In 1988 the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after ESP experiments on children go awry. In 2019, 31 years after the nuking of the city, Kaneda, a bike gang leader, tries to save his friend Tetsuo from a secret government project. He battles anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists, and a powerful […]
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the […]
Join the Utah Pacific Island Film Series as we celebrate the 9th Annual Utah Pacific Island Heritage Month with our friends and partners at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Utah Film Center. We are excited to show "Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula" Beyond the stereotypes of "grass skirt girls," Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula explores a resurgence […]
Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who along with several other stunned bystanders experience a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soaring across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents, much to the […]
7:30 pm Gates | 8:30 pm Movie Begins $5 per person. Ticket sales and donations support Utah Film Center & Alta Community Enrichment. Wildcat Parking Lot at Alta Ski Area 10010 Little Cottonwood Canyon Rd, Alta, UT 84092 In collaboration with Utah Film Center, Alta Community Enrichment is ecstatic to host two days of films […]
**Notice** This event has been rescheduled from last week's weather related drive-in cancellation. Please enjoy it as an online screening! Repertory Dance Theatre just completed their 55th anniversary season as a revolutionary institution of modern dance here in Utah. Join them to enjoy a collection of modern dance performances that were filmed during the pandemic. […]
Due to weather, this screening has been rescheduled from Saturday, August 21 to Thursday, August 26 On his way to school, Bastian (Barret Oliver) ducks into a bookstore to avoid bullies. Sneaking away with a book called "The Neverending Story," Bastian begins reading it in the school attic. The novel is about Fantasia, a fantasy […]
Due to weather, this screening has been rescheduled from Saturday, August 21 to Thursday, August 26 High schooler Lane Meyer (John Cusack) loses his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) to the captain of the ski team, Roy Stalin (Aaron Dozier). His pal Charles (Curtis Armstrong), though, has a plan for Lane to win her back: he […]
New date! (Rescheduled from August 6) Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in northern California. While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in geeky comic-book nerds Edward (Corey Feldman) and Alan (Jamison Newlander), the angst-ridden Michael soon falls for […]
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island […]
Moana Waialiki is a sea voyaging enthusiast and the only daughter of a chief in a long line of navigators. When her island's fishermen can't catch any fish and the crops fail, she learns that the demigod Maui caused the blight by stealing the heart of the goddess, Te Fiti. The only way to heal […]
Labeled Fest is a series of ideas and advocacy events focusing on ending the stigma in mental health, disability, developmental, recovery, and other marginalized issues through films, ideas and interactions. http://labeledfest.org/ Join us in celebration of Recovery Month this September for 'Reel'izing Recovery in partnership with USARA (Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness) https://www.myusara.com/ The event is […]
(THIS OUTDOOR EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN. PLEASE CONTACT OUR PARTNER, THE TRACY AVIARY, FOR A REFUND.) Outdoor Afro- Utah Network is partnering up with the Tracy Aviary, Utah Film Center and its Black Bold & Brilliant program, and Wild & Scenic Film Festival to bring you their first ever Mini Film Festival! […]
Presented by the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in conjunction with Space Maker Like many artists around the globe, faculty at the University of Utah’s School of Dance quickly shifted their artistic practices over the last year, reframing dance performances for empty theaters and virtual platforms. Exploring unfamiliar spaces, both virtual and in person, they picked […]
(THIS OUTDOOR EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN. PLEASE CONTACT OUR PARTNER, THE TRACY AVIARY, FOR A REFUND.) Outdoor Afro- Utah Network is partnering up with the Tracy Aviary, Utah Film Center and its Black Bold & Brilliant program, and Wild & Scenic Film Festival to bring you their first ever Mini Film […]
The League of Utah Writers is proud to partner with the Utah Film Center to screen Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, a documentary about her extraordinary journey and host a post-film discussion as well. This film tells the compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the […]
The very-popular Bluff Film Festival short film program is returning as part of the 2021 Bluff Arts Festival! Join us for a selection of short films and Q&As with the filmmakers. This screening will also be available in-person as a "drive-in" experience at the Bluff Arts Festival, visit bluffartsfestival.org for more information. FILM LINEUP UNEARTHED […]
When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina trans woman, is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three women intimately invested in the case—an activist attorney (Virgie Suarez), a transgender journalist (Meredith Talusan) and Jennifer’s mother (Julita “Nanay” Laude)—galvanize a political uprising, pursuing justice and taking on hardened histories of U.S. imperialism. Presented by […]
Citizen Ashe is the story of sports legend and social activist Arthur Ashe. Known to most by his stellar sports career - Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open winner and the first black player to be selected for the US Davis Cup Team - this film uncovers Ashe’s personal evolution; how his activism grew and embraced […]
Content Advisory: This film contains strong race hate language, nudity, and graphic images of dead bodies. On Sept. 9, 1971, over 1,200 inmates at the Attica correctional facility in Attica, NY, seized the yard at the maximum-security prison, took more than three dozen guards and civilian employees hostage, and demanded more humane treatment and better conditions. For five […]
Black, Bold & Brilliant presents the next episode in our series of conversations about Black-centric films and media by diving into the legendary interview between James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni. In 1971, Baldwin, renowned author and intellectual, sat down with poet, writer, and activist, Nikki Giovanni, for a bold and breathtaking dialogue about race, love, […]
Join Utah Film Center, KUER 90.1, and Radiowest for a special evening as we partner with UtahPresents on this special event. Conceived as a reimagining of director D.W. Griffith’s infamously racist 1915 silent film The Birth of a Nation, DJ Spooky’s Rebirth of a Nation is a controversial and culturally significant project that examines how “...exploitation and […]
Dionne Warwick is a living legend. With that singular voice, both delicate and impassioned, her interpretations of many Burt Bacharach–Hal David compositions — “Walk On By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” — are regarded as definitive. Her activist work for the Black and LGBTQ communities has had […]
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, be it on the frontlines of India's biggest issues or within the confines of their homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.
From July to September 1990, two Mohawk communities in Quebec — Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawá:ke — were thrust into a resistance against the Sûreté du Québec, the RCMP, and the Canadian Armed Forces. Referred to in the media as the “Oka Crisis,” the three-month standoff captured the attention of the entire country as the communities protested […]
Compensation is the first feature by award-winning filmmaker Zeinabu irene Davis (Cycles, A Powerful Thang, Spirits of Rebellion: Black Independent Cinema from Los Angeles). It presents two unique African-American love stories between a deaf woman and a hearing man. Inspired by a poem written by Paul Laurence Dunbar, this moving narrative shares their struggle to overcome racism, […]
Presented as part of our Through the Lens series, which for 2022 features a collaboration with the University of Utah’s Department of Film and Media Arts to present an extended exploration of what many Film Lovers regard as the “Classic Films” in cinematic history Screening of the John Ford 1956 western that spurred interest in […]
In conjunction with the UMOCA exhibition Our Wake Up Call For Freedoms, UMOCA and the Utah Film Center are proud to present The Neutral Ground. The Neutral Ground documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to […]
In conjunction with the exhibition Our Wake Up Call For Freedoms, UMOCA and the Utah Film Center are proud to present The Neutral Ground. The Neutral Ground documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove […]
The Sound of Identity profiles international Opera star Lucia Lucas’ historic performance at the Tulsa Opera and lifts the curtain as she becomes the first known transgender woman to perform a principal role in Opera history. The Sound of Identity captures Lucia Lucas on the cusp of international stardom, profiling the moment in an artist’s career when […]
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