KUNG FU PANDA 4
2024-05-28 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
[PG]
2024 ‧ Comedy/Adventure ‧ 1h 34m

CAPTIONS 5/27

Po must train a new warrior when he’s chosen to become the spiritual leader of the Valley of Peace. However, when a powerful shape-shifting sorceress sets her eyes on his Staff of Wisdom, he suddenly realizes he’s going to need some help. Teaming up with a quick-witted corsac fox, Po soon discovers that heroes can be found in the most unexpected places.

STEP INTO YOUR STORY: IMMERSIVE WRITING TECHNIQUES
2024-06-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
WHO – Ages 14 and Up
WHAT – Join Matthew Kalil, author of The Three Wells Of Screenwriting, and professional actor, Solomon Davis, for a powerful immersive writing experience like no other. Using techniques described in Matthew’s book, you will learn how to dig your “Memory Well” deeper and create characters and dialogue from an authentic place.
Workshop highlights:

Learn about your Three Wells of Creativity.
Explore Fairfield and, using your senses, sit in a location and observe a character.
“Bring” the character back into the workshop space and help Solomon embody the character.
Write a dialogue sequence between two characters.

Workshop takeaways:

At least one new character for your writing.
A dialogue scene between two characters.
A deep understanding of how to embody your characters so that they live and breathe in the real world of your story.

WHEN – Fri. June 7, 1p-5p
WHERE – Fairfield Arts & Convention Center
HOW – Register here | DEADLINE WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5
Cost –$30 – which includes a signed copy of The Three Wells of Screenwriting!
Scholarships are available. Please contact Solomon Davis – solomon@fairfieldacc.com 641-472-2000 ext. 105

WILDCAT
2024-06-07 19:00 - 20:45, 2024-06-08 19:00 - 20:45, 2024-06-09 19:00 - 20:45, 2024-06-10 19:00 - 20:45 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
Drama ‧ 1h 43m

Wildcat is a 2023 American biographical drama film about American novelist Flannery O’Connor struggling to publish her first novel. Also based on O’Connor’s short stories, the film was directed by Ethan Hawke and written by Hawke and Shelby Gaines. It stars Maya Hawke, Rafael Casal, Philip Ettinger, Cooper Hoffman, Steve Zahn, and Laura Linney.

SMARTPHONE FILMMAKING
2024-06-08 - 2024-06-09 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
WHO – Ages 14 and Up
WHAT – Participate in a hands-on filming and production workshop led by professional film makers! MIU’s CINEMATIC ARTS & NEW MEDIA department faculty share skills and trade secrets of making professional quality films with what’s in your pocket. Special equipment such as gimbles, lights, and tripods will be provided.
Participants will have an opportunity to see their movie on the big screen as part of the CANM senior presentations at CINEMA FAIRFIELD.
WHEN – Sat. June 8, 10a-Noon, and Sun. June 9, 1p-3p
WHERE – Fairfield Arts & Convention Center
HOW – Register here
Cost –$25 Scholarships are available. Please contact Solomon Davis – solomon@fairfieldacc.com 641-472-2000 ext. 105

DESPICABLE ME
2024-06-12 13:00 - 14:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
[PG] 1h 35m
Gru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.

GOING TO THE SOURCE
2024-06-16 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-06-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
You are invited to some special preview screenings! See a 1-hour work-in-progress sample of the full-length film GOING TO THE SOURCE: The Maharishi Chronicles
with a Q & A following each screening with the filmmaker.
Sun June 16 | 2p
Fri June 21 | 7p
Ticket $10. All proceeds go to the Dharma Foundation (a 501 c3 non-profit) in support of the completion of this film project.

DESPICABLE ME 2
2024-06-19 13:00 - 14:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
[PG] 1h 38m
When Gru, the world’s most super-bad turned super-dad has been recruited by a team of officials to stop lethal muscle and a host of Gru’s own, he has to fight back with new gadgetry, cars, and more minion madness.

CANM GRADUATING STUDENT EXHIBITION
2024-06-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
Get a glimpse of the future of filmmaking at the Cinematic Arts & New Media department exhibition! The talented graduating students are ready to display their final works on the big screen. Additionally, projects from the Smartphone Filmmaking Workshop will be showcased as a special pre-show. This exciting event operates on a pay-what-you-can basis, with all proceeds benefiting future June Fest programming.

DESPICABLE ME 3
2024-06-26 13:00 - 14:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
[PG] 1h 30m
Gru meets his long-lost, charming, cheerful, and more successful twin brother Dru, who wants to team up with him for one last criminal heist.

FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
2024-06-29 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-06-30 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-07-01 19:00 - 21:30, 2024-07-02 19:00 - 21:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
“Thanks to a strong ensemble cast, incredible action scenes and production values, and a high-stakes, high-concept chase that lasted for most of the run time, the film gave depth and beauty to its brutal post-apocalyptic wasteland.” – Aja Romano – VOX
“In this thunderous prequel, Anya Taylor-Joy burns with intensity.” – Richard Roeper – Chicago Sun-Times
[R] 2024 ‧ Action/Adventure ‧ 2h 28m
Captions July 1st
The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and team up with Mad Max.
Director
George Miller
Writers
George Miller
Nick Lathouris
Stars
Anya Taylor-Joy
Chris Hemsworth
Tom Burke

The Land Before Time
2024-07-03 13:00 - 14:15 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
[G] 1988 ‧ Family/Adventure ‧ 1h 9m

From producers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and legendary animator/director Don Bluth

Littlefoot , a young plant-eating dinosaur, is orphaned after his mother perishes while protecting him from a vicious carnivore. With her last breath, she tells him how to get to the legendary Great Valley, where he will be reunited with others of his kind. With his friend Cera (Candace Hutson), Littlefoot sets out for the fabled land, meeting a variety of new friends along the way — while also being tracked by the killer dinosaur that mortally wounded his mother.

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
2024-07-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
[PG] 1982 ‧ Family/Sci-fi ‧ 1h 55m

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its existence a secret. Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.

Release date: June 11, 1982 (USA)

Director: Steven Spielberg

The Bikeriders
2024-07-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-13 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-07-14 19:00 - 21:00 | IA
[R] ‧ Crime/Drama ‧ 1h 56m
CAPTIONS 7/14

Over the course of a decade, a Midwestern motorcycle club evolves from a gathering place for local outsiders to a sinister gang, threatening the original group’s way of life.

Release date: June 21, 2024 (USA)

Director: Jeff Nichols

“The Bikeriders has an air of authenticity, and its leading actors are completely convincing. I bought in and found the film compelling from start to finish.” – Leonard Maltin

From writer-director Jeff Nichols (Loving, Midnight Special, Mud), 20th Century Studios, and New Regency, The Bikeriders is a furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members, starring Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, The Last Duel), Austin Butler (Elvis), and Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant).
Inspired by Danny Lyon’s iconic book of photography, The Bikeriders immerses viewers in the look, feel, and sounds of the bare-knuckled, grease-covered subculture of ’60s motorcycle riders. Kathy (Comer), a strong-willed member of the Vandals who’s married to a wild, reckless bikerider named Benny (Butler), recounts the Vandals’ evolution over the course of a decade, beginning as a local club of outsiders united by good times, rumbling bikes, and respect for their strong, steady leader Johnny (Hardy). Over the years, Kathy tries her best to navigate her husband’s untamed nature and his allegiance to Johnny, with whom she feels she must compete for Benny’s attention. As life in the Vandals gets more dangerous, Kathy, Benny, and Johnny are forced to make choices about their loyalty to the club and to each other.
The cast, most of whom did their own riding on an array of period-correct bikes, also includes Michael Shannon (Bullet Train), Mike Faist (West Side Story), Boyd Holbrook (Logan), and Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead).

Cycle of Memory
2024-07-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
In partnership with the Fairfield Public Library

Documentary ‧ 1h 12m
There will be a live zoom discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Alex Leff following the film.
FREE ADMISSION

Cycle of Memory (2023) Trailer from Ashbourne Films on Vimeo.

Cycle of Memory follows filmmaker Alex Leff and his younger sibling Koby as they try to uncover the past and capture the present, in order to be remembered in the future. Guided by old photographs of the 1945 trip, they search for places aged by time. But while searching for Grandpa Mel’s past, the two are confronted with their own fraught history. If they’re going to complete the turbulent journey, they’ll have to face their own emotional potholes and tumultuous relationship. With the help of a grandmother learning to live alone for the first time, Mel’s lifelong friend and co-adventurer on the bike trip, and a family collection spanning 1950s film reels to 1990s video tapes, Cycle of Memory explores the importance of intergenerational connection, healing painful pasts, and leaving a meaningful time capsule for the future.

The Secret of NIMH
2024-07-24 13:00 - 14:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
[G] 1982 ‧ Family/Fantasy ‧ 1h 22m

“Purely delicious, a perfect summer treat for the entire family, and finally a cartoon film that will not insult the intelligence of any child from 6 to 60!” – Rex Reed | New York Daily News

Mrs. Brisby (Elizabeth Hartman), a widowed mouse, must move her children out of their home in a field before the local farmer starts plowing. Unable to leave because her son is ill, Mrs. Brisby seeks the help of nearby rats, who have heightened intelligence after being the subjects of scientific experiments. She receives an unexpected gift from the elder rat, Nicodemus (Derek Jacobi). Soon Mrs. Brisby is caught in a conflict among the rats, jeopardizing her mission to save her family.

Release date: July 2, 1982 (USA)

Director: Don Bluth

INSIDE OUT 2
2024-07-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-07-27 14:00 - 15:30, 2024-07-28 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-07-29 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-07-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, 200 North Main St, Fairfield, IA, 52556, United States
[PG] 2024 ‧ Family/Comedy ‧ 1h 36m
Captions Monday 7/29
“This is probably its best film since Coco, and best sequel since Toy Story 3!” -Olly Richards – Empire Magazine
Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust have been running a successful operation by all accounts. However, when Anxiety shows up, they aren’t sure how to feel.
