Top Contributors for Utah Filmmakers™ Official Forum - Q3/4 2024

The Utah Filmmakers™ Association—using a digital achievement recognition and tracking platform based on the Open Badges standard—recognized the recipients of the Utah Filmmakers™ Official Forum Top Contributor badge for the Third & Fourth quarters of 2024:

• Jonathan Robert Andrus
• Ben Burnett
• Jacob Hamblin
• Dylan Lunt
• Adam Orchard
• Brian Parsons
• Daniel Rubio
• Nick Sales

The Top Contributor badge is issued to select forum participants who have made noteworthy contributions to the Utah Filmmakers™ Facebook group, including—but not limited to—regularly commenting with helpful advice and information on posts seeking professional perspectives, consistently posting job opportunities in the group, actively engaging other members with professional tips, and highlighting community events and resources.

In addition to being issued the digital badge, recipients are also eligible to receive a complimentary Google Workspace account—an $84 annual value—which includes a custom [recipient]@utahfilmmakers.org email address, courtesy of the Google for Nonprofits program.

While membership in the Utah Filmmakers™ Association is automatically granted to individuals and organizations with active filmmaking interests in Utah, for various statistical and reporting purposes, its official membership count is based on those listed among the members in its official and Associate Forums, as well as anyone who volunteers for and/or is employed by Associate Organizations and Events.

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Salt Lake City, Utah

All rights reserved.

http://info.utahfilmmakers.org

Top Contributors for Utah Filmmakers™ Official Forum - Q2 2024

The Utah Filmmakers™ Association—using a digital achievement recognition and tracking platform based on the Open Badges standard—recognized the recipients of the Utah Filmmakers™ Official Forum Top Contributor badge for the second quarter of 2024:

• Paul Bacera
• Brian Higgins
• Vicky Johnston
• Terry Perry Prather
• Alex Watson
• Nyk Fry

The Top Contributor badge is issued to select forum participants who have made noteworthy contributions to the Utah Filmmakers™ Facebook group, including—but not limited to—regularly commenting with helpful advice and information on posts seeking professional perspectives, consistently posting job opportunities in the group, actively engaging other members with professional tips, and highlighting community events and resources.

In addition to being issued the digital badge, recipients are also eligible to receive a complimentary Google Workspace account—a $72 annual value—which includes a custom [recipient]@utahfilmmakers.org email address, courtesy of the Google for Nonprofits program, in which the Utah Filmmakers™ Association participates.

While membership in the Utah Filmmakers™ Association is automatically granted to individuals and organizations with active filmmaking interests in Utah, for various statistical and reporting purposes, its official membership count is based on those listed among the members in its official and Associate Forums, as well as anyone who volunteers for and/or is employed by Associate Organizations and Events.

© Utah Filmmakers™

Salt Lake City, Utah

All rights reserved.

http://info.utahfilmmakers.org

Top Contributors for Utah Filmmakers™ Official Forum - Q1 2024

The Utah Filmmakers™ Association—using a digital achievement recognition and tracking platform based on the Open Badges standard—recognized the recipients of the Utah Filmmakers™ Official Forum Top Contributor badge for the first quarter of 2024:

• Lincoln Bailey

• Alicia Oberle-Farmer

• Tanya Price

• Tanner Sisson

• Brittney Souther

The Top Contributor badge is issued to select forum participants who have made noteworthy contributions to the Utah Filmmakers™ Facebook group, including—but not limited to—regularly commenting with helpful advice and information on posts seeking professional perspectives, consistently posting job opportunities in the group, actively engaging other members with professional tips, and highlighting community events and resources.

In addition to being issued the digital badge, recipients are also eligible to receive a complimentary Google Workspace account—a $72 annual value—which includes a custom [recipient]@utahfilmmakers.org email address, courtesy of the Google for Nonprofits program, in which the Utah Filmmakers™ Association participates.

While membership in the Utah Filmmakers™ Association is automatically granted to individuals and organizations with active filmmaking interests in Utah, for various statistical and reporting purposes, its official membership count is based on those listed among the members in its official and Associate Forums, as well as anyone who volunteers for and/or is employed by Associate Organizations and Events.

© Utah Filmmakers™

Salt Lake City, Utah

All rights reserved.

http://info.utahfilmmakers.org

Utah Filmmakers™ recognizes Official Forum Top Contributors

The Utah Filmmakers™ Association—using a digital achievement recognition and tracking platform based on the Open Badges standard—recognized the 2023 recipients of the Utah Filmmakers™ Official Forum Top Contributor badge:

• Bryce Allred
• Charla Bocchicchio
• Parker Badger
• Greg Johnson
• Renny Grames
• Teresa Jack
• Brett Weidmann
• Carson McKinnon
• Willem Kampenhout
• Aspen Raine
• Rachelle Krause Remington
• Matthew C. S. Julander

The Top Contributor badge is issued to select forum participants who have made noteworthy contributions to the Utah Filmmakers™ Facebook group, including—but not limited to—regularly commenting with helpful advice and information on posts seeking professional perspectives, consistently posting job opportunities in the group, actively engaging other members with professional tips, and highlighting community events and resources.

In addition to being issued the digital badge, recipients are also eligible to receive a complimentary Google Workspace account—a $72 annual value—which includes a custom [recipient]@utahfilmmakers.org email address, courtesy of the Google for Nonprofits program, in which the Utah Filmmakers™ Association participates.

While membership in the Utah Filmmakers™ Association is automatically granted to individuals and organizations with active filmmaking interests in Utah, for various statistical and reporting purposes, its official membership count is based on those listed among the members in its official and Associate Forums, as well as anyone who volunteers for and/or is employed by Associate Organizations and Events.

Joe checks in with Doug & Steve

The relevant info:

Zepstone Film Festival

A monthly online event and yearly in-person festival in the spring for Best Picture winners.

https://www.zepstonemedia.com

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Utah Film Festival

How to be a paid actor in Utah
Tuesday, August 23rd, 7:30 PM

September Short Film Screenings
(Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Mockumentary)
Saturday, September 3rd, 7:00 PM

All Utah Film Festival events take place at

The Towne Hub
120 W Main St
American Fork

http://www.utahfilmfestival.com 
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Utah Women In Film and Television

Meet and Greet
Thursday, August 25, 2022 5:30 PM

Film & Media Arts Building
University of Utah
370 S 1530 E
Salt lake City

https://www.uwift.org

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VocalSport.com

Live singing & Music Video Competition
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2022

The Covey Center for the Arts
425 W Center St
Provo

Music Video Entry Fee: $49
Deadline: Friday, September 30, 2022

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Zions Indie Film Fest
(FKA “LDS Film Festival”)

Accepting Entries through December

March 15 – 18, 2023
SCERA Center for the Arts
745 State Street, Orem

zionsindiefilmfest.com

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Utah Filmmakers™ Night with the Utah Grizzlies

April2023

Screening some locally produced videos during intermission.

Opportunities for filmmakers to work with the Utah Grizzlies.

gogrizzgo.utahfilmmakers.org

Mentorship Program Media Coverage

Doug and Steve take a deep dive into a new team of agents that called themselves The 355. Does it live up to the hype? Utah Filmmakers™ Association Administrator Joe Puente joins the show to discuss the Utah Newbie Short Film Festival and the Utah Filmmakers™ Mentorship Program. And the guys talk about the legacy and passing of great actor Sydney Poitier.  The Movie Show with Doug Wright and Steve Salles. Listen Fridays 9 am to noon at 1160 AM & 102.7 FM, kslnewsradio.com. 

Contact | PBS Utah "Utah Filmmakers Association Mentorship Program"

02 November 2021

 The Enterprise: "Mentor program begins for budding filmmakers"

26 July 2021

The Daily Advent: "Mentor program begins for budding filmmakers"

26 July 2021

Fox13Now.com: "Utah Filmmakers mentorship program"

16 July 2021

Mentorship Program to Prepare Utah’s Next Generation of Filmmakers

PRESS RELEASE

Utah Filmmakers™ Association
Contact: Joe Puente, Administrator
Phone: 801-999-8839 
Email: media@utahfilmmakers.org

For Immediate Release

Mentorship Program to Prepare Utah’s Next Generation of Filmmakers

Thousands of aspiring filmmakers who set out to pursue their dreams of becoming industry professionals often get taken advantage of and fall short of finding success.

[Salt Lake City, Utah – July 15^th] The Utah Filmmakers™Association, working with the Utah Film Commission, is implementing a new mentorship program to provide Utah’s students and community filmmakers with guided opportunities to work in the film industry.

The Utah Filmmakers™Mentorship Program places emphasis on established filmmaking professionals mentoring those that aspire to become working filmmakers themselves. The program endeavors to serve members of the local film community seeking practical experience in a professional and safe work environment.

“There is a long and sad history of people who call themselves ‘producers’ taking advantage of aspiring filmmakers. Someone that's new to the film community—regardless of whether they went to film school or are self-taught—usually has no way of distinguishing legitimate opportunities from exploitive situations. The Utah Filmmakers™Mentorship Program is about connecting aspiring filmmakers with vetted industry professionals” said Joe Puente, Founder and Administrator of the Utah Filmmakers™Association.

Official UFA™ Mentors, including Travis Babcock of LENZ-works Productions and one of the program’s authors, will impart knowledge in their areas of expertise, and cultivate a resource of knowledgeable and experienced professionals available to work in the local film industry.

UFA™ Mentees will be given the opportunity to develop skills with the guidance of vetted professionals, enabling them to contribute their talents to local productions while learning essential industry standards and aspects of the craft that are not usually taught in most academic programs.

The Utah Filmmakers™Mentorship Program is accepting applications from professional Utah filmmakers interested in volunteering their time and expertise as mentors and individuals that want to be mentored at its official website: https://mentors.utahfilmmakers.org/[mentors.utahfilmmakers.org]

UFA™ Mentors Media Packet (2021_UFAMentorsPress.zip)