1:00 pm
Utah Filmmaker Showcase Queer Shorts Collection
Utah proud and Utah loud. These short films by local filmmakers highlight the rapidly increasing queer community of our state. Put a little jive in your beehive and celebrate your world.
4:00 pm
Row of Life
Row of Life follows renowned ocean rower, Marine Corps veteran, three-time Paralympian, and fourteen Guinness World Record holder Angela Madsen in her attempted solo and unassisted row across the Pacific Ocean, 2400 miles from Los Angeles to Hawaii.
7:00 pm
Avant Garde Shorts Collection
Are you ready to experience something extraordinary? This collection of festival shorts was curated to push your boundaries and take you to the next level of cinematic storytelling.
9:30 pm
Community Kiki Partner Event @ Spritz!
UQFF is partnering with queer watering hole, Spritz!, for a post opening festival event to keep the fun going after the films wrap.
9:30 am
Just Kids
Just Kids is a documentary that follows three teens in states that restrict gender-affirming care. Over the course of a year, these families endure impossible challenges and show unparalleled strength as they endure attacks from their government—and communities.
12:30 pm
Intimate Stories Shorts Collection
Let yourself be comforted by this collection of stories that highlight what it means to be vulnerable. Sometimes the loudest characters are the quietest ones.
3:30 pm
Assembly
Assembly follows visionary artist Rashaad Newsome as he transforms a historic military facility into a Black queer utopia, blending art, AI, and performance. Through stunning visuals and deeply personal performances, Assembly captures the transformative power of creativity as a fractured community comes together to find strength, solidarity, and liberation.
3:30 pm
Workshop – Queering the Filmmaking Process: An Intersectional Perspective
We will explore how to infuse queer perspectives and approaches into every stage of filmmaking. This workshop is designed for filmmakers of all backgrounds who are eager to understand and apply concepts of queerness and intersectionality to their creative projects.
6:30 pm
Join the Club
Dennis Peron is San Francisco’s biggest pot dealer. But when the AIDS epidemic sweeps through his community, Peron realizes that marijuana is more than a good time—it’s medicine. In the wake of his lover’s death, Peron opens the Cannabis Buyers’ Club, a five-story dispensary complete with rainbow murals, drag shows, and doctors onsite.
9:30 pm
Spooky Shorts Collection
Who’s ready for a few late night frights and sights? Well, step right up, this is the program for you! These films go bump in the night and if you’re lucky, they just might bite…
9:30 am
Inspiring Stories Shorts Collection
This collection focuses on discovering your identity and the strength that lies within. You’re all you need and these films are a sweet reminder.
12:30 pm
Workshop – Acting 101: Back to Kindergarten Recess
As kids, we were all actors by instinct. This workshop takes an approach to acting that is about tapping back into that energy, getting the self-conscious and perfectionistic adult out of the way, and letting that inner child, the true master of pretend, take the reins.
12:30 pm
SALLY!
Sally Gearhart was a charismatic radical lesbian activist, author, and academic who spearheaded the 1970s and 80s lesbian feminist movement, yet her remarkable contributions have been largely unrecognized. This documentary changes that.
3:30 pm
It’s Dorothy!
Since Dorothy Gale started her epic journey down the Yellow Brick Road 125 years ago in L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, she’s become a celebrity, a brand, and a beacon for marginalized voices across our culture.
6:30 pm
Closing Night Event & Awards Ceremony
You’re invited to the first annual Awards Ceremony to recognize the best in queer programming at UQFF 2025!