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The 28th Slamdance Film Festival today announced its winners, with the Audience Awards going to The Civil Dead, directed by Clay Tatum, for Narrative Feature; Iron Family, directed by Patrick Longstreth winning the Audience Award for Documentary Feature and The Ember Knight Show: "Getting Mad" directed by Bobby McCoy…

EXCLUSIVE: Slamdance will debut a new streaming platform for independent films, The Slamdance Channel, which will launch in conjunction with with annual indie-focused Slamdance Film Festival on January 27 and feature new programming on February 7, the day after the fest wraps. The Slamdance Channel expands the…

Director Stephen DeBro’s 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story is a fitting close the Slamdance Film Festival this week. The film is a raw, often surprising perspective on an overlooked Downtown L.A. landmark, often called the Madison Garden of the West Coast. The concrete bunker-like structure was used for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Tilane Jones, President of inclusive film collective ARRAY, was honored with the Slamdance Founders Award on Saturday during a virtual presentation. The award is Slamdance’s highest accolade and Jones is the fifth recipient to receive the award. Previous winners include Chris Nolan, The Russo brothers and…

Like all festivals, the Slamdance Film Festival is set to shift to a hybrid fest for its 27th edition — but it isn’t holding back on its programming as it will feature 20 feature film premieres while highlighting diverse voices and accessibility. With the theme “Greenlight Yourself,” the indie-driven fest will also…

EXCLUSIVE: The annual Slamdance film festival has revealed the dates for its 2021 iteration. Running February 12-25, 2021, it will tout not only a physical screening experience, but also an online one free of charge as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Slamdance '21 isn't about compromise because of the pandemic…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the new trailer for documentary You Never Had It – An Evening With Charles Bukowski, which will be released in North America on Kino Lorber’s Kino Marquee revenue share platform on August 7 to mark the centennial of Bukowski's birth. The distributor, which is releasing the film in collaboration…

The ATX Television Festival and Alamo Drafthouse have partnered to expand their reach beyond Austin and the Lone Star state with their newly launched nationwide event series “TV at the Alamo presented by ATX.” The new series will bring TV series to theaters by showcasing screenings and panels across the country. Major…

Slamdance is adding a beach trip. The annual Park City indie film festival said Thursday it is launching the inaugural Slamdance Miami on May 28-31, 2020. The fest aims to help local, Caribbean, Central and South American filmmakers become established on an international stage and will showcase works in film, digital…

DEADLINE: Hot off winning the Best Narrative Feature prize at Slamdance for his directorial debut The Vast Of Night, Andrew Patterson has signed with WME. Patterson wrote the film. Produced by Adam Dietrich and Melissa Kirkendall, the pic stars Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz. Endeavor Content is handling worldwide…

Slamdance has revealed their narrative and documentary feature film competition lineup for their 2019 festival. The fest takes place January 25-31, 2019 in Park City. This year marks the 25th year of the festival and includes 11 narrative features and 9 documentaries throwing their hats in the ring for the…

The Sundance Film Festival won’t be handing out its awards until tomorrow but that other Park City shindig held its ceremony last night and a certain Stradivari obsessed documentary took some top prizes. There were wins for the Bill Waterson directed Dave Made a Maze and a Spirit of Slamdance victory for the Jerzy…