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TiltShift Film Festival Staff Pick
Price: Free
TiltShiftFestival.com
In recent years, film festivals have emerged in what seems to be every possible area of specialization, from comedy to horror, from LGBTQ to especially-for-kids. But just as adolescents and teens often find themselves between worlds in their lives, it's been hard to find a showcase of films focused on the breadth and complexity of their experience. Co-sponsored by the Utah Film Center and SpyHop, the inaugural TiltShift Film Festival looks to fill that gap. Organizers have programmed five features—narrative and documentary, and from a variety of countries—with a unique youth perspective that's sometimes funny, sometimes scary, but always honest. Among the highlights are a pair of films that were featured in the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: Girlhood (pictured), a rich portrait of a 16-year-old black girl in Paris who tries to find strength when she befriends a trio of tough neighborhood girls; and How to Dance in Ohio, the documentary study of several young people on the autism spectrum participating in a program to prepare them for social situations—like proms—that often confound them. But beyond watching stories about their experience, teens can get a taste for how to create stories of their own. A trio of short film programs will showcase work by youth filmmakers, and workshops (some drop-in, others requiring registration) will introduce would-be auteurs to the finer points of production design, special-effects makeup and choreographing a fight scene. This weekend, Utah teens, the movies are all about you. (Scott Renshaw) Visit website for event schedule.
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