Matt Farnsworth being interviewed by area television stations as filming begins in Centerville.

Matt Farnsworth said his film, tentatively entitled "Iowa," is off the cutting room floor and he has a sales representative "pushing the film into the Tribeca Film Festival in New York." The Tribeca Film Festival was cofounded by actor Robert De Niro and will run from April 21 to May 1.

Farnsworth shot the independent film in Appanoose County in May and June of 2003.

"At the very least," said Farnsworth, "this movie will be rentable and buyable on video in the next 12 months. We are more likely to push (for), at a minimum, a regional theatrical release of the film in the Midwestern United States."

Farnsworth chose Centerville for the filming because he spent his younger summers here with his grandparents, the late Beryl and Thelma Farnsworth.

The movie is a story of damaged love due to methamphetamine abuse - and he and Diane Foster both starred in the film, as well as co-directing it.

Appearing in the film are well-known actors Roseanna Arquette, John Savage and Michael T. Weiss.

A number of area residents were used as extras in the filming.

Descriptions of the movie's genre have included it being of the quirky nature like David Lynch's works, which include "Twin Peaks," or films like Pulp Fiction.