7th Annual FEAR NO FILM FESTIVAL which is co production of the Utah Arts Festival and the SLC Film Center-  featuring short films from around the world and the home of the UTAH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR COMPETITION. Held In conjunction with the UTAH ARTS FESTIVAL JUNE 25th-28th.

This year’s Fear No Film encouraged Festival guests to deconstruct the Who,What,Where,When,Why, and How? of each short film. The program areas are titled accordingly, Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How.

• WHO MADE THIS SHORT FILM? And does it change my experience sitting here today?
• WHAT IS IT? What does this short film represent or why is it programmed?
• WHERE WAS IT MADE? And how did this infl uence the filmmaker or aff ect the way I watch each piece of work?
• WHEN DOES IT REFERENCE? Does it represent a public or personal zeitgeist of some sort?
• WHY MAKE THIS SHORT FILM? Is it a clarion call? A cry for help?
• HOW DID THEY MAKE IT? What of the production itself?

WHO?

My Little Mascot, Oklahoma- Directed by Jay Sheldon

Wash and Dry, California - Directed by Valerie Heine

The Young & Evil, California - Directed by Julian Breece

Up In the Air, Utah - Directed by Wes Llewellyn

X-Mess Detritus, New York - Directed by Aurelio Voltaire

Roads, Israel - Directed by Lior Geller

WHAT?

Doppelganger, New York - Directed by Pascal Rekoert

Gokh-Bi System: 'Rap Tassu', Belgium - Directed by Ilse Rumes

Run to Me Run from Me, Ohio - Directed by Ben Garchar

With delicate risk, Virginia - Directed by Dane Webster

Gifts of Seeing, New York - Directed by Andrea Olivier

Never, Illinois - Directed by Devon Ford Philippe

B: 'Je n'irai pas à Bilbao, Canada - Directed by Gabriel Allard Gagnon

Don Carlos: La Hojita (The Little Leaf Man), Canada - Directed by Rufus Glassco

WHERE?

Motion, Canada - Directed by John Osborne

C/o Flap Jackson, New York - Directed by John Lustig

Heart in the Wound, Massachusetts - Directed by Lisa Kessler

The Divorce Case, Australia - Directed by Leon Hooke

11 missed calls, United Kingdom - Directed by Philip Moran

From The Ash Heap, Utah - Directed by Daniel Pimentel

Gare d'Austerlitz, New York - Directed by Lisa Martin

EZS : sequenza 1 - A.e., Italy - Directed by Alessandro Brucini

WHEN?

Civilian, California - Directed by Seaton Lin

Snakeskin, Massachusetts - Directed by Nathan Pancione

Twitter, California - Directed by Charis Tobias

Monarch, Australia - Directed by Shane Willis

Mother, Mine ,United Kingdom - Directed by Susan Everett

The Kirkie, California - Directed by James Krieg

WHY?

Oil Tribe, Utah - Directed by Rick Simon

A Realistic Fear, California - Directed by Carling McManus

No Good Reason, Michigan - Directed by Michael Mierendorf

Fowl Play, New York - Directed by Adam Durand

The Plastic Perils of the Pacific, California - Directed by Carlene Strathmann

Unfair, California - Directed by Bill Madden

derek 178, Utah- Directed by Trevor Dopp

HOW?

Le Paradis de l'Imbecile, North Carolina - Directed by Patrick Griffin

Zap Girl Makes Toast, Canada - Directed by Chris J. Melnychuk

Voor Een Dubbeltje..., Netherlands - Directed by Eric Wobma

Heels Over Head, Utah - Directed by Lonny Danler

The Spam Job, California - Directed by Padraic Culham

Fun with Condoms, Oklahoma - Directed by Jay Sheldon

BEST OF OTHER FESTS

Short Term 12, California - Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton

Magritte Moment, California - Directed by Ian Fisher

You're Outa Here, Washington - Directed by George Griffin

Goldthwait Family Home Movies (Anniversary Edition), California - Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait

Vapid Lovelies, Utah - Directed by Frank Feldman

UTAH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

Sam, Roscoe, & Her, Utah - Directed by Chris Rodgers

Sister Wife, Utah - Directed by Jill Orschel

Kites, Utah - Directed by Jed Henry

Social Obscurity, Utah - Directed by Aubry Hollingshead & Steve Schmit

Inevitable, Utah - Directed by Billy Luke

Fifty Cents, Utah- Directed by Ali Barr