Screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney on ‘High Flying Bird’
Tarell Alvin McCraney is an award winning screenwriter and playwright. He cowrote the screenplay for 2016’s Moonlight, based on his original play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, for which he won...
View ArticleAn Important Update on Emergence LA and Slamdance Miami
Dear Slamdance Community, It is with great sadness that we announce the postponement of Slamdance’s LA Emergence event (March 26-29) and the cancellation of Slamdance Miami (May 28-31). Given the...
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Slamdance and Chill
A weekly-updated list of Slamdance films you can stream at home! Support Slamdance filmmakers and learn, laugh, and be entertained at the same time. Feature films are available for rent, purchase or,...
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Slamdance and Chill | Vol. 2
Volume 2 of a series of Slamdance films you can stream at home! Support Slamdance filmmakers and learn, laugh, and be entertained at the same time. Feature films are available for rent, purchase or,...
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The Producer’s Legal Guide to COVID-19: A Free Virtual Legal Clinic
The Producer's Legal Guide to Covid-19 A Virtual Legal Clinic on Your Rights & Obligations During the Pandemic. with David Albert Pierce of Pierce Law Group, LLC Thursday, April 9th 11 AM PST/2PM...
View ArticleBy Filmmakers For Filmmakers: Residue
By Filmmakers, For Filmmakers Follow Residue director Merawi Gerima and his Resicrew as they take over Park City and connect with new audiences and fellow filmmakers at the Slamdance Film Festival....
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Slamdance & Chill | Vol. 3
A weekly-updated list of Slamdance films you can stream at home! Support Slamdance filmmakers and learn, laugh, and be entertained at the same time. Feature films are available for rent, purchase or,...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reframe: Kelly Sears & Sam Gurry in Conversation
Filmmakers Kelly Sears and Sam Gurry are 2019 Slamdance alumni who create innovative and powerful films by repurposing and reframing found imagery and objects. Kelly's film Applied Pressure, features...
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Slamdance and Chill | Vol. 3
A weekly list of Slamdance films you can stream at home! Support Slamdance filmmakers and learn, laugh, and be entertained at the same time. Feature films are available for rent, purchase or, in some...
View ArticleLife As a Screenwriter: A Survival Guide
“The worst thing you can do as a writer is to die with a project. Always write something new.” This is one of the pieces of advice shared by screenwriter and Slamdance alum Daniel Casey (Kin, Fast...
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Slamdance and Chill | Vol. 4
A list of Slamdance films you can stream at home! Support Slamdance filmmakers and learn, laugh, cry and be entertained at the same time. Feature films are available for rent, purchase or, in some...
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Screenwriters Roundtable: Craft to Career
Screenwriters Roundtable: Craft to Career Friday, May 8th 11AM PDT Slamdance alumni Todd Berger (It’s a Disaster) and Sarah Sherman (Thunderbolt in Mine Eye), and screenwriter Leah Rachel (Netflix’s...
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The 2019 Award-winning Screenwriters
Grand Prize & 1st Place Feature The Fall by Michael Lipoma & Tamra Teig East Berlin 1989 - A single mother is forced to become a spy to save her son when he’s framed for murder, and her act...
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Meet the Artist: Allegra Jones
Slamdance: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get into art? Allegra: I’m a half African American, half Italian artist from the Bay Area. I’ve been drawing for as long as I...
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Support Black Slamdance Filmmakers
Slamdance is proud to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. Here are some Black Slamdance filmmakers that we encourage you to follow and support. For more resources and ways to support Black...
View ArticleThe Vast of Night | Interview with Director Andrew Patterson
The Vast of Night had its World Premiere at Slamdance Film Festival in 2019. At the fest, it won raucous acclaim from critics while also winning the Slamdance Audience Award. The film eventually...
View Article2020 Screenplay Competition Winners
The Quarterfinalists of the 2020 Slamdance Screenplay Competition will be announced on September 15th, 2020. The post 2020 Screenplay Competition Winners appeared first on Slamdance.
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“Greenlight Yourself”| Director Merawi Gerima on the Making of ‘Residue’
Residue, written and directed by Merawi Gerima, had its world premiere at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award, Special Jury Mention and Acting Award for lead Obinna...
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