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| The 2006-07 Film Schedule will be announced January 30, 2007. The following was the schedule for last year's film festival. All events and showtimes are subject to change; please consult this guide for updates. Please be aware that there are several Q&A sessions follow film programs, and Q&A sessions after short programs tend to be longer. All films are in Springdale, Utah, unless otherwise noted. AVOID waiting in line for two hours; BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE! 2005 ZION INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: OCTOBER 21-22, 2005: Festival Preview HorrorFest. The Electric Theater, St. George, Utah. Featuring 3 films from our Official Selection of Shorts. 2pm. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2005:Italian Night Festival Preview My Brother's Summer. 7:30pm. Coral Cliffs Cinema 8, 835W State St (HWY 9,) HURRICANE, Utah. $7 (Includes 42oz Popcorn and a 12oz Drink.) Preceded by two shorts: Candy Viola and Anna and the Soldier. 104min. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2005: Festival Preview 9:15pm - Tall Tales From Beyond: Narrative shorts program. Flanigan's Little Theater, Shorts include: Alliance, How My Next Door Neighbor Discovered Life On Mars, Pagliacci's Curse, Juxtaposer, Fetch, All Soul's Day, and Codename: Simon. $5 Admission, 88min. NOVEMBER 5, 2005: Festival Preview 9:15pm - From the Files of Psychology 101, Flanigan's Little Theater, $5 Admission. Shorts include: Pee Shy, Twitch, untitled (blue), The Shabbos Goy, All That You Love (based on Stephen King's short story.) 76min. Flanigan's Inn Little Theater, Springdale, UT. $5 Admission. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005: OPENING NIGHT Tall Tales From Beyond , 9:15pm, OC Tanner Amphitheater, Shorts include: Alliance, How My Next Door Neighbor Discovered Life On Mars, Pagliacci's Curse, Juxtaposer, Fetch, All Soul's Day, and Codename: Simon. 88min, Springdale, Utah. $7. OPENING NIGHT GALA CELEBRATION: 10:00pm-1am. TBA, Springdale, UT. $25 Admission. Includes both Opening Films and Party. |
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2005 NOON - Filmmaker's Luncheon, SPRINGDALE WELCOME CEREMONIES, Location TBA. 2:30pm - 5th World, Flanigan's Little Theatre, $5 Admission. Preceded by experimental short Al'keme 1345. Cinema Kokopelli. 88min. 2:30pm - Facade, Town Hall, $5 Admission. Preceded by animated short The Keeper. 101min. 2:30pm - Below the Iceberg: Experimental Shorts, OC Tanner Greenroom, $5 Admission. Shorts include: Ann, Not My Religion, Skin Horse, self/worth/less, Modus Vivendi, Men Shall Know Nothing of This, Finnish Dreamer, My '48 Pontiac. 75min. 2:30pm - TBA 4:30pm - Spirit Riders, Flanigans Little Theater, $5 Admission. Preceded by the documentary short Healing Our Spirit. 109min. Cinema Kokopelli. 4:30pm - Part of the Game, Town Hall, $5 Admission. 4:30pm - Citizen Tanouye: OC Tanner Greenroom, $5 Admission. Preceded by short documentaries The Malt Shop in the Sky and Grand Luncheonette. 80min. 4:30pm - The Art Behind Shoestring Budgets: Panel on Low Budget Filmmaking,OC Tanner Amphitheater, $7 Admission. 90min. 6:30pm - Jesus The Driver, Flanigans Inn Little Theater, $5 Admission. ¡Floreo! 99min. 6:30pm - Self-Medicated, OC Tanner Greenroom, $5 Admission. 104min. 6:30pm - Planting Melvin, Town Hall, $5 Admission. Preceded by the dance short Gotan Mora. 108min. 6:30pm - Head Games of the Rich and Foolish: Comedy Shorts, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $7 Admission. Shorts include: The Date, Ad Corp, Inc., Un Jour A La Librairie, Love Thy Neighbor, Never Rob a Bank With Someone You Love!, Spare Change, and I Killed Zoe Day. 85min. 8:30pm - ¡Floreo! Shorts, Flanigans Little Theater, $5 Admission. Shorts include: North of Ojinaga, Big Sky Canvas, and Una Manga de Negros. 72min. 8:30pm - The Twilight Zion: Narrative Shorts, Town Hall, $5 Admission. Shorts include: Stanley Marshall's Myth, Look Away, Cure For Writer's Block, Gestation, and Homogeny. 93min. 8:30pm - U.S. Premiere of EVERYTHING's COMING MY WAY, OC Tanner, $7 Admission. Preceded by narrative short Pawns of the King. Senior Screen. 85min. 8:30pm - Memories of Tomorrow, OC Tanner, $7 Admission. Preceded by the narrative short: The Morning News. 99min. 10:30pm-1am PREMIERE PARTY, Bit & Spur, Springdale. $15 Admission. |
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2005 12:00PM - ST. GEORGE OPENING CEREMONIES, Location TBA. 12:00pm Mollywood: Panel with LDS Filmmakers, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $7 Admission. 75min. 1:30pm - Young Filmmakers Shorts, Program of short films made by local and nationwide high school students, Flanigans Little Theater, $5 Admission. 1:30pm - Myron's Movie, Town Hall, $5 Admission. 90min. 1:30pm - Planting Melvin, OC Tanner Greenroom, $5 Admission. Preceded by the dance short Gotan Mora. 108min. 1:30pm - TBA •2:00pm - Young Filmmakers Shorts, Program of short films made by local and nationwide high school students, Red Cliffs Cinema, ST. GEORGE, $5 Admission. •3:30pm - Tall Tales From Beyond: Narrative shorts program. Red Cliffs Cinema, ST. GEORGE, Shorts include: Alliance, How My Next Door Neighbor Discovered Life On Mars, Pagliacci's Curse, Juxtaposer, Fetch, All Soul's Day, and Codename: Simon. $5 Admission, 88min. 3:30pm - Part of the Game. Flanigan's Inn Little Theater, Springdale, UT. $5 Admission. 98min. 3:30pm - Memories of Tomorrow, Town Hall, $5 Admission. Preceded by the narrative short: The Morning News. 99min. 3:30pm - ¡Floreo! Shorts, OC Tanner Greenroom, $5 Admission. Shorts include: North of Ojinaga, Big Sky Canvas, and Una Manga de Negros. 72min. 3:00pm - Film Tour: Screenwriting Workshop, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $5 Admission. 45min. 3:00pm - Film Tour: Acting Workshop, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $5 Admission. 45min. 3:45pm - Film Tour: Screenwriting Workshop, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $5 Admission. 45min. 3:45pm - Film Tour: Acting Workshop, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $5 Admission. 45min. 4:30pm - Film Tour: Directing Workshop, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $5 Admission. 45min. •5:30pm - Citizen Tanouye , Red Cliffs Cinemas, ST. GEORGE, $5 Admission. Preceded by short documentaries The Malt Shop in the Sky and Grand Luncheonette. 80min. 5:30pm - Self-Medicated, Flanigans Little Theater, $5 Admission. 104min. 5:30pm - Head Games of the Rich and Foolish: Comedy Shorts, Town Hall, $5 Admission. Shorts include: The Date, Ad Corp, Inc., Un Jour A La Librairie, Love Thy Neighbor, Never Rob a Bank With Someone You Love!, Spare Change, and I Killed Zoe Day. 85min. 5:30pm - Myron's Movie, OC Tanner Greenroom, $5 Admission. 90min. 5:30pm - Spirit Riders, OC Tanner Amphitheater, $7 Admission. Preceded by the documentary short Healing Our Spirit. 109min. Cinema Kokopelli. •7:30pm - The Drugging of Our Children, Red Cliffs Cinemas, ST. GEORGE, $5 Admission. Preceded by the narrative short Repressing Tansy. 94min. 7:30pm - Façade, Flanigan's Inn Little Theater, $5 Admission. Preceded by animated short The Keeper. 101min. 7:30pm - 5th World, Town Hall, $5 Admission. Preceded by short Al'keme 1345. Cinema Kokopelli. 88min. 7:30pm - Everything's Coming My Way, OC Tanner Greenroom, $5 Admission. Preceded by narrative short Pawns of the King. Senior Screen. 85min. 7:30pm - My Brother's Summer. OC Tanner Amphitheatre, $7 Admission, 80min. 9:10pm - Below the Iceberg: Experimental Shorts, OC Tanner, $7 Admission. Shorts include: Ann, Not My Religion, Skin Horse, self/worth/less, Modus Vivendi, Men Shall Know Nothing of This, Finnish Dreamer, My '48 Pontiac. 75min. 9:15pm - Never Mind The Talking Head: Documentary Shorts. Town Hall. $5 Admission. Shorts include: Five Feelings About Food, Through Corridors and Factories, 45 Days, No Gray Twilight, Dust of the Earth. 80min. 9:15pm - Jesus The Driver. OC Tanner, $7 Admission, 99min. •9:30pm - The Twilight Zion: Narrative Shorts, Red Cliffs Cinemas, ST. GEORGE, $5 Admission. Shorts include: Stanley Marshall's Myth, Look Away, Cure For Writer's Block, Gestation, and Homogeny. 93min. 9:30pm - From the Files of Psychology 101, Flanigans Little Theater, $5 Admission. Shorts include: Pee Shy, Twitch, untitled (blue), The Shabbos Goy, All That You Love (based on Stephen King's short story). 76min. 10:30pm-1am ¡BAILE FLOREO!, OC Tanner Amphitheatre, Springdale. $15 Admission. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2005 10am-11am: AWARDS BREAKFAST & CEREMONY. TBA, $25. NOON: CLOSING FILM PREMIERE. Preceded by the narrative short The Act, Town Hall, $5 Admission. 1:30pm: BEST NARRATIVE FILM WINNER. Flanigans Little Theater, $5 Admission. 1:45pm: CLOSING FILM PREMIERE. Preceded by the narrative short The Act, Town Hall, $5 Admission. 3:30pm: BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM WINNER. Flanigans Little Theater, $5 Admission. 3:45pm: CLOSING FILM PREMIERE. Preceded by the narrative short The Act, Town Hall, $5 Admission. |
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| VENUES CORAL CLIFFS CINEMA 8, 835W State St (HWY 9,) HURRICANE, UT (October 29 only.) FLANIGAN's Little Theater (428 Zion Park Blvd, Springdale, UT) TOWN HALL (118 Lion Blvd, Springdale, UT) OC TANNER AMPHITHEATER & GREENROOM (at the end of Lion Blvd. Springdale, UT) RED CLIFFS CINEMA, (Mall Dr), ST. GEORGE, UT (November 12 only) PIONEER LODGE, BOX OFFICE & WELCOME CENTER. 828 Zion Park Blvd, Spingdale, UT. |
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| The Zion Independent Film Festival also sponsors the Washington County Film Society which showcases "Z PRELIMINARIES" before the public for review. The first of these preliminary screenings was held May 21st, 2005. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What was the 2005 festival like?: DOWNLOAD the official ZIFF 05 Film Guide here. |
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| AWARDS This year, Our festival organizers select their favorite films from the ZIFF Competition Flix. These are films that were not only outstanding in production values, but were Visionary in their independence and demonstration in humanity. Also new this year are the Audience Awards where patrons select their favorite films of the festival. These are the categories: "Best Film": Feature & Short, "Audience Choice": Feature & Short, "Best Young Filmmaker's Short," The Awards Ceremony takes place at the end of the festival along with a screening of the winning films. |
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