2018 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION FINALISTS
THIS IS IT. The Top 12 screenplays from the 2018 Slamdance Screenplay Competition! Congratulations to all our finalists and a huge thanks to all the writers who shared their work with us this year....
View ArticleSlamdance Announces Winners of the 2018 Screenplay Competition
Jessica Sinyard Takes Home Slamdance Grand Prize For Television Pilot “The Peak”LOS ANGELES, CA (October 11, 2018) – Slamdance today announced the winners of its 2018 screenwriting competition,...
View ArticleSLAMDANCE ANNOUNCES 2019 FEATURE FILM COMPETITION LINEUP
'Happy Face', directed by Alexandre Franchi. Photo courtesy of Stéphane Gérin-Lajoie 11 Narrative and 9 Documentary Features To Be Showcased in Competition During 25th Annual Festival, Including 18...
View Article2019 FOUNDERS AWARD AND SHORTS LINEUP
SLAMDANCE TO HONOR ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKER STEVEN SODERBERGH WITH 2019 FOUNDERS AWARD The director’s newest film HIGH FLYING BIRD to sneak preview as part of the festival honorFestival Also...
View Article2019 Jury
PRESENTING THE 2019 SLAMDANCE JURY The 2019 Slamdance Jury brings together alumni from across our 25 years, along with filmmakers and industry leaders whose work embodies the spirit of experimentation...
View ArticleSlamdance DIG
The 4th annual Slamdance DIG showcase will take place at LA Artist Collective 630 St. Vincent Court Downtown Los Angeles September 13-15, 2018 DIG (Digital, Interactive and Gaming) is a...
View ArticleINTRODUCING THE 2018 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION QUARTER FINALISTS
Slamdance is very excited to announce the quarter-finalists for the 2018 Slamdance Screenplay Competition. Congratulations to our Top 106! We received so many amazing screenplays this year, and each...
View ArticleSlamdance Co-Presents New Web Series by Stephen Elliott, DRIVEN
Driven, co-presented by Slamdance, is a scripted series by Stephen Elliott (The Adderall Diaries, After Adderall) that delves into the world of on-demand car services and the lives behind those who...
View Article2019 Winners
2019 SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS Dollhouse: The Eradication of Female Subjectivity from American Popular Culture receives the Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize while Kifaru takes...
View ArticleThen and Now: 100 Years of Independent Animated Documentary
By Melissa Ferrari July 20th, 2018 marks the 100 year anniversary of the first animated documentary, Winsor McCay’s The Sinking of the Lusitania in 1918. In celebration of 100 years of this genre, we...
View ArticleCreatures of War and a Father’s Love
A Veteran Battles for His Daughters through Filmmaking by John Charter The making of our short creature art film, Remission, is full of disastrous filmmaking war stories — and it all began with an...
View ArticleThe Revolution in Media is Already Here
An Experiential Artist Manifesto by Dekker Dreyer The traditional media world demands that we reduce our artistic output to a short string of adjectives that fit neatly on a 3.5 inch business card....
View ArticleWhat the heck does it take to get my film into Slamdance?
Tips and Insights from Slamdance Festival Programmers We know the festival submission process can seem pretty mysterious and we want to make submitting to Slamdance a little more transparent. As our...
View ArticleGina Prince-Bythewood & Tina Mabry on Mentorship
How to Turn Your Idol into Your Mentor into Your Collaborator Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love and Basketball”, “Shots Fired”) and Tina Mabry (“Mississippi Damned”, “Queen Sugar”) are unstoppable forces on...
View ArticleWhy Come to Slamdance?
Slamdance Alumni share their experiences and tips for visiting Park City Ah…Park City in late January. It’s freezing cold, it’s the middle of Utah, and everything’s super expensive. But for just a...
View ArticleThe Russo Brothers Pay it Forward
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