Utah Filmmaker Showcase: F-1

The Artist Foundry presents a local feature film directed by Ya-Chi Chang. Facing social and political instability in the US, and also in some of their home countries, four foreign university students from four different countries – Mali, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Taiwan – struggle internally and externally with their own versions of the American Dream […]
Utah Filmmaker Showcase: Historical Drama Local Shorts

The Artist Foundry presents a special evening of local short narrative films set in the past but whose themes reach into the present. A discussion and Q&A with filmmakers to follow after the screening.
Utah Filmmaker Showcase: Human Nature Local Shorts

The Artist Foundry presents a curated evening of local short films with an environmental perspective, exploring our complex relationship with the natural world. A discussion and Q&A with filmmakers to follow after the screening.
Utah Filmmaker Showcase: Snowland

SNOWLAND is a visually rich, character-driven documentary that invites viewers into the imaginative world of Cora Lee Witt, who broke away from a polygamous sect in Utah and spent decades building a life entirely of her own making. Through a mix of cinema verité and dreamlike stop-motion animation, the film explores how Cora channels solitude, […]
Utah Filmmaker Showcase: Gender Expansive Local Shorts

Artist Foundry is thrilled to partner with Utah Women in Film & Television to present this Utah Filmmaker Showcase: Gender Expansive Shorts screening. The films featured in this program highlight the talent, creativity, and vision of our local community of female, nonbinary, and gender expansive filmmakers. Films include: Hello My FriendDirected by Melissa PuenteWhen a […]
Utah Filmmaker Showcase: Local BIPOC Shorts

The Artist Foundry presents a special evening of short films by local BIPOC filmmakers and a moderated Q&A. These films traverse a variety of dynamics, romantic, familial, and communal, highlighting the universal need for human connection. Films include: Like A Promethean Curse by Kari Angelica PeñaA twenty something year old loser guy tries to rebound […]
Utah Filmmaker Showcase: Breaking Waves

This event represents the Artist Foundry and its year round programming with the Utah Filmmaker Showcase. Featuring a pre-feature local short film, A Life of Intent: Growing Desert Roots. Featuring a moderated Q&A with the filmmakers, Alice Rosso, Caroline Boyd, and Sienna Beckman and award-winning Creative Producer and Director, Aimee Tetreault. Breaking Waves Directed by […]
Utah Queer Film Festival – CENTERPIECE SCREENING: Join the Club

Presented by Through the Lens and Utah Filmmaker Showcase. Dennis Peron is San Francisco’s biggest pot dealer. But when the AIDS epidemic sweeps through his community, Peron realizes that marijuana is more than a good time—it’s medicine. In the wake of his lover’s death, Peron opens the Cannabis Buyers’ Club, a five-story dispensary complete with […]
Utah Queer Film Festival – Utah Filmmaker Showcase Queer Shorts Collection

Utah proud and Utah loud. These short films by local filmmakers highlight the rapidly increasing queer community of our state. Put a little jive in your beehive and celebrate your world. This event features a pre-film dance performance by Steven Salabsky. Films: Be by Claire Timothy Claira left her lifelong religion after realizing her place […]
Utah Filmmaker Showcase: Local Documentary Shorts

The Artist Foundry presents a special evening of short documentary films by local filmmakers. These films take unique approaches to nonfiction filmmaking and tell profound stories about memory, identity, and reclamation. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with the filmmakers moderated by award-winning documentarian, Holly Tuckett. Films include: On Healing Land, Birds Perch Directed by Naja […]