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Slamdance Announces 2016 Juries & Digital Bolex Fearless Filmmaker Lineup

Slamdance Announces 2016 Juries & Digital Bolex Fearless Filmmaker Lineup

SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2016 JURIES AND DIGITAL BOLEX 2016 FEARLESS FILMMAKERS LINEUP LOS ANGELES – The Slamdance Film Festival announced Jury members for its 22nd edition, which includes the minds behind William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe,” Curfew, The Resurrection of Jake The Snake, the novel AGAINST CONTROL, Clever Fox, Caucho Technology, the Montclair Film […]

Slamdance Announces 2016 Feature Film Competition

Slamdance Announces 2016 Feature Film Competition

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Slamdance Film Festival today announced their Narrative and Documentary Feature Film Competition programs for its 22nd Festival edition. As the premiere film festival by filmmakers for filmmakers, Slamdance’s showcase of emerging artists includes 12 narrative and 8 documentary films. This 20-feature film competition includes 16 premieres – 12 World, 3 […]

Slamdance’s Big Footprint in Hollywood: First-time Directors Have Grossed $10.618 Billion

Slamdance’s Big Footprint in Hollywood: First-time Directors Have Grossed $10.618 Billion

by Dan Mirvish Feeling self-satisfied and/or congested from your annual Sundance winter camp? I’ve got news for you: Hollywood doesn’t care about another head-scratching indie with pigs in it, or an over-hyped VOD deal from a company you’ve never heard of for a film no one will ever see. Nope. Hollywood counts success in dollars, […]

THE TALE OF THE 2005 BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL ACADEMY AWARD CAMPAIGN

THE TALE OF THE 2005 BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL ACADEMY AWARD CAMPAIGN

By Dan Mirvish at Filmthreat.com THE TALE OF THE 2005 BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL ACADEMY AWARD CAMPAIGN As word breaks that “The Hurt Locker” producer Nicolas Chartier is being banned from the Oscars for simply sending an email to a few friends that suggests that “Avatar” had a big budget (I thought that was high praise […]

Is EW’s relationship with Sundance too Cozy?

“Putting the “ew” in Entertainment Weekly’s Too-Cozy Relationship with Sundance.”  by Dan Mirvish Two recent articles in Entertainment Weekly about the Sundance Film Festival failed to mention that EW is one of Sundance’s biggest sponsors, and has been for 19 years. One was a photo essay of celebrities that appeared in the Feb. 5, 2010 […]