Red Rock Film Festival features black-and-white films

The Red Rock Film Festival returns to the Heritage Center in Cedar City at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24. The series will build up to the 10th Annual Red Rock Film Festival coming in November.

The series brings two black-and-white collegiate works in September: Selcuk Zvi Cara’s “Mein Letztes Konzert” (“My Last Concert”), which won Best Collegiate Fiction at last years’ Red Rock Film Festival, and Vinzent Britz’s “Nocturne,” which won Best Collegiate Experimental Short at the festival.

The experimental musical dance piece “Nocturne” was made at the Universitat der Kunste Berlin (Berline University of the Arts) while Vincent was studying Visual Communications. The visual piece is about the parallels between the world of dreams and the fictional reality of the digital computer. The effects-filled film mixes dance with dubstep interruptions from the digital world, transforming the subject into 3-D graphic shapes.

Cara studied film and art direction at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts while directing and editing “My Last Concert.” The fiction film was also producer and cinematographer Nils Witt’s diploma film at the university.

The film takes place in Nazi Germany where a young girl watches a woman play her last concert. It is an emotional film where the main character traces where she was born, a place where a part of her died, and a place where she must find her inner peace.

“Stunning cinematography!” said jury member Dawn Westlake about the black-and-white visuals. “This film had incredible production value. I can totally see why it won a Panavision Award.”

The Red Rock Film Festival will have other surprises. In October, it will show Utah filmmaker Michael Call’s “Crazy Beautiful Thing.” The film series will celebrate its 10th anniversary Nov. 11–19.

The Heritage Center is located at 105 N 100 E in Cedar City. Special surprises are in store for film society members who arrive early. General Admission is $5 at the door and $10 for VIP seating. Tickets are also available by calling (435) 705-5555 or at marsfilm.eventbrite.com. More information is available at facebook.com/RedRockFilmFestival.

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