(upbeat music) - DOCUTAH annual International Film Festival in Southern Utah showcases films from all over the world.

Director and film producer, Tisa Zito is here to tell us more about this year's event.

So, I wanted to ask you, I mean it's a wide range that you're covering, what are some of the topics?

- Mary, we have everything from environmental films, to sports related, to historical docs.

- You've got, I know, and you've got some real standouts, you've got a multiple award winner coming with "Accidental Spy".

I want you to talk a little about how you're handling the doc talks this year, you're doing something different.

- Yes, this year it's invite only for the filmmaker, so we ask them to attend, it's, they're smaller panels, and they're more concentrated discussions.

This year we have Jill Campbell from "Beyond the Gaze", a film about the woman behind the cover of the swimsuit issue.

It's very informative, and endearing, it's about a mother and daughter as well.

We have a film called "Inheritance", which follows the life of a boy and his family for 11 years.

The filmmaker, Matt Moyer, will be here for that, it's about the opioid crisis, it's incredible filmmaking.

And we have a, a film called "Accidental Spy", which is from a triple BAFTA, double Emmy, Oscar nominated award making filmmaker as well.

- So I know you've got a lot you're covering.

And tell us how you get tickets for this.

- Yes, you can get tickets at docutah.com, they're entirely free for students.

All the events from the doc talks and the award ceremony at the end where we're gonna have a performer, Philip Labes, with 71,000 followers, that's free as well.

And we're gonna be giving away a free weekend at Entrada at the award ceremony.

- Alright, well great.

You've got a lot going on, you probably are very busy.

So thank you so much for being with us, thanks for being here.

And if you'd like to know more about DOCUTAH coming up, it's the International Film Festival, February 27th to March 11th from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM at the Sunset Megaplex Theater in St. George, go to docutah.com.

I'm Mary Dickson, thanks for watching "Contact".

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