November 8-11, 2012
The Red Rock Film Festival is a gathering for cinematic art in Zion Canyon of Southern Utah, USA. It is retreat for independent premieres, films, and panels that both enlighten the senses and empower the mind. All genres are considered with a sense of well-being.

Second Section
December 31, 2012
Festival Favorites from the 6th Annual Red Rock Film Festival will be shown in the second section of the festival in St. George, Utah.

Opening Night by Zion Canyon
Multiple films will be selected for opening night in Springdale.

The Red Rock Film Festival at the OC Tanner Amphitheater in 2007. The OC Tanner is a 897 seat amphitheater located near the entrance to Zion National Park.

In 2007, several film events were held at the same time -- an ambitious event to bring the art of film to the red rock country of Southern Utah. The film festival in the land of Zion has finally found its niche…

Fans, critics, politicians, scientists, environmentalists and enthusiasts are all welcome, but art is still going to come first -- for without art, there would be no inspiration to solve the world's problems.
Let film as art lead.
Mark your calendar and make travel plans for the motion picture arts festival called the Red Rock Film Festival.
Springdale is located next to Zion Canyon.

Special Screenings Official Selections
Special screenings at Red Rock will include a diversity of films throughout the festival…>

Competition Official Selections
This year's categories include: Documentary Feature, Fiction Feature, Documentary Featurette, Fiction Featurette, Animation Short, Documentary Short, Experimental Short, Fiction Short, Music Video, Short-Short categories and Young Filmmaker Short…>

Red Film Market Screenings
Market Screenings will be selected for this year's festival including several features, featurettes and shorts…>

Red Rock Film Series
Humanitarian Fundraiser
The Red Rock Film Festival continues its film series Saturday, March 31 with "58: The Film"a fundraiserfor the efforts of Live58 and Compassion International.

Directed by Tim and Tony Neeves, "58: The Film" is the true story of the global churches in action, showing bravery and determined faith in a journey from the slums of Kenya to the streets of New York. The film is a look at extreme poverty, and show different people who live out the "True Fast" of Isaiah 58 from The Bible in order to create new possibilities for the future.

Tony Neeves came of age in London’s advertising world. But a dramatic conversion in 1969 led him to redirect his heart and his ambitions. Tony helped found Tearfund, a Christian relief and development organization. He also set up his own ad agency, Greenleaf, and has worked as a
Vice President of Compassion International. For 35 years, Tony’s primary passion has been to challenge and educate "God’s people" by producing and directing award-winning documentary films for nonprofit organizations. "58" was born out of this passion to, as he says, “Comfort the afflicted,
and afflict the comfortable.”

Tim Neeves was set for a career in classical composition, having studied under British greats Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Sir George Benjamin. Then, on a life-changing trip to Uganda with his director dad, Tony, an encounter with a young AIDS victim changed everything. Within a week of submitting his final Master’s portfolio, Tim was on a plane to Haiti armed with a camera, and Prospect Arts was born. Tim now has 70 overseas shoots under his belt, in such hotspots as Indonesia, Palestine and Rwanda. He frequently incorporates composition and performance into his productions. Tim describes "58" as “a fantastic opportunity to
meet people living in the world’s toughest circumstances and help them tell their stories.”

"58: The Film" plays Saturday, March 31 at Cinema GoGo (GoGo37 Gallery) on 37 East St. George Blvd. at 7:00 pm and 8:45 pm. $7 donation at the doo or order your tickets online; proceeds to benefit the humanitarian efforts of the Live58 organization and Compassion International.

Red Rock Film Series continues
The Red Rock Film Festival's film series at Cinema GoGo continues Saturday, April 21 at 7 pm with "My Celluloid Romance", featuring eight international romance shorts with acerbic social commentary. Putting romantic comedy aside, the films instead take the genre from the male point-of-view and make you think of what lies just below the surface. Tickets are just $5 at the door at GoGo37, 37 East St. George Blvd., St. George.
Take the quiz by matching directors with films for a chance to win free tickets. Click the filmstrip to begin…>


Films include:

One Day
(France) 12 min. In English
DIR Thomas Leisten Schneider CAST Angus  Sutherland, Aurelia Crebessegues
It's the day, Andy wants Claire to be his wife, but it is never as easy as it seems.

A Joke
(USA) 14 min. In English
DIR Andy Brown CAST Matthew Sincell, Megan Tusing
Bryce and Nadia have been dating for about 3 months when Bryce decides to bring her to his favorite sledding hill. After a little persuasion, Nadia agrees to ride with him down the steepest slope on the hill. As they are barreling down the hill, Bryce leans in and whispers 'I Love You' into Nadia's ear.  When they reach the bottom of the slope, Nadia is not sure if she heard Bryce's whisper or not. Bryce is not giving her any clues -- he's just playing head games.

Three Cats (Trois Chats)
(France) 11 min. In French with English subtitles
DIR Martin Scali CAST Jérémie Renier, Mariacarla Bocscono, Esther Comar
During an art opening, a couple is chatting on a bench. The man's attention is drawn to a young Italian woman franticly talking on her cell phone. When the woman of the couple leaves for a smoke, the Stranger sits herself next to the man. A mysterious chemistry springs from the encounter of these two complete strangers and gives place to a magical moment.

A Palindrome Love Story (Se Verlas al Reves)
(Spain) 5min.  Little dialogue In Spanish with English subtitles
DIR Pablo Arreba CAST Sergio Milan, Paula Serrano
All stories have a beginning and an end -- it just depends on how you look at it. Two points of view to a love story are told from both the male and female perspective in one shot in this clever narrative.

Dolores
(Spain) 10 min. In Spanish with English subtitles
DIR Manuela Moreno CAST Manuela  Burló, Rafa Ordorika, Belén Boluda
Lola is a train wreck just waiting for someone to dish out her random useless information as she waits at the bus stop. Pepe is a quiet man who has decided to skip his ride and take the bus to work – today is his lucky day.

Impossible
(Canada) 18 min. In English
DIR Vanya Rose CAST Tyler Hynes, Charlotte  Lebon
A passionate young painter, lives a regimented life working long hours on little money. Women are seemingly of little interest to him, until he notices a young woman living across the street. His life is soon turned upside down as his days become but quests to catch a glimpse of her.

15 Summers Later  
(Norway, Spain) 5 min. In Norwegian with English subtitles
DIR Pedro Collantes CAST Tor Ivar Hagen, Kathrine Strugstad, Bärd Ivar Engelsäs
Told in one shot, this short drama sets characters with a past, present, occupations and conflict all in 5 minutes where a woman meets an old flame at the beach.

My Donna  
(Belgium) 18 min. In English
DIR Nicolaas Rahoens CAST Jo Leemans, Will Ferdy, Hans Van De Vijver, Marleen Morbée, Simon Rogiest
An elderly man looks after his woman who has Alzheimers. When he can't do this anymore because it is physically too strenuous, his son tells him to bring her over in an hospital. Then, the old man makes a strange decision.

Red Rock Film Festival
Last Year's 2011 Winners
Several Special Screenings were held including such films as "Being Elmo", "The Interrupters", "Bob and the Monster", "Semper Fi: Always Faithful", and the Oscar nominated "Hell and Back Again". In the competition categories, the winners from the 5th Annual Red Rock Film Festival were announced in an Awards Ceremony Monday, November 14, 2011. Filmmakers from several countries including the US, Canada, Germany, Scotland, and the UK were in attendance:

Grand Jury Prize

Best Documentary Feature
"Cultures of Resistance" directed by Iara Lee

Best Fiction Feature
"October Baby" directed by Erwin Brothers

Best Documentary Featurette
"With My Own Two Wheels" directed by Jacob Seigel-Boettner, Isaac Seigel-Boettner

Best Fiction Featurette
"Forced Perspective" directed by Basel Owies

Best Animation Short (tie)
"Barko" directed by Allison Craig
"Cockroach" directed by Luke Eve

Best Documentary Short
"Below New York" directed by Matt Finlin

Best Fiction Short
"Invasion from Planet Schrump (Invasion vom Planeten Schrump)" directed by Nadine Keil

Best Experimental Short
"The Pauses - Go North" directed by John Deeb

Best Short-Short
"A Palindrome Love Story (Se Verlas al Reves)" directed by Pablo Arreba

Best Young Filmmaker Documentary Short
"Poetic Justice Project 12" directed by Matthew J. Evans

Best Young Filmmaker Fiction Short
"Blank Canvas" directed by Hannah Sullivan

Aglet Awards

Best Documentary Feature Aglet
"A Fighting Chance" directed by Alex Shofner, Takashi Doscher

Best Fiction Feature Aglet
"Thaw (Tauwetter)" directed by Philipp Hönig

Best Documentary Featurette Aglet
"The Prophet" directed by Alastair Lee

Best Fiction Featurette Aglet
"Forced Perspective" directed by Basel Owies

Best Animation Short Aglet
"Of Frogs and Gods" directed by Brad Pattullo

Best Documentary Short Aglet
"Below New York" directed by Matt Finlin

Best Experimental Short Aglet
"Pop" directed by Rachel Moore

Best Fiction Short Aglet
"The Field Of Vision" directed by Siri Rodnes

Best Short-Short Aglet
"A Palindrome Love Story (Se Verlas al Reves)" directed by Pablo Arreba

Best Young Filmmaker Documentary Short Aglet
"Barnball: A Slice of Americana" directed by Max Fedore

Best Young Filmmaker Fiction Short Aglet
"Blank Canvas" directed by Hannah Sullivan

Special Achievement Awards

Special Achievement for Acting
Rachel Hendrix in "October Baby"

Special Achievement for Style and Ironic Humor
Pawel Wendorff for "Odd One Out"