Salt Lake City Film Festival Preview #1

It’s here! It’s finally here! In case you didn’t see our announcement last week. This is the week of the Salt Lake City Film Festival ladies and gentlemen. Whether you are a film junkie, a local looking for entertainment, or a traveler looking to catch exclusive screenings of some of the nations top festival films, this weekend is your chance. We here at BigShinyRobot will be on hand Thursday August 18 through Sunday the 21st giving you coverage of the goings on at our local film houses. To help prepare you movie minded folk, we’ll be posting daily summaries of a few films as well as some insight into what inspired the directors, actors, members of staff, etc.

Here are the first highlights.

Bad Fever

Written, produced, and directed by SLC native Dustin Defa this movie will have its hometown premiere at the festival. It was shot entirely in Salt Lake and was reviewed warmly at SXSW in Texas.

Starring Indie-Cinema darlings Kentucker Audley and Eleanore Hendricks, “Bad Fever” is the story of a humorless loner (Audley) who attempts to win the admiration of a drifter (Hendricks) with his debut performance at the local comedy club. The film is an exploration of loneliness and debilitating social
solitude

You can catch Bad Fever at the Tower Theater on Friday, August 19th at 4:50 pm. or Saturday, August 20th, at 7 PM at the Post Theater.

Trailer:

Silver Tongues

Following a middle-aged couple that constantly changes who they are to stir up other peoples lives, Silver Tongues looks to be an interesting look into addiction. The movie seems to look into exactly how much damage two people can do to other folks via manipulation and lies. Written and directed by Simon Arthur “Silver Tongues” will be playing Thursday, August 18, at 7:30 at the Broadway. Friday, August 19 at 7:00 PM at the Tower, and Saturday, August 20, at 10:00 PM at Brewvies.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oezBWyUv0l4v

Silver Tongues is not a film about redemption. It’s also not about triumph in the face of adversity. Or finding love in the strangest place. It’s about people who need the new. The desire to change, and never stop changing.