Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival is back, and so is Salt Lake City-born filmmaker Shaz Bennett

The Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival is marking its 15th year next weekend, so the novelty of Salt Lake City having an LGBTQ film festival has long since worn off.

The festival, running July 20-22, boasts a line-up of 23 feature films, plus shorts programs and the results of the 48 Hour Film Festival, in which groups of filmmakers have a weekend to shoot and edit their own LGBTQ-themed films.

One of the films at Damn These Heels this year is "Alaska Is a Drag," a coming-of-age tale written and directed by Salt Lake City native Shaz Bennett. Read about her, and her film, at sltrib.com.