21st Annual LDS Film Festival Passes
$60 - ALL FESTIVAL PASS
ALL-FESTIVAL PASS
The All-Festival Pass is our most popular pass with unlimited choices to enjoy 4-days of access to feature films, documentaries, short films, and music videos. Informative Q&A sessions with cast members and filmmakers. Top-level panels with leading industry professionals, Opening Night reception and don’t missing the red carpet festival Award Show.
$25 - ALL DAY FRIDAY
ALL-DAY FRIDAY PASS
The All-Day Friday Pass gives you access to films, short competitions, Q&A sessions with cast and filmmakers, and top-level panels with leading industry professionals.
$25 - ALL DAY SATURDAY
ALL-DAY SATURDAY PASS
The All-Day Saturday Pass gives you access to films, Q&A sessions with cast and filmmakers, music video competition, top-level panels with leading industry professionals, and the closing red carpet festival Award Show.
OPENING FILM
LDS Film Festival Schedule *Wednesday, March 2nd
WATERMAN | 03.02.22 | 7:00 PM
Clarke Grand Theatre
Opening the 21st Annual LDS Film Festival is the award-winning documentary from Sidewinder Films, WATERMAN. Acclaimed filmmaker Issac Halasima and the producing team of Dr. Steven Ungerleider, David Ulich, Michael Cascio, and Chet Thomas continue the tradition of delivering amazing films for audiences to enjoy.
WATERMAN explores the life and influence of legendary Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku and Duke’s legacy as a legendary swimmer, trailblazer, and the undisputed father of modern-day surfing.
Opening festival reception begins at 6PM with opening remarks from festival co-directors and a keynote address starting at 7PM prior to the screening.
Q&A with filmmakers following the screening.
LDS Film Festival Schedule *Thursday, March 3rd
DOC SHORT - Block 1
03.03.22 | 11:30 AM Showhouse II Theatre
Block 1 screenings include:
Don’t Breathe This
I’m The Vet
My Brother is Deaf
Q&A’s with filmmakers
Mr. Earth
03.03.22 | 1:30 PM
Clarke Grand Theatre
An ordinary earthling is captured at random and taken to a mysterious planet to stand trial for the fate of planet earth.
Q&A with filmmakers
Tomb of Joseph
03.03.22 | 5:45 PM
Showhouse II Theatre
The history of Mormon Joseph Smith’s Martyrdom and the search for his Tomb 175 years later.
Q&A with filmmakers
Once I Was Engaged
03.03.22 | 7:30 PM
Clarke Grand Theatre
This follow-up film to Once I Was a Beehive finds Bree Carrington pursuing her dreams in college, when she finds herself pursued by the charming Thys Chesterfield.
Q&A with filmmakers
DOC SHORT - Block 2
03.03.22 | 2:30 PM
Showhouse II Theatre
Block 2 screenings include:
Bright Lights in the Desert
The Pilgrimage to Magdalena
Pressed Floral
Redeemed: The Sione Havili Story
Q&A’s with filmmakers
WWJD
03.03.22 | 4:30 PM
Clarke Grand Theatre
Three college roommates get an unexpected weekend houseguest: Jesus Christ, the Savior and Redeemer of mankind.
Q&A with filmmakers
Bright Spark
03.03.22 | 8:30 PM
Showhouse II Theatre
"Bright Spark" is the story of Trevor Southey, a gay Mormon artist from Rhodesia who dreamed of becoming a modern-day Michelangelo for the Mormon Church.
Q&A with filmmakers
LDS Film Festival Schedule *Friday, March 4th
SHORT FILMS - Block 1
03.04.22 | 11:00 AM
Clarke Grand Theatre
Block 1 Screenings Include:
A Change of Song
Bethesda
Love in Time of Quarantine
Maggie on Stratford Ave.
No Greater Courage
Outlaws
Sticky Pinecones
Q&A’s with filmmakers
SHORT FILMS - Block 3
03.04.22 |11:30 AM
Showhouse II Theatre
Block 3 Screenings Include:
All We Need for Christmas
Jesus 2020
Paper Planes
The Shadow Covered by Roach
The Second Book of Adam & Eve
Q&A’s with filmmakers
UNDAUNTED:
Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
03.04.22 | 6:45 PM
Clarke Grand Theatre
The various witnesses of the gold plates, both official and unofficial, represent the only temporal evidence for the Book of Mormon provided by the Lord himself. This film argues powerfully for the credibility of these witnesses.
Q&A with filmmakers
SHORT FILMS - Block 2
03.04.22 | 2:15 PM
Clarke Grand Theatre
Block 2 Screenings Include:
A Last Hope
All That Matters
Sticks and Stones
FABLE
Switchboard
The Man in the Tree
The Way They See Us
Q&A with filmmakers
SHORT FILMS - Block 4
03.04.22 |3:00 PM
Showhouse II Theatre
Block 4 Screenings Include:
Broken Bread
First Day
La Plata Del Real
Lucy and the Bear
Suspect
Voices
Q&A’s with filmmakers
Lucy & Whitney
03.04.22 | 6:45 PM
Showhouse II Theatre
In Washington State, two sisters explore their relationship after the older sister is married, in the context of their Mormon faith.
Q&A with filmmakers
LDS Film Festival Schedule *Saturday, March 5th
The Sandlot Forever
03.05.22 | 10:00 AM
Showhouse II Theatre
The Sandlot Forever captures the high energy and excitement of the 25th Anniversary events that were held in honor of America's beloved baseball movie The Sandlot.
Q&A with filmmakers
Music Video Competition
03.05.22 | 1:00 PM
Clarke Grand Theatre
Videos include:
Blue City Lights
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
I Love me
Living Water
Location
MAPA
Not Christmas
Our Hands
Photoshop
River
Someone you loved, Someone like you
Something New
Stand Up
Where You Are
Q&A’s with filmmakers/artists
Grandpa’s Crazy
03.05.22 | 11:30 AM
Showhouse II Theatre
Gramps pretended to get lost to get some love and attention from his family - it backfired, big time.
Q&A with filmmakers
Mission Stories
03.05.22 | 2:15 PM
Showhouse II Theatre
Three short anthology films explore the emotional and spiritual depths of full time missionary service.
Q&A with filmmakers
SPECIAL TEST SCREENING
Alien Country
03.05.22 | 4:30 PM
Clarke Grand Theatre
Reeling from the news of an unexpected pregnancy, a struggling couple unknowingly release an alien invasion in their small town and need to learn to work together in order to save each other, their town and evidently, the entire galaxy.
Q&A with the filmmakers