In the beginning, the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival was an idea, born on the banks of the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa.

The festival features 180 films and hosts world, USA, and Iowa premieres and meant to be enjoyed by filmmakers, film buffs, and anyone who loves the movies (and popcorn!) Those in the industry can enjoy panel discussions, workshops, and coffee talks. Wrap up each evening with lively special events.

Schedule:

April 22, 2023

11:30am: Galena Country Presents The Jdiff Pre-Event / Short Block 04 - Desoto House - Parker Room
2:00pm: Galena Country Presents Jdiff Pre-Event / Patou: In Black & White - Desoto House - Parker Room
3:30pm: Galena Country Presents Jdiff Pre-Event / Short Block 03 - Desoto House - Parker Room
4:00pm: Galena Preview Outdoor Screening

April 26, 2023

10:00am: Patou: In Black & White - Five Flags Majestic
10:00am: Devil Put The Coal In The Ground - Five Flags Orpheum
10:00am: All Canada Shorts - Five Flags Theater
10:00am: Adapting To Dive - Journey Theater
10:15am: The Artist And The Astronaut - Five Flags Bijou
10:30am: The 90s Club - Phoenix Theaters
11:00am: The Sixtripleeight - Grand Opera House
11:00am: A Long Way From Nowhere - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
12:00pm: Short Block 16 - Five Flags Majestic
- This Is Major
- Rough Hands
- Ten Days
- Resurgence
12:00pm: Oklahoma Breakdown - Five Flags Theater
12:00pm: Seaper Powers Mystery Of The Blue Pearls - Journey Theater
12:30pm: American: An Odyssey To 1947 - Five Flags Orpheum
1:00pm: Beyond - Five Flags Bijou
1:15pm: Land Of Gold - Phoenix Theaters
1:30pm: Kinnick: The Documentary - Grand Opera House
1:45pm: Short Block 08 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
- For The Clean Up
- The Hired Hand
- Paradise
- It's Raining
- Hangman
- Come Find Me
2:00pm: The Beehive - Journey Theater
3:00pm: Short Block 17 - Five Flags Majestic
- Old Windows
- Hollywood
- Leaving Yellowstone
- Vestige Of My Past
- It's Not About The Lemons
3:30pm: Short Block 02 - Five Flags Bijou
- How Not To Be A Junkie
- The Ghost Of Los Angeles
- The Fourth
- Solo Un Ensayo
- Black Soldier
- Die Unsichtbare Grenze (The Invisible Border)
4:00pm: Short Block 06 - Five Flags Orpheum
- A Real One
- Daddy's Eyes
- Balikbayan
- Our Secret
- Safe
- Picture Day
Tarneit
4:00pm: Special Screening: Night Of The Cooters - Five Flags Theater
4:00pm: Mamaanithan (The Great Man) - Phoenix Theaters
4:30pm: The Year Of The Dog - Grand Opera House
4:45pm: Short Block 18 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
- Babel
- Gene's 6th Symphony
- On The Edge (Am Grat)
- Who
- Ball & Vase
- Breaking Dawn
- For Paloma
5:00pm: Meet & Mingle
6:00pm: Radioactive: The Women Of Three Mile Island - Five Flags Majestic
6:15pm: Anxious Nation - Five Flags Bijou
6:45pm: The Sisters Karras - Grand Opera House
7:00pm: Asphalt - Five Flags Orpheum
7:00pm: Women Behind The Wheel - Phoenix Theaters
7:30pm: Celebrate Canada Night - Five Flags Theater
7:30pm: The Exchange. In White America. Kaukauna & King: 50 Years Later - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
9:30pm: Celebrate Canada After Party - Gary Dolphin's Iron Bar

April 27, 2023

9:15am: The Artist And The Astronaut - Five Flags Majestic
9:30am: A Long Way From Nowhere - Five Flags Orpheum
10:00am: Coffee Talk With Christian Taylor - Esther's Lounge
10:00am: Garden City, Kansas - Five Flags Bijou
10:00am: Radioactive: The Women Of Three Mile Island - Journey Theater
10:15am: Affirmation Generation - Grand Opera House
10:30am: Short Block 12 - Five Flags Theater
- A Few Days Home In Johnson County
- Good Grief
- Regular Rabbit
- Speed Date
- Unbridaled
- Tooth
- Off Fairfax
- Wheel
- Out Of Water
10:30am: American: An Odyssey To 1947 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
11:30am: Jerry's Last Mission - Five Flags Majestic
11:30am: Short Block 09 - Five Flags Orpheum
- A Mind Cannot Touch
- Cherry Blossoms In March
- Keep/Delete
- Lunchbox
- The Third Defector
- A Question Of Service
11:30am: Festivals From Strategy To Submission - Hotel Julien Dubuque - River Room
11:30am: Sibel's Silence - Phoenix Theaters
12:00pm: Greener Pastures - Journey Theater
12:30pm: Untreated & Unheard: The Addiction Crisis In America - Five Flags Bijou
1:00pm: The Year Of The Dog - Grand Opera House
1:15pm: The Crossroads - Five Flags Theater
1:30pm: Short Block 05 - Five Flags Majestic
- Home
- Pivot Pals
- The Errand
- Toy Phone
- Chipper
- Mayfly
1:45pm: Short Block 10 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
- Belle River
- Kamat+A
- Snap, Archie's Story
- The Storm Chaser
- Swimming Through
- Ukraine - Wartime Diaries
- Yellowstone 88 - Song Of Fire
2:15pm: The Exchange. In White America. Kaukauna & King: 50 Years Later - Journey Theater
2:45pm: Women Behind The Wheel - Five Flags Orpheum
3:00pm: Short Block 14 - Five Flags Bijou
- What We'll Never Know
- The Big Idea: Birth Without Bias
- Andrew After Angola
- Thrown Away Child
3:00pm: Wine, Women, And Dementia - Phoenix Theaters
3:30pm: Secrets To Successful Script Writing Workshop - Hotel Julien Dubuque - River Room
3:45pm: Special Screening: Night Of The Cooters - Journey Theater
4:00pm: Short Block 03 - Five Flags Majestic
- A Love Worth Fighting For
- Hedgehog
- Trust
- Letters For Lost Lovers
- Twitching
- The Critic
4:00pm: Scrap - Five Flags Theater
4:15pm: Short Block 07 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
- Babatoura
- I Have No Tears And I Must Cry
- Jacob And The Quisling
- What They Found
- Going Down South
- The Mango Tree
5:00pm: The Cloaked Realm - Five Flags Orpheum
6:00pm: Short Block 11 - Five Flags Bijou
- Good Riddance
- It's Not Real
- Roadkill
- The Sprayer
- This Feels Right
- Shut The Box
- Burn It All
- Call Of The Void
- The Giant
6:00pm: Central Valley - Grand Opera House
6:00pm: Hundreds Of Beavers - Phoenix Theaters
7:00pm: Seaper Powers Mystery Of The Blue Pearls - Five Flags Majestic
7:00pm: The Sisters Karras - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
7:30pm: Patou: In Black & White - Five Flags Orpheum
7:30pm: International Night - Five Flags Theater
9:00pm: Est Studios After Party - Hotel Julien Dubuque Riverboat Lounge

April 28, 2023

9:30am: The 90s Club - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
9:45am: Labeled: The Missing, Murdered, And Forgotten - Grand Opera House
9:45am: Puppy Love - Phoenix Theaters
10:00am: Coffee Talk With Kellie Blaise And Paddy Courtney - Esther's Lounge
10:00am: Short Block 04 - Five Flags Bijou
- Le Ballon Bleu (The Blue Baloon)
- Luce And The Rock
- Rest In Piece
- Mr. Mayonnaise
- Nakam
- This Wild Abyss
10:00am: King Of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones - Five Flags Theater
10:00am: Anxious Nation - Journey Theater
10:15am: Short Block 06 - Five Flags Majestic
- A Real One
- Daddy's Eyes
- Balikbayan
- Our Secret
- Safe
- Picture Day
- Tarneit
10:30am: Short Block 18 - Five Flags Orpheum
- Babel
- Gene's 6th Symphony
- On The Edge (Am Grat)
- Who
- Ball & Vase
- Breaking Dawn
- For Paloma
11:30am: Art Of The Pitch & Pitch Deck Workshop - Hotel Julien Dubuque - River Room
12:00pm: Perfectly Good Moment - Grand Opera House
12:00pm: Short Block 14 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
- What We'll Never Know
- The Big Idea: Birth Without Bias
- Andrew After Angola
- Thrown Away Child
12:30pm: Get Free - Phoenix Theaters
1:00pm: Short Block 12 - Five Flags Bijou
- A Few Days Home In Johnson County
- Good Grief
- Regular Rabbit
- Speed Date
- Unbridaled
- Tooth
- Off Fairfax
- Wheel
- Out Of Water
1:00pm: Bobcat Moretti - Five Flags Theater
1:00pm: Ten Mistakes That Land Filmmaker In Legal Trouble - And How To Avoid Them - Hotel Julien Dubuque - River Room
1:00pm: Short Block 11 - Journey Theater
- Good Riddance
- It's Not Real
- Roadkill
- The Sprayer
- This Feels Right
- Shut The Box
- Burn It All
- Call Of The Void
- The Giant
1:15pm: Devil Put The Coal In The Ground - Five Flags Majestic
2:00pm: Adapting To Dive - Five Flags Orpheum
2:30pm: Let The Party Begin - Grand Opera House
3:00pm: Est Studios: Best Production Policies  - Hotel Julien Dubuque - River Room
3:45pm: Short Block 13 - Five Flags Bijou
- Fundamental Shapes
- Julia
- Social Annxiety
- The Last Hurrah
- The Line Jumper
- The Word
- They Grow Up So Fast
- Cora In Reflection
- Wei-Lai
3:45pm: Future Filmmakers 1 - Journey Theater
4:00pm: Short Block 01 - Five Flags Majestic
- Black Dragon (Rong den)
- Banshees Ridge
- Denali
- Dana
- Go With Her
- Woman In Retrograde
- The Ringmaster
4:00pm: Short Block 16 - Five Flags Orpheum
- This Is Major
- Rough Hands
- Ten Days
- Resurgence
4:00pm: Under The Influencer - Five Flags Theater
5:15pm: Black Bags - Grand Opera House
5:45pm: Future Filmmakers 2 - Journey Theater
6:45pm: Short Block 08 - Five Flags Bijou
- For The Clean Up
- The Hired Hand
- Paradise
- It's Raining
- Hangman
- Come Find Me
7:00pm: Short Block 17 - Five Flags Orpheum
- Old Windows
- Hollywood
- Leaving Yellowstone
- Vestige Of My Past
- It's Not About The Lemons
7:15pm: Beyond - Five Flags Majestic
7:30pm: World Premiere Night - Five Flags Theater
8:00pm: The Duel - Grand Opera House
9:00pm: 90s Throwback After Party - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
10:00pm: Trailermania Late Night Special - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Julien Room 2

April 29, 2023

9:45am: Untreated & Unheard: The Addiction Crisis In America - Five Flags Orpheum
9:45am: Midnight At The Paradise - Grand Opera House
9:45am: The Crossroads - Phoenix Theaters
10:00am: Coffee Talk With Andrea Metz And Michelle Peeralie - Esther's Lounge
10:00am: Scrap - Five Flags Bijou
10:00am: Kinnick: The Documentary - Five Flags Majestic
10:00am: The Grotto - Five Flags Theater
10:00am: Puppy Love - Journey Theater
11:00am: Wine, Women, And Dementia - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
11:30am: Est Studios: Best Production Policies Encore - Holiday Inn - Blue Moon Room
12:15pm: Garden City, Kansas - Five Flags Orpheum
12:30pm: Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game - Grand Opera House
12:45pm: The Sixtripleeight - Five Flags Majestic
1:00pm: Short Block 15 - Five Flags Bijou
- Fanfare For Crossing The Road
- Dugout Dick
- George
- The Miami Vice Incident
- The Trucket List
1:00pm: How To Market Your Film - Holiday Inn - Blue Moon Room
1:00pm: Hundreds Of Beavers - Journey Theater
1:45pm: Labeled: The Missing, Murdered, And Forgotten - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
2:30pm: Film Financing 101: Packaging/Financing/Greenlighting Your Project For All Budgets  - Holiday Inn - Blue Moon Room
2:45pm: Jerry's Last Mission - Five Flags Orpheum
3:15pm: Greener Pastures - Five Flags Majestic
3:15pm: Let The Party Begin - Grand Opera House
4:00pm: Bobcat Moretti - Five Flags Bijou
4:00pm: Est Studios How To Sell Your Film - Holiday Inn - Blue Moon Room
4:00pm: Future Filmmakers 2 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
5:00pm: Short Block 01 - Five Flags Orpheum
- Black Dragon (Rong den)
- Banshees Ridge
- Denali
- Dana
- Go With Her
- Woman In Retrograde
- The Ringmaster
5:30pm: Produce Iowa Filmmaker Meetup
5:45pm: Perfectly Good Moment - Five Flags Majestic
6:00pm: Unfriending - Grand Opera House
6:15pm: Future Filmmakers 1 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
6:45pm: The Beehive - Five Flags Bijou
8:00pm: Mamaanithan (The Great Man) - Five Flags Orpheum
8:30pm: Jdiff Awards Night - Five Flags Theater
10:00pm: Psychotronic Afterschool Special Late Night Special - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Julien Room 2

April 30, 2023

9:45am: Short Block 07 - Five Flags Orpheum
- Babatoura
- I Have No Tears And I Must Cry
- Jacob And The Quisling
- What They Found
- Going Down South
- The Mango Tree
10:00am: Coffee Talk: Meet The Jury - Esther's Lounge
10:00am: Short Block 13 - Five Flags Majestic
- Fundamental Shapes
- Julia
- Social Annxiety
- The Last Hurrah
- The Line Jumper
- The Word
- They Grow Up So Fast
- Cora In Reflection
- Wei-Lai
10:00am: Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game - Five Flags Theater
10:00am: The Cloaked Realm - Journey Theater
10:00am: The Duel - Phoenix Theaters
10:15am: Under The Influencer - Five Flags Bijou
10:15am: The Grotto - Grand Opera House
10:15am: Short Block 03 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
- A Love Worth Fighting For
- Hedgehog
- Trust
- Letters For Lost Lovers
- Twitching
- The Critic
11:30am: Les Is More: The Influence Of Documentary Icon Les Blank - Hotel Julien Dubuque - River Room
12:30pm: Affirmation Generation - Journey Theater
12:45pm: Short Block 15 - Five Flags Orpheum
- Fanfare For Crossing The Road
- Dugout Dick
- George
- The Miami Vice Incident
- The Trucket List
12:45pm: Unfriending - Five Flags Theater
1:00pm: Central Valley - Five Flags Bijou
1:00pm: Short Block 04 - Five Flags Majestic
- Le Ballon Bleu (The Blue Baloon)
- Luce And The Rock
- Rest In Piece
- Mr. Mayonnaise
- Nakam
This Wild Abyss
1:00pm: Get Free - Grand Opera House
1:00pm: Short Block 02 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
- How Not To Be A Junkie
- The Ghost Of Los Angeles
- The Fourth
- Solo Un Ensayo
- Black Soldier
- Die Unsichtbare Grenze (The Invisible Border)
1:30pm: Secrets To Successful Script Writing Workshop Encore - Hotel Julien Dubuque - River Room
3:30pm: Black Bags - Five Flags Theater
3:45pm: Oklahoma Breakdown - Five Flags Bijou
3:45pm: Short Block 10 - Five Flags Orpheum
- Belle River
- Kamat+A
- Snap, Archie's Story
- The Storm Chaser
- Swimming Through
- Ukraine - Wartime Diaries
- Yellowstone 88 - Song Of Fire
4:00pm: Short Block 09 - Five Flags Majestic
- A Mind Cannot Touch
- Cherry Blossoms In March
- Keep/Delete
- Lunchbox
- The Third Defector
- A Question Of Service
4:00pm: Sibel's Silence - Grand Opera House
4:00pm: Short Block 05 - Hotel Julien Dubuque - Ballroom
- Home
- Pivot Pals
- The Errand
- Toy Phone
- Chipper
- Mayfly
4:30pm: Closing Film - Reception - Five Flags Theater
6:15pm: King Of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones - Five Flags Bijou
6:15pm: Closing Film - Five Flags Theater
6:30pm: Bolan's Shoes - Grand Opera House
6:45pm: Plight - Five Flags Orpheum
7:00pm: Asphalt - Five Flags Majestic
9:00pm: Last Chance - Esther's Lounge

Date: April 26 - 30, 2023

Location: Various Venues in Dubuque, IA 52001.

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