The Burning Plain The film will have a budget of under $20 million. "The Burning Plain" began filming in New Mexico on November 5, 2007. Other filming took place in Portland and Depoe Bay in Oregon. "The Burning Plain" was screened at TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, in September 2008, before being screened at the Savannah Film Festival, which was held from October 25 to November 1, 2008. It was an entrant of the international competition of the 65th Venice International Film Festival. "The Burning Plain" was released in theaters on September 18, 2009. "The Burning Plain" has received generally poor reviews
Landlocked Film Festival Landlocked Film Festival Landlocked Film Festival is an annual film festival hosted in Iowa City, Iowa. The Festival was founded in 2007. Landlocked Film Festival was created to support independent filmmaking by bringing the best of independent world cinema to the American heartland, by providing workshops led by experts in their fields, and by fostering a dialogue between audiences and filmmakers. The primary venue for the festival is the Englert Theatre but the festival also has screenings, panels, and workshops in other venues. The third annual festival, which took place from August 27–30, 2009, featured Iowa-made film "16 to Life"