Film festival for children coming in April

From April 1-3, the SLC Film Center presents the inaugural Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Children and Youth - the only film festival of its kind in the Intermountain west.

The festival will feature a jam-packed program of feature length and short films from around the world for children and youth, ages 4-14. All films presented at Tumbleweeds will be screened in their original language with foreign language films presented with English subtitles that will be read aloud by a "subtitle reader" during the screening. In addition to film screenings, the Film Center is partnering with Spy Hop Productions to present workshops designed to introduce participants to different aspects of filmmaking. The full festival line-up and program will be announced in early March.

For more information about the festival program and how to attend, visit www.kidsfilm.org - where you can also sign up for the SLCC newsletter, follow it on Twitter and join the SLCC Facebook page.

SLC Film Center brings the world of film to local audiences through free community screenings and discussions, outreach programs, and visiting artists and professionals. Emphasizing social content and artistic excellence, they present the best documentary, independent, and dramatic cinema year-round. We collaborate with various educational and community organizations to promote a diversity of ideas, to provide forums for underrepresented groups, and to develop new audiences for film.