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Slamdance 15 – I AM THOR

Premiere Screening: Sunday, January 25 @ 10:20 am – The Ballroom I Am Thor documents the life and struggles of the almighty hammer wielding, rock warrior Jon Mikl Thor , an enduring icon of glam rock metal, was a bodybuilding, steel bending, brick-smashing rock star in the 70’s & 80’s whose theatrical band, THOR, never […]

Slamdance 15 – THE TIDE KEEPER

Premiere Screening: Sunday, January 25th @ 10:15pm, the Gallery SYNOPSIS: “Who knows how to stem the tide except through dreams?” One night an old seaman dreams the ocean into his bed. His sea green sheets become the polluted waters of his worst nightmare. His own mortality is at risk as his household objects begin to […]

Slamdance 15 – TEARS OF INGE

Film Synopsis: A profound human-animal and human-nature relationship is represented by a painted world filled with a camel’s emotion and tears. It is based on a real Mongolian nomadic story narrated by my grandmother. (Français): Ce film d’animation expérimentale est basé sur l’histoire vraie de nomades mongoles. Narré par ma grand-mère, il raconte la relation […]

Slamdance 15 – ‘Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World’

Slamdance Premiere Screening: Saturday, Jan 24th @ 12:50pm – Ballroom KTF FILMS PRESENTS One child. One wish. Millions touched. Who would have thought a 5-year-old boy who fought leukemia would transform a city and a nation for a day? No one. Not his family. Not his friends. Not the thousands of volunteers who came from […]

Slamdance Announces 2015 Lineup

Slamdance Announces 2015 Lineup

NARRATIVE FEATURES PROGRAM Across the Sea – Directors & Screenwriters: Nisan Dağ, Esra Saydam (Turkey/USA) North American Premiere Asco – Director: Ale Paschoalini; Screenwriters: Ale Paschoalini, Rafael Baliu (Brazil) World Premiere Body – Directors & Screenwriters: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen(USA) World Premiere Clinger – Director: Michael Steves; Screenwriters: Michael Steves, Gabi Chennisi Duncombe, Bubba Fish […]

Slamdance Honours Alum Christopher Nolan @ 2014 Fest & Full Schedule

Slamdance Film Festival announced the introduction of the Slamdance Founder’s Award. The award, in its inaugural year, will be presented to acclaimed filmmaker, Slamdance alumnus, and long-time supporter of indie film, Christopher Nolan. His first film, Following, screened at Slamdance. This film introduced his artistic vision to the film community long before audiences worldwide would […]

Slamdance Announces 2011 Award Winners!

Slamdance Announces 2011 Award Winners!

from slamdance Park City, Utah – January 27, 2011 – Slamdance today announced its 2011 Award Winners. The 2011 Slamdance Film Festival, which concluded tonight with an Awards Ceremony at Treasure Mountain Inn, received a record number of over 5,000 submissions and programmed 83 films this year. 2011 marked the 17th anniversary of the Slamdance […]

Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2011 Feature & Doc Competition

Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2011 Feature & Doc Competition

from slamdance LOS ANGELES – December 7, 2010 – Slamdance today announced the 2011 Feature Competition slate for the 17th Annual Slamdance Film Festival taking place January 21-27, 2011 in Park City, Utah. Slamdance will debut ten narrative and eight documentary feature films, 14 of which are World Premieres. With a record number of over […]

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 […]