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Utah Queer Film Festival 2025 Showcases Local Queer Shorts
These films remind us that short doesn’t mean small and that big ideas can come from the unlikeliest places. … read more
Man of Action Joshua McGillis and the Haymaker Film Festival
Haymaker’s programming balances international submissions with Utah talent, something McGillis feels strongly about fostering. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Interviews
Inaugural Orem Film Festival Debuts Ten Local Shorts
Ten films were screened at the Orem Film Festival, making up an impressive range of narrative and documentary shorts from both local and out-of-state artists. … read more
Arts | Film | Film Reviews
Le Salon Des Refusés Vivra: Slamdance Will Live On
“Slamdance is a festival for filmmakers, by filmmakers,” Baxter says. “Once you’re in, you can never really leave.” … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Experimental Shorts Block
No matter how abstract or avant-garde the methods of madness are, no one does experimental filmmaking better than the 2024 Slamdance Film Festival. Witness, if you will, six deviant directors and writers dispatching a visual display of 100% free-wandering consciousness. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Sam’s World
Sam’s World explores the internal universe of its main character, Sam, a non-binary sex worker grappling with friendship, romance and a secret pregnancy. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Darla in Space
After learning that she is over $300,000 in debt, Darla discovers a sentient kombucha scoby named Mother that can communicate with her telepathically and give people psychedelic orgasms. … read more
Sundance Film Review: EVERY LITTLE THING
In EVERY LITTLE THING, a woman undertakes a transformative journey as she cares for wounded hummingbirds. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Will & Harper
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele star in Will & Harper, where two lifelong friends embark on a cross-country road trip after one comes out as a trans woman. … read more
Slamdance Review: Bike Vessel
Bike Vessel is an intimate documentary where director Eric Seals undertakes a bike journey from St. Louis to Chicago with his father. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Good One
Good One explores teenage girlhood as 17-year-old Sam embarks on a weekend in the Catskills with her father and his longtime friend. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Slide
Slide is a madcap animated Western centered around a small town called Sourdough Creek and its idiosyncratic locals. … read more
