Utah Dance Film Festival

The Utah Dance Film Festival is a 501(c)(3), an international dance film festival, an arts education organization and a catalyst for movers and filmmakers to connect, collaborate and create. We host an annual international film festival - submissions are open from September to December - and we screen accepted films in May at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem, Utah. During this weekend, we also offer dance and film workshop programming from local and international dance and film artists. Our awards showcase features the winning films, as well as live performances by Utah dance artists like Junction Dance Company, BYU's Folk Dance Ensemble, Ballet West Academy students and BYU's Contemporary Dance Theater, Viva El Folklore International, Kaladharaa Dance School and Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl de Utah. The annual festival is sponsored in part by the Utah Film Commission. UDFF also hosts a yearly 48 hour film competition, called MOVE. Participants need not use dance, only showcase the limitless potential of human movement. MOVE films will be screened and adjudicated as part of the main film festival at the SCERA Center for the Arts.