2010 Fear No Film
Fear No Film is co-produced by the Utah Arts Festival and the SLC Film Center.
Screenings are held inside the air-conditioned Library Auditorium. Each program is comprised of a handful of short films from around the world and just over an hour.All screenings are free to the public. Each screening is preceded by about 20 minutes of children’s programming for families with kids to beat the heat for a spell.
2010 Films
This year’s Fear No Film features the Seven Dwarves--of sorts. Films are categorized in SLEEPY, SNEEZY, DOPEY, DOCS, HAPPY, GRUMPY, BASHFUL.
SLEEPY/BEST of OTHER FESTS
Far from sleepy, this program is filled with short films intended to wake you up. Take a tour of awareness, from a filmmaker's internal struggles to vast global challenges and concerns. These films premiered at or won awards at major film festivals, and are not eligible for audience awards.
Deep Sleep - 15 min Montreal, Canada (Toronto International Film Festival)
Prayers for Peace - 8 min New York (Los Angeles International Shorts Festival)
Home - 6 min Louisiana (Tribeca Film Festival)
The Fence - 36 min New York (Sundance Film Festival)
Skylight - 5 min Toronto, Canada (South Beach International Animation Festival)
SLEEPY plays Thu & Fri at 6pm
SNEEZY
This program of stark, biting films will cause uncontrollable reactions. Told in sharp contrasts, these stories will leave little room for shades of gray in each member of the viewing audience.
The Journey Home - 10 min, Minnesota
Wet Dreams and False Images - 12 min, New York
A Harlem Mother - 13 min, New York
They Can't Deport Us All - 3 min, California
Hey Rachel... - 2 min, New York
juncture - 6 min Melbourne, Australia
For the Unashamed - 11 min, Utah
SNEEZY plays Thu at 2pm and Sat at 10pm
DOPEY
Intended to let your brain disengage and imagine, this collection of films takes you further and further from your daily existence.
Yamasong - 8 min, California
Destination Day - 7 min, Clifton Hill, Australia
Evolution of an Idea - 5 min, Maryland
Delusion - 9 min, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mouse's Birthday - 4 min, California
Eyes nose mouth - 10 min, New York
Kapsis - 8 min, Massachusetts
DOPEY plays Fri at 10pm and Sun at 1pm
DOCS
This documentary short form program explores a range of storytelling possibilities in the 21st century.
Dessicator - 12 min, Netherlands
Colin Sullivan - 3 min, Florida
The Fall of the Cougar - 8 min, California
The Gospel According to Matthew - 18 min, New York
Spare Change by PLEX - 4 min, Toronto, Canada
No Pity - 19 min, Wisconsin
DOCS plays Thu at 4pm and Sun at 3pm
HAPPY
Not entirely filled with happy stories, this program of shorts is intended to send you back to the Festival feeling huggie, kissy.
Somewhere Never Traveled - 5 min, New York
The Empress - 8 min, Calgary, Canada
Dig Comics - 20 min, California
Roadside Insistence - 9 min, New York
Fledgling - 7 min, Colorado
I can't strip my Lambretta down in the kitchen - 5 min, United Kingdom
Brilliant - 5 min, Calgary, Canada
HAPPY plays Fri at 4pm and Sun at 5pm
GRUMPY
Not for the faint of heart yet not completely heartbreaking, this program should leave you a little grumpy and liking it.
Frames - 3 min, Texas
Howl - 7 min, California
Slide - 4 min, Utah
Eye to Eye - 25 min, California
Death in Charge - 15 min Indiana
GRUMPY plays Thu at 10pm and Sat at 2pm
BASHFUL (or not)
This program of visually descriptive films speak to a number of themes through a playful exploration of symbols, signs and imagery.
34x25x36 - 8 min, New York
All systems go, Neil Armstrong - 3 min, Oklahoma
Ghost Conversations - 9 min, Illinois
DemiUrge Emesis - 3 min, New York
The Ladies: An Attempt to Communicate - 7 min, Utah
Equanimity - 3 min, North Carolina
Sacred Transformations - 9 min, Chicago
Love Draws Blood - 3 min, Illinois
Discernment Askew - 8 min, Utah
Dinosaur! - 2 min, Florida
BASHFUL plays Fri at 2pm and Sat at 6pm
2010 UTAH SHORT FILM of the YEAR COMPETITION
These Utah-produced short films have won accolades from other festivals, media outlets, or film organizations across the state. Arrive early and help us add, 2010 Utah Short Film of the Year, to the resume of your favorite.
Smog Lake City: Main Street - 4 min (Featured in SL Tribune, City Weekly &15 Bytes)
Darned Little Devil - 4 min (A Utah Valley University Production)
The Antagonist - 24 min (A Spy Hop Production)
X-ing - 5 min (2010 Student Emmy; A BYU Center for Animation Production)
The Life and Death of My Fellow Kinsman Burt - 5 min (Winner of Salt Lake Film Society Open Screen Nite)
The Single Mother - 6 min (Over a dozen festivals and counting)
2gether - 12 min (Department of Film Studies, University of Utah)
Mashed - 5 min (2010 Student Emmy; A BYU Center for Animation Production)
UTAH SHORT FILMS play Thu, Fri and Sat at 8pm
» View complete chronological schedule on our Festival Schedule.
Fear No Film Coordinator: Topher Horman
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