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Free Des Moines Latino Film Festival Shorts Program

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  • Sat, Apr 11

Run Time: 300 min.

Stop into the Loft Auditorium during the Des Moines Latino Film Festival and enjoy a rolling program of...

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A Poet

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  • Sat, Apr 11

Sat, Apr 11 @ 1:00 pm: Des Moines Latino Film Festival, presented by Latino Center of Iowa and Des Moines Film.

Director: Simón Mesa Soto Run Time: 123 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Spanish

Starring: Alisson Correa, Guillermo Cardona, Margarita Soto, Rebeca Andrade, Ubeimar Rios

This critically acclaimed Colombian film was also a Cannes jury prize winner. Middle-aged and erratic, Oscar is a...

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American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez

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  • Sat, Apr 11

Sat, Apr 11 @ 4:15 pm: Des Moines Latino Film Festival, presented by Latino Center of Iowa and Des Moines Film.

Director: David Alvarado Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Edward James Olmos, Luis Valdez

This documentary is fresh off its Sundance premiere. Against political resistance and industry skepticism, Luis Valdez pushes Chicano...

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The Christophers

Opens on April 17

Director: Steven Soderbergh Run Time: 100 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Ferdy Roberts, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Jessica Gunning, Michaela Coel

Art can be copied. Artists cannot.

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Of Mice and Men

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  • Sat, Apr 18

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Mother Mary

Opens on April 24

Director: David Lowery Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Atheena Frizzell, Hunter Schafer, Kaia Gerber, Michaela Coel

This is not a ghost story.

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The Princess Diaries – Presented with Ballet Des Moines

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  • Tue, Apr 28

Tue, Apr 28 @ 7:00 pm: Presented with Ballet Des Moines, featuring dancers in-person.

Director: Garry Marshall Run Time: 115 min. Release Year: 2001

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Caroline Goodall, Heather Matarazzo, Héctor Elizondo, Julie Andrews

She rocks. She rules. She reigns.

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Giving Back Breath

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  • Wed, Apr 29

Wed, Apr 29 @ 7:00 pm: Join us after the film for a Q&A with Dr. Mike Welsh, Grace Lidgett, William O’Neal II and filmmakers Courtney Crowder and Chad Cohen.

Run Time: 18 min.

Cystic fibrosis used to be a death sentence — until Dr. Mike Welsh helped give back breath. Tracing...

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The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera

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  • Sat, May 2

Director: Timur Zangiev Run Time: 245 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Russian

Soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation...

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg – An OLLI Screening

Opens on May 7

Director: Jacques Demy Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 1964 Language: French

Starring: Anne Vernon, Catherine Deneuve, Marc Michel, Mireille Perrey, Nino Castelnuovo

A film for all the young lovers of the world.

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Popcorn – Presented with The Fright Zone

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  • Thu, May 21

Thu, May 21 @ 10:00 pm: Presented with The Fright Zone podcast.

Director: Mark Herrier Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 1991

Starring: Dee Wallace, Derek Rydall, Jill Schoelen, Kelly Jo Minter, Tom Villard

Buy a bag... Go home in a box.

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Backrooms

Opens on May 27

Director: Kane Parsons Run Time: 105 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Mark Duplass, Renate Reinsve

Everything must go.

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Diamond Diplomacy

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  • Wed, May 27

Wed, May 27 @ 7:00 pm: Director Yuriko Gamo-Romer will be here for a Q&A following the film.

Director: Yuriko Gamo Romer Run Time: 86 min. Release Year: 2025

Director Yuriko Gamo-Romer will be here for a Q&A following the film. Presented by Iowa Sister States, Japan...

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The Metropolitan Opera: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego – Presented with the Des Moines Metro Opera

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  • Sat, May 30

Director: Deborah Colker, Yannick Nézet-Séguin Run Time: 158 min. Release Year: 2026 Language: Spanish

American composer Gabriela Lena Frank’s first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and...

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The Muppet Movie – An OLLI Screening

Opens on June 4

Director: James Frawley Run Time: 95 min. Release Year: 1979

Starring: Dave Goelz, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt

More entertaining than humanly possible!

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Disclosure Day

Opens on June 10

Director: Steven Spielberg Release Year: 2026

Starring: Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Emily Blunt, Eve Hewson, Josh O'Connor

We deserve to know.

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National Theatre Live: All My Sons

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  • Sun, Jun 21

Director: Ivo van Hove Run Time: 135 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Bryan Cranston, Hayley Squires, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Paapa Essiedu, Tom Glynn-Carney

One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe Heller, it comes at...

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National Theatre Live: The Audience

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  • Sun, Jul 12

Director: Robin Lough Run Time: 142 min. Release Year: 2013

Starring: Haydn Gwynne, Helen Mirren, Michael Elwyn, Nathaniel Parker, Richard McCabe

For sixty years, Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at...

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National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Opens on August 16

Director: Marianne Elliott Run Time: 180 min. Release Year: 2026

Starring: Aidan Turner, Cat Simmons, Darragh Hand, Lesley Manville, Monica Barbaro

The pen is mightier than the sword.

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