FMASU’S ELECTRIC FILM SERIES: CELEBRATING OVER A CENTURY OF FILM
ONE GLORIOUS DECADE AT A TIME!
The 501(C)(3) nonprofit, The Film and Media Alliance of Southern Utah, was designed to champion, encourage, inspire, and educate filmmaking talent but it was also designed to preserve film history and the theatrical experience. FMASU (which started in 2017) strives to achieve these goals by way of a handful of film-centric events and programs throughout the year including The Desertscape International Film Festival, The Guerilla Filmmaking Challenge, The HorrorFest International Film Festival, and an upcoming collaboration with an independent filmmaking showcase called Conspiracy 25. All of these events provide a platform for storytellers but they also present a grand source of entertainment and education for filmgoers of all walks of life.
One of FMASU’s most popular programs is a free monthly cinema showcase called The Electric Film Series. This series takes place on the third Tuesday of every month and covers over 100 years of cinema, one consecutive decade at a time, over the course of a calendar year. It’s certainly no easy task selecting a single film that represents an entire decade of cinema but the programmers at FMASU have tirelessly taken the time to curate a 12-film lineup that represents a wide range of noteworthy titles from throughout the years.
Each Electric Film Series screening will include a special guest speaker, on hand to share an introduction and to lead an insightful post-screening discussion, because while the films are of the utmost importance, so are film history and context. It’s all part of FMASU’s mission to educate, entertain, and make going to the theater an event. True, one can sit at home and watch a film but the communal aspect of going to a theater is one of the purist forms of human connection and in today’s somewhat impersonal day and age, the theatrical experience is certainly something to celebrate and keep alive.
Speaking of which, what does the 2026 Electric Film Series lineup have in store for attendees? It’s quite the epic slate of films and it all kicks off on Tuesday, January 20th at 6 PM with a magical trip back to the Silent Film Era. Headlined by a 100th-anniversary screening of “The General” (starring the legendary Buster Keaton), the evening will include live piano accompaniment by the gifted Matt Szymanski as well as an intro by knowledgeable guest speaker, Jason Jackson of Red Carpet Cinema. This will be a magical night at the movies you won’t soon forget!
The entire 2026 Electric Film Series lineup is as follows;
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH– 1900’s, 1910’s, and 1920’s
Silent Film Night; “Fantasmagorie” (1908), “Suspense” (1913), and “The General” (1926)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH –THE 1930’s
“The Roaring Twenties” starring the legendary James Cagney
TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH– THE 1940’s
The noir gem, ‘Gaslight”
TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST – THE 1950’s
“Bad Day at Black Rock” starring the great Spencer Tracy
TUESDAY, MAY 19TH– THE 1960’s
“In the Heat of the Night”’ starring an iconic Sidney Poitier
TUESDAY, JUNE 16TH– THE 1970’s
“What’s Up Doc?” starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal
TUESDAY, JULY 21ST– THE 1980’s
A 45th-Anniversary screening of the adventure classic, “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH –THE 1990’s
The righteously hilarious, “Galaxy Quest” (Partially shot in Utah)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH–THE 2000’s
Director Robert Zemeck’s ghostly tale, “What Lies Beneath” (Our HorrorFest 2026 lead-in)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH–THE 2010’s
We’ll spread a little holiday fear by way of “Krampus”
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH–THE 2020’S
“The Father” featuring a masterful, Oscar-winning performance by Anthony Hopkins
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH– 2026 (AN ELECTRIC FILM SERIES CHRISTMAS)
The Electric Film Series closes out its 2026 season with Frank Capra’s “Meet John Doe”
The Electric Film Series is free to the public and takes place on the third Tuesday of every month at the historic Electric Theater located at 68 E. Tabernacle, St. George, UT, 84770. Doors are at 5:30 PM with shows starting at 6 PM. Attendees are encouraged to RSVP for their free tickets in advance (this helps FMASU gauge audience size) but there will be tickets at the door as well. To RSVP and for a look at the entire 2026 lineup, CLICK HERE.
