Special Event

Upcoming Free Salt Lake City Screenings

Wednesday, November 9 @ 7:00 PM
 Rose Wagner - 138 W 300 S

Through the Lens / Peek Award

LIFE, ANIMATED

Directed by Roger Ross Williams
91 min | 2016 | USA | PG

*Pre-film award ceremony and post-film Q&A with director moderated by KUER RadioWest’s Doug Fabrizio.

From Academy Award® winning director Roger Ross Williams comes the inspirational story of a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney animated films.

Winner: U.S. Documentary Directing Award–2016 Sundance Film Festival, Audience Award–2016 Full Frame Film Festival, Audience Award–2016 San Francisco International Film Festival

Tuesday, November 15 @ 7:00 PM
 The City Library - 210 E 400 S

The Environment

RETURN OF THE RIVER

Directed by John Gussman and Jessica Plumb
69 min | 2014 | USA  | Not Rated

*Post-film Q&A with director Jessica Plumb.

A community in Washington fights to set a river free, and starts the largest dam removal in history.

Winner: Grand Jury Prize–2014 Social Justice Film Festival, Audience Award–2014 Port Townsend Film Festival

Presented in partnership with 2016 Salt Lake County Watershed Symposium

Wednesday, November 16 @ 7:00 PM
 UMFA - 410 Campus Center Dr

Creativity in Focus

EVA HESSE

Directed by Marcie Begleiter
108 min | 2016 | USA/Germany | Not Rated

An exploration into the life and work of Eva Hesse, one of America's foremost post-war artists. 

Official Selection: 2016 Dok.Fest Munich, 2016 Docaviv

Thursday November 17 @ 7:00 PM
 Marmalade Library - 280 W 500 N

Damn These Heels Year-Round

GROWING UP COY

Directed by Eric Juhola
82 min | 2015 | USA | Not Rated

The story of Colorado family who fight for their 6-year-old transgender daughter's right to use the girls’ bathroom at her elementary school.

Official Selection: 2016 Frameline 40 – San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival; 2016 Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Upcoming Free Outside of Salt Lake City Screenings

Tumbleweeds Year-Round

MOLLY MONSTER

Directed by Ted Sieger, Michael Ekbladh, and Matthias Bruhn
70 min | 2016 | Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland | Not Rated
Presented in English.
Recommended for ages 4+

Molly Monster spends her days playing with her friend Edison until her mama gives birth to an egg and she begins a journey to find her new place in the family.

Official Selection: 2016 Tumbleweeds Film Festival

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Utah Film Circuit

LIFE, ANIMATED

Directed by Roger Ross Williams
91 min | 2016 | USA | PG

The inspirational story of a young man who was unable to speak as a child until he and his family discovered a unique way to communicate.

Winner: U.S. Documentary Directing Award–2016 Sundance Film Festival, Audience Award–2016 Full Frame Film Festival, Audience Award–2016 San Francisco International Film Festival

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Utah Film Circuit

AUTISM IN LOVE

Directed by Matt Fuller
75 min | 2015 | USA | Not Rated

An exploration of the lives of adults with an autism spectrum disorder as they pursue romantic relationships. 

Official Selection: 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, 2015 Warsaw International Film Festival