by extension, cinema—and the annual Refocus Film Festival aims to showcase the power of adaption in all of its glory. Presented by FilmScene, the ...

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 ...

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 ...