The Artist Foundry presents a special evening of 6 short films at Edison House featuring a screening of short films by Black, Indigenous, and POC Utah filmmakers and a moderated Q&A with musician, journalist, and programmer, Alex Vejar.
This is a 21+ event, ID required at door.
Films include:
Confused Blood
A mixed Korean man wanders Seoul trying to make sense of his place in the world in a film that considers cultural identities and navigates an in-between space of documentary and narrative.
Lono and the Pig by Ka’eo Drumright
A young Hawaiian ventures into a dark and mysterious forest that forces him to confront his deepest fears.
Memory Now by Lana Ballenot
A young adopted woman determined to find out more about her birth parents goes to a “memory clinic” in order to medically mine her earliest memories.
Volveré by Marlon Gonzalez
Felipe Lopez, an undocumented immigrant in the U.S., must choose between staying with his pregnant wife or risking permanent separation to visit his dying mother in Mexico.
Land of Roots by Mustafa Bin Javed
After a mob attacks a Christian minority community in Pakistan, a person tries to explore the life of a Pakistani Muslim minority living in America.
Guts by Elias Gold
On a summer day, a hungry drifter on the Navajo reservation embarks on a comedic adventure to steal ceremonial sheep intestines.
Moderator Bio:
Alex Vejar is a musician, journalist and cinephile from Los Angeles. His passion for storytelling began with songwriting and led him to a career in sportswriting that eventually brought him to Utah in 2018. He started his film programming journey with the Utah Queer Film Festival in 2022. He is currently on the programming committee of the Utah Film Center’s Artist Foundry. Alex has also worked as a screener or programming committee member for the Sundance Film Festival, Salute Your Shorts Film Festival, FOCUS on the fUTure Film Festival and Utah International Film Festival.
