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Presented at The Englert Theatre in collaboration with Refocus Film Festival
Legendary film director Werner Herzog will receive FilmScene’s Cinema Savant award and appear in conversation to discuss his life in film as part of a five-city US book tour.

Catherine Cohen is best known for her hit Netflix comedy special The Twist…? She’s Gorgeous, which premiered in 2022. The same live show won her the coveted title of Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in 2019.

A selection of writers from University of Iowa's cohort of esteemed writers from around the world for the International Writing Program's fall residency will share poetry, prose, and other creative expressions in conversation with the ideas and questions of the Infinite Dream festival.

Theater, video, and arts technologist Andrew Schneider and creative producer Jecca Barry will discuss the process of building and performing N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars), Schneider’s new performance installation work.

Presented at the Old Capitol Museum
Lonnie Holley and Lee Baines discusses their creative process.

Presented at Space Place Theater
Writers from the annual International Writing Program (IWP) fall residency will provide written texts as inspiration for University of Iowa dance students to choreograph new work, resulting in a performance at Infinite Dream.

Presented at the Stanley Museum of Art
The conversation will include a short presentation of work-in-progress as well as a conversation with faculty members from Pang’s thesis committee—Christopher-Rasheem McMillan, Tisa Bryant, and Adam Knight.

Presented at Riverside Theatre
Orme and TEAM writer/artist Jillian Walker will discuss their creative process, the thrills and challenges of making theater in the current landscape, and their new, work-in-progress Reconstructing (Still Working but the Devil Might Be Inside).