IOWA VET: DOGS, CATS, CORN, & MURDER

Murders. Mormons. A modern family. And one extraordinary 

Midwestern life.

IOWA VET: DOGS, CATS, CORN, & MURDER follows Dr. Alan Younkin, who grew up on an Iowa farm that has been in his family since 1863 and went on to become a veterinarian, husband, father, and eventually the unexpected center of a story filled with remarkable twists.

After graduating as valedictorian from the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Alan built a successful animal hospital with his wife, Dr. Sybil Younkin, and raised four children. But after Sybil’s death, his life took an entirely new direction. Alan moved to New York, met filmmaker Michael Schelp, and the two fell in love and married.

And that’s only part of the story.

Along the way, IOWA VET ventures into murder cases, questions of faith, the dramatic transformation of veterinary medicine, and even the claim by some believers that Zarahemla — the ancient city described in the Book of Mormon — was located on Alan’s family farm.

Funny, surprising, affectionate, and deeply personal, IOWA VET is ultimately about how much one life can change — and how much life can still surprise us.

The film had its world premiere at Cinema Village in New York City in June 2026.

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Monday, November 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
FACETS — Chicago

QUEER EXPRESSION presents a special Chicago screening of FLESH AND FUEL, the striking new queer drama from filmmaker Pierre Le Gall.

Étienne is a young man whose life takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Bartosz, a Polish truck driver. What begins as a chance meeting develops into an intense and complicated connection, unfolding against a world of highways, truck stops, physical desire and emotional uncertainty.

Starring Alexis Manenti and Julian Świeżewski, Flesh and Fuel is an intimate story of two men drawn toward one another while navigating barriers of language, circumstance and the lives they have already built.

The film was presented as a Special Screening at Cannes Critics’ Week and received the 2026 Queer Palm Revelation Award.

FLESH AND FUEL
France / Poland, 2026
Directed by Pierre Le Gall
Starring Alexis Manenti and Julian Świeżewski

90 minutes
French with English subtitles

Monday, November 30 at 7:00 PM

FACETS
1517 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago