2025 Utah Queer Film Festival

Artist Foundry Presents: Virtual Utah Filmmaker Showcase Queer Shorts Collection

Available in 39d 02h 43m 09s
Available October 27, 2025 4:00 PM UTC
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9 films in package
Be
Three bisexual young adults explore how they came to terms with their sexualities. Each story highlights a different film medium (16mm, 8mm, and digital) to create a unique world and experience.
Dizzy
Dizzy is a story about struggling to fit in, facing rejection, and finding belonging through chosen family. The film's message is simple but powerful: acceptance and understanding can lead to healing.
Embalmed
Embalmed is an anti-capitalist anthem, darkly depicting the elite ruling class motive of profiting from every part of the human life cycle.
Freedom Dreaming
A journey through fluid water, flowery, and bodily landscapes of pleasure and pain meandering through domestic and public spaces. Erotic queer energy through a political lens, being made ecological as non-normative storytelling.
Greenware: My Queer Clay Body
Greenware: My Queer Clay Body is an experimental short film exploring the abundant queerness of clay and its relationship to the moving body.
The Mascot
Charlie Bird rose to fame as Brigham Young University’s viral mascot, only to reveal a deeper truth beneath the mask—navigating life as an openly gay member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a church that both celebrates and excludes him.
The Red Book
Something is missing in Dr. Graham's life. When a patient unexpectedly shows up at his house, they have a peculiar conversation that makes Dr. Graham question his own morals.
Virtual
A young woman becomes obsessed with a virtual reality video game after she discovers that her best friend exists inside of it.
We've Come a Long Way
A conversation with senior members of the LGBTQ+ community, exploring how the universal need to express our identity can bring us together.
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Utah proud and Utah loud. These short films by local filmmakers highlight the rapidly increasing queer community of our state. Put a little jive in your beehive and celebrate your world.

Dizzy is a story about struggling to fit in, facing rejection, and finding belonging through chosen family. It speaks to anyone who has felt different, especially those in the LGBTQ+ community. The film's message is simple but powerful: acceptance and understanding can lead to healing.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    4 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    World Premiere
  • Rating
    Not Rated
  • Subtitle Language
    No Subtitles - Film is in English OR is non-vocal
  • Content Warning
    Depictions of abandonment and adoption
  • Director
    Sam Everett
  • Screenwriter
    Sam Everrett
  • Filmmaker
    Tides by Arend
  • Cast
    Animated by Nathan Holland, Parent Voiced by MNOCHITWA on Fiverr, Child voiced by Caydin Jay