About

The Tumbleweeds Film Festival is an annual film festival for children and youth, ages 4-14, presented by the Utah Film Center. Launched in 2011, the festival presents films that inspire, engage, and connect the children and youth of our community through international and independent film screenings and creative workshops. Tumbleweeds provides opportunities for film lovers of all ages to engage their creative spirit, and bridge cultures by experiencing films whose stories transcend geographic, cultural and political boundaries.

The annual festival presents a jam-packed program of feature length and short films from around the world. All of the films at Tumbleweeds will be screened in their original language. Foreign language screenings will be presented with English subtitles that will be read aloud by a “subtitle reader.” In addition to film screenings, the Utah Film Center is partnering with Spy Hop Productions to present workshops designed to introduce participants to different aspects of filmmaking.

Major funding for the Tumbleweeds Film Festival has been provided by: The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Art Works for Kids!,  and EBay, Inc.

Utah Film Center

The Utah Film Center brings the world of film to local audiences through free community screenings and discussions, outreach programs, and visiting artists and professionals. Emphasizing social content and artistic excellence, we present the best documentary, independent, and dramatic cinema year-round. We collaborate with various educational and community organizations to promote a diversity of ideas, to provide forums for underrepresented groups, and to develop new audiences for film.

For more information about Utah Film Center programs visit www.utahfilmcenter.org.

The SLC Film Center is generously supported by: Zion’s Bank; Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts and Parks Program (ZAP); George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation; Sorenson Legacy Foundation and the Swartz Foundation.