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Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival (DOCUTAH)
Official 2010 poster
LocationSt. George, Utah, United States
Hosted byDixie State College of Utah
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://www.docutah.com/

The Southern Utah International Documentary Film Festival (DOCUTAH) is an annual film festival, held in September, that recognizes the best in international documentary films.[1] Hosted by Dixie State College of Utah (DSC), the festival screens films at various locations throughout the southern Utah area, including: Ivins, Utah, Springdale, Utah, Kanab, Utah, and St. George, Utah.

DOCUTAH, also, has a very strong educational focus, and features “master class educational seminars.”

History

Dixie State College founded DOCUTAH in 2009. From the beginning, this Festival has aimed to provide attendees with not only a great film-going experience, but also an educational one through its “master class educational seminars.”

The visionary behind the festival, Phil Tuckett serves as the director of the Dick Nourse Center for Media Innovation at DSC. When he returned to his junior college (DSC) in 2006, after 38 years of working for NFL Films and receiving 30 Emmy Awards, he felt that the southern Utah area, which has an extensive film history, would serve as the perfect place to hold an international documentary film festival. [2]

After working for several months with DSC’s Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Christian Schultz, to make his vision come to fruition, Tuckett made the official announcement of DOCUTAH on 24 September 2009.

The City of St. George, the St. George Convention and Tourism office, the City of Kanab, and Kane County’s Office of Tourism and Film Commission (along with the Center for Education, Business,and the Arts) were some of the first to support and sponsor DOCUTAH.

Structure

Screenings

The Festival screens films throughout the southern Utah area, in both indoor and outdoor locations. Some notable venues include Tuachan Amphitheater in Ivins, UT, and O.C. Tanner Amphitheater in Springdale, UT.

Master Class Educational Seminars

Film industry professionals teach DOCUTAH’s educational seminars during the Festival, which focus both on academic knowledge and real world application.

Film Categories

DOCUTAH has two separate film entry categories, one for general entrants and one for students. These both have sub-categories.

General:

  • Minis running less than 5 minutes (including titles and credits)
  • Short documentaries up to 45 minutes (including titles and credits)
  • Features more than 45 minutes

Student:

  • High School Student Film
  • College/University Student Film

Awards

Five judges make up the DOCUTAH awards panel.

They confer the honors for the following categories:

  • Judges Award
  • Directing
  • Cinematography
  • Editing
  • Music

DOCUTAH also has an award for the Audience Favorite.


DOCUTAH 2010

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References

  1. ^ Tiffany De Masters (September 25, 2009). "Jennings Building Dedicated". The Spectrum. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
  2. ^ Stephen Vincent (September 20, 2007). "Phil Tuckett Returns to Dixie State College". Dixie Weekly News. Retrieved 2009-10-09.


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