We are screening select Utah Film Award nominated films the day before the award show THURSDAY MARCH 24th at Salt Lake Community College. This is a FREE event and seating is limited so get there early! The address is1575 South State Street, Salt Lake City, UT
(films are subject to change without notice)
The free screenings are sponsored by:
5:00 pm – The Surface (20 min)
To save the life of her dying son, Liz must venture to the desolate surface and face the monsters that drove mankind below. [General Audiences]
5:30 pm – Relic (8 min)
A traditionally animated short film depicting an adventure story of a female warrior that journeys to a temple on a mountaintop. There, she discovers a relic of dark power that has condemned her homeland to an eternity of darkness and desolation. However, in order to destroy this relic and restore her homeland, she must first defeat an evil and brutish golem of stone that’s hoarding its dark power. [General Audiences]
5:45 pm – Kiss the Devil in the Dark (30 min)
Desperate to save his dying wife, the powerful sorcerer Marcus makes a deal with the demon Dagon to save her soul. Dagon, however, has more in mind for Marcus than just an exchanging of souls. With seemingly no other choice, Marcus accepts, thus catapulting him into a series of events that will reveal to all involved the very meaning of betrayal. [Recommend for Children over 13 years of age]
6:30 pm – A Shadow of Dara (15 min)
A leader of a rebellion risks everything to find a powerful commander of an alien world who’s been captured by enemies and put into a fabricated reality for the extraction of valuable information. [Recommend for Children over 13 years of age]
7:00 pm – This Modern Man Is Beat (18 min)
In the post 911 world of cultural confusion and erroneous judgment, Habib bin Habib al Fulan tries to pawn his guitar and reconcile with his wife. [Recommend for Children over 13 years of age]
7:30 pm – Big Bad (90 min)
A respectful nod to classic kids-in-peril adventure films that finds a group of reluctant kids stranded overnight in an abandoned jail. Their chaperon is missing, their cellphone service is non existent, and their patience with each other is running thin. Oh, and a big, hairy creature is trying to eat them. Hey… it’s tough being a kid in a monster movie. [Recommend for Children over 13 years of age]