DOCUTAH is now in the 13th season of providing world class documentary films in Southern Utah.
UTU DOCUTAH International Film Festival celebrates the art of documentary filmmaking. The 2022 Festival runs from November 3 – 5. The Festival, which is part of Utah Tech University, gives students in its Film degree program the opportunity to interact with professionals in the discipline.
The Festival offers a week of entertaining films from all over the world, as well as year-round programs including monthly DOCUTAH@Pineview film screenings, all of which provide creative, cultural, and educational engagement.
For 12 years, DOCUTAH International Film Festival has provided attendees with a global experience, bringing quality films and filmmakers to Southern Utah. Attendees will see films which, often, are shown nowhere else and have the chance to mix and mingle with producers, directors and the subjects of their films. Films are screened at the Megaplex Pineview Theaters and outdoor venues among the red rocks and stunning scenery of Southern Utah and are combined with DOCTalk panels with filmmakers, intimate conversations, where audience members can glean insights into topics filmmaking and the business of film, special events relevant to the films and musical entertainment. Information about the Festival is posted on the Website and ticket sales open in September.
Filmmakers attend the Festival to introduce their films, hold Q & A sessions after their screenings. The Festival offers students at DSU an enhanced education and easy access to the Festival.
Academic Component— Utah Tech University offers a Bachelor of Science degree in digital film. Students learn in a real world environment and from professors who are active in the industry and participate in commercial shoots for outside clients through UTU Films. Each year a professional feature documentary produced by faculty and students opens the Festival.
Film awards are presented in ten categories:
• Best Feature
• Best Short
• Audience Favorite – Feature
• Audience Favorite – Short
• Best Foreign Film
• Emerging Artist
• Humanitarian
• President’s
• Dean’s Award
• Mayor’s Award
Flying
Las Vegas is the nearest metropolitan city to St. George and Kanab. For commercial flights, it is recommended that you fly into Las Vegas McCarran Airport. Car rentals are available at the airport. There are also shuttles available from Las Vegas to St. George. Shuttle companies include St. George Shuttle (link here http://www.stgshuttle.com), St. George Express (link here www.stgeorgeexpress.com) , and Aztec Shuttle (link here www.aztecshuttle.com).
In addition, St. George has a Municipal Airport. Flights to and from this airport are flown by Skywest Airlines through Delta Connections to Salt Lake City Utah and United Express to Denver. Car rentals are also available at this airport.
Local car rentals include:
Enterprise 1-800-261-7331, (435) 634-1556;
Budget 1-800-462-8343, (435) 652-8542; and
Hertz 1-800-654-3131, (435) 652-9941.
Driving
St. George, Utah is 90 minutes from Las Vegas on I-15. Nestled in a landscape with majestic mountains and red desert cliffs with Zion National Park in the background, St. George offers golf courses, spas and an elegant downtown Historic District.
Kanab, Utah is a 90 minute drive from St. George and is located between southern Utah’s most popular national parks and other scenic destinations – Lake Powell, the Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce Canyon. Directions from St. George: Take I-15 North towards Salt Lake. Take the UT-9 exit, EXIT 16, toward Hurricane/Zion National Park. Merge onto UT-9/W State St. toward Hurricane. Turn right onto S. Main St/UT-59. Turn left onto E 100S/UT-59. Continue to follow UT-59 (Crossing into Arizona). UT-59 becomes AZ-389. Turn left onto US-89 Alt/S Main St. Continue to follow US-89 Alt (Crossing into Utah). US-89 Alt becomes US-89.0.
Venue Map
For inquiries regarding the UTU Film Program or submissions to the DOCUTAH Festival, Contact:
Karman Wilson
Assistant Dean of Professional Arts
435.879.4273
Email: [email protected]
Utah Tech University
225 S University Avenue
St. George, UT 84770
