Utah Film Center Schedule Sept 20 - Dec 20

Tuesday, September 20 – 7:00 pm
Salt Lake City Library - 210 East 400 South
MY PLAYGROUND
Director: Kaspar Astrup Schröder
My Playground explores the way Parkour and Freerunning are changing the perception of urban space and also how the spaces and buildings on which they move are in turn changing them.

Wednesday, September 21 - 7:00 pm
MISS REPRESENTATION
The Logan Art House and Cinema - 795 N. Main Street Logan Utah
Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom – Post-screening Q&A via Skype
MISS REPRESENTATION explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman.

Official Selection – 2011 Sundance Film Festival, 2011 Silverdocs Film Festival, 2011 San Francisco Film Festival and 10 other film festivals; Winner, Audience Award – 2011 Sonoma Film Festival

Thursday, September 22 – 7:00 pm
MISS REPRESENTATION
Pleasant Valley Library - Ogden - 5568 S. Adams Avenue Parkway, Ogden
Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom
MISS REPRESENTATION explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. This screening will be followed by an interactive Skype q+a broadcast from the City Library in Salt Lake City. Additional support for this screening from the Girl Scouts of Utah and YWCA of Salt Lake City.

Thursday, September 22 – 7:00 pm
MISS REPRESENTATION
Utah Museum of Fine Arts - 410 Campus Center Dr.
Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom
MISS REPRESENTATION explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman. This screening will be followed by an interactive Skype q+a broadcast from the City Library in Salt Lake City.

Official Selection – 2011 Sundance Film Festival, 2011 Silverdocs Film Festival, 2011 San Francisco Film Festival and 10 other film festivals; Winner, Audience Award – 2011 Sonoma Film Festival

GANDHI FILM FESTIVAL
September 23-25
Salt Lake City Library - 210 East 400 South
Screening times vary.
Salt Lake City’s first-ever Gandhi Film Festival is presented by the Gandhi Alliance for Peace in partnership with the SLC Film Center. The film festival is dedicated to curating films that embody the life and spirit of Mahatma Gandhi; and seeks to advance the understanding, appreciation and practice of nonviolence protest and activism by demonstrating through film, those examples in history and contemporary life, who teach us how to lead and nation build with peaceful, creative, collaborations.

The film festival features 8 films from 5 countries that aspire for a more just and nonviolent world and illuminate inspiring examples of leadership and co-existence.

The Gandhi Film Festival runs September 23-25 at the City Library. All screenings are free and open to the public. More information about the film festival including a complete list of films, screening times and information about visiting guests will be available online at www.slcfilmcenter.org.

Thursday, September 29 – 7:00 pm -
THELMA AND LOUISE
Star Hall – 159 E. Center St., Moab
Directed by Ridley Scott
Rated R
Join us for a special screening to celebrate the 2oth Anniversary of this award-winning film – shot in part in Moab. Leigh Von der Esch, Managing Director, Utah Office of Tourism (and former Utah Film Commissioner) and producer Mimi Polk Gitlin for a post-film conversation about the making of the film.

Monday, October 10 – 7:00 pm
FEMALE TROUBLE
The Tower Theatre - 876 E. 900 S.
Directed by John Waters
This twisted follow-up to Pink Flamingos isn't for the squeamish. Cult icon Divine stars as a spoiled teen who leaves home when her parents refuse to buy her the one Christmas gift she covets: cha-cha heels. After a sexual encounter with a sleazy derelict, she turns up pregnant and soon becomes a career criminal with a taste for murder.

Wednesday, October 12 – 7:00 pm
THE LAST MIMZY
Sorensen Unity Center - 1383 South 900 West
Directed by Bob Shaye
Based on the acclaimed sci-fi short story by Lewis Padgett, The Last Mimzy tells the story of two children who discover a mysterious box that contains some strange devices they think are toys. As the children play with these “toys,” they begin to develop some remarkable abilities, which sets in motion a race to solve the mystery of the toys’ origin and their meaning.

Friday, October 14 – 7:00 pm
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Salt Lake Art Center - 20 S. West Temple
Directed by Martin Scorsese
A feature-length documentary starring author Fran Lebowitz, who is known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.

Wednesday, October 19 – 7:00 pm
THE PRUITT-IGOE MYTH
Salt Lake City Library - 210 East 400 South
Director: Chad Freidrichs
Explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of public housing in America, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the residents.

Wednesday, October 19 – 7:00 pm
WE WERE HERE
The Logan Art House and Cinema - 795 N. Main Street Logan Utah
Directed by David Weissman
WE WERE HERE documents the coming of what was called the “Gay Plague” in the early 1980s. It illuminates the profound personal and community issues raised by the AIDS epidemic as well as the broad political and social upheavals it unleashed. It opens a window of understanding to those who have only limited notions of what transpired in those years.

Official Selection – 2011Sundance Film Festival, 2011 Berlin International Film Festival

More info at loganarthouse.com or slcfilmcenter.org. Follow us on facebook at “Utah Film Circuit – Logan.”

Utah Film Circuit screenings are made possible by Zions Bank

Thursday, October 20 – 7:00 pm
LIFE IN A DAY
Rose Wagner - 138 W. Broadway
Directed by Kevin Macdonald
Presented as part of the SLC Film Center and KUER’s THROUGH THE LENS Series that is generously sponsored by Rio Tinto (Small Logo).
Oscar-winning film director Kevin Macdonald's Life in a Day is a user-generated, feature-length documentary shot on a single day—July 24, 2010. The film was created from over 4, 500 hours of video submitted to YouTube and brings together the most compelling of the over 80,000 videos created.

Official Selection – 2011 Sundance Film Festival

Thursday, October 20 – 7:00 pm -
BAG IT
Star Hall – 159 E. Center St., Moab
Directed by Suzan Beraza
Try going a day without plastic. Plastic is everywhere and infiltrates our lives in unimaginable and frightening ways. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow an “everyman”, who is admittedly not a tree hugger, as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world.

Winner – 9 film festival awards

Thursday, October 27 – 7:00 pm
The City Library
JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE
Salt Lake City Library - 210 East 400 South
Directed by Patsy Northcutt and David Kennard
Q+A with Executive Producer and Co-writer Mary Evelyn Tucker moderated by Terry Tempest Williams
Author and evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme shares his infectious curiosity about life's biggest questions and our role as humans in this awe-inspiring universe. He connects such big picture issues as the birth of the cosmos to the invisible frontiers of the human genome, as well as to our current impact on Earth's evolutionary dynamics.

Wednesday, November 9 – 7:00 pm
GHOST BIRD
Salt Lake City Library - 210 East 400 South
Directed by Scott Crocker
Run Time: 85 min
Ghost Bird tells the timely story of the Ivory-billed woodpecker's miraculous rediscovery in 2005. The birdʼs resurrection was heralded around the world as proof that conservation efforts on behalf of threatened species were making the critical difference between life and death. While the fate of Ivory-bills remains uncertain, there is no question the vital role local conservation efforts play in reversing the planet's extinction crisis.

Official Selection: 2009 Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival and 6 other film festivals. Winner: Cine 2010 Golden Eagle Award; Winner: Southern Soul of Independent Film Award.

Friday, November 11 – 7:00 pm
BLANK CITY
Salt Lake Art Center - 20 S. West Temple
Directed by Celine Danhier
Today, Manhattan is a byword for overpriced property, overexposed landmarks and overdressed fashionistas. In the late 70s, however, it was rat-infested, crime-crippled, cheap and nasty environment where that fueled the creative spirit of the music, film, art and fashion scenes.

Monday, November 14 – 7:00 pm
POISON: 20th Anniversary Edition
The Tower Theatre - 876 E. 900 S.
Directed by Todd Haynes
Acclaimed by some film critics as one of the defining films of the “New Queer Cinema,” POISON interweaves three stories, each dealing with the darker aspects of sexuality.

Winner, Grand Jury Prize – 1991 Sundance Film Festival

Tuesday, November 15 – 7:00 pm
THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF HERBERT MATTER
Director: Reto Caduff
This revealing look at the fascinating life story of the highly influential mid-century modern design master Herbert Matter explores his use of photography as a design tool and bringing the semantics of fine art into the realm of applied arts.

Thursday, November 17 – 7:00 pm - OGDEN
THE TREE OF LIFE
Pleasant Valley Library - 5568 S. Adams Avenue Parkway
Directed by Terence Malick
Rated PG-13
Brad Pitt and Sean Penn star in this 1950s adventure about a confused man named Jack, who sets off on a journey to understand the true nature of the world. Growing up in the Midwest with two brothers, Jack has always been torn between his mother's guidance to approach everything he encounters with an open heart and his father's advice to look after his own interests.

Winner, Palme d’Or – 2011 Cannes Film Festival

Thursday, November 17 – 7:00 pm
INTO ETERNITY
Star Hall – 159 E. Center St., Moab
Directed by Michael Madsen
Every day, the world over, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste created by nuclear power plants is placed in interim storage, which is vulnerable to natural disasters, man-made disasters, and to societal changes. In Finland the world’s first permanent repository is being hewn out of solid rock - a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years.

Winner of over 16 international film festival awards.

Friday, November 18 – 7:00 pm
Salt Lake Art Center
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY – MIDWAY/LISTENING TO THE CALL AND CRIES OF ENGAGEMENT
Photography and Film by Chris Jordan and Music by Christen Lien
Thursday, December 1 – 7:00 pm
The City Library
MARION WOODMAN: DANCING IN THE FLAMES
Directed by Adam Greydon Reid
Renowned Jungian analyst and author, Marion Woodman is celebrated for her work on feminine psychology and addiction, but her words and her wisdom speak to nearly everyone.

Presented in partnership with the Jung Society of Utah.

Thursday, December 8 – 7:00 pm
BUCK
Star Hall – 159 E. Center St., Moab
Directed by Cindy Meehl
Rated PG
A richly textured and visually stunning film that follows Buck Brannaman – a real-life “horse-whisperer” – from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A truly American story about an unsung hero, BUCK is about an ordinary man who has made an extraordinary life despite tremendous odds.

Winner, Audience Award – 2011 Sundance Film Festival; Winner, Audience Award – Full Frame Documentary Film Festival; Official Selection – 2011 SXSW

Friday, December 9 – 7:00 pm
HERB + DOROTHY
Salt Lake Art Center - 20 S. West Temple
Directed by Megumi Sasaki
He was a postal clerk. She was a librarian. With their modest means, the couple managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. Meet Herb and Dorothy Vogel, their shared passion defied stereotypes and redefined what it means to be an art collector.

Monday, December 12 – 7:00 pm
TRIGGER
The Tower Theatre - 876 E. 900 S.
Directed by Bruce McDonald
Trigger is the story of two rock n' roll women who once shared a friendship, a band and a whole lot of chaos. Now a dozen years later they meet again, and over the course of one evening rediscover friendship, remember rock n' roll and reignite chaos.

Wednesday, December 14 – 7:00 pm
TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Salt Lake City Library - 210 East 400 South
Directed by Nick Stringer
Run Time: 81 min
Rated G
Turtle: The Incredible Journey is the story of a little loggerhead turtle, as she follows in the path of her ancestors on one of the most extraordinary journeys in the natural world.

Official Selection at film festivals around the world.

Tuesday, December 20 – 7:00 pm
MALLS R US
Salt Lake City Library - 210 East 400 South
Director: Helene Klowdawsky
Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, MALLS R US examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination – the enclosed shopping center – and how for consumers they function as a communal, even ceremonial experience and, for retailers, sites where their idealism, passion and greed merge.

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