The Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival (ICDOCS) is an annual event run by students at the University of Iowa. Our mission is to engage local audiences with the exhibition of recent short films that explore the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking. We seek innovative new works of 30 minutes or less that both complicate and expand upon conventional approaches to nonfiction and documentary.

The festival runs from April 23 at 7 p.m. to April 26 at 9 p.m. with 8 different competitive shorts screening blocks, 2 special juror screenings, an opening night feature film, a special presentation from Bijou x ICDOCS x The Stanley Museum x Khalik Allah, a closing night feature, a Bijou After Hours x ICDOCS collaboration, coffee hour talks with filmmakers, and more!

The festival will take place largely in Adler Journalism Building Room E 105 (The Franklin Miller Screening Room), but will also have special events at FilmScene!