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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…

Even the Slamdance slate is getting preemptive deals. FilmRise acquired worldwide rights to Supergirl before its Slamdance debut tomorrow. The Jessie Auritt-directed pic explores the extraordinary life of Naomi Kutin, an Orthodox Jewish pre-teen, who at the age of nine broke world records in powerlifting and became an…

Stephen Elliott’s After Adderall, a non-documentary account of what happens when James Franco enters your life, will close this year’s Slamdance festival in Park City, Utah, on January 26. Elliott’s The Adderall Diaries, an offbeat blend of addiction memoir and true crime story, was a critical darling and bestseller…

Gravitas Ventures has copped How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town, a comic raunchfest that premiered at Slamdance in January. Writer-director Jeremy LaLonde’s flick will get a day-and-date theatrical/VOD release on May 13. The action is set in Beaver’s Ridge (nudge-nudge), a wholesome, tightknit community known for its…

The 31st Sundance Film Festival won't be handing out its Awards until January 31, but tonight the 21st Slamdance Film Festival gave out its trophies in the Audience, Jury, and Sponsored Categories. With a film by a former member of the Fugees among the winners, the ceremony was at the Treasure Mountain Inn on Main…

Not even Oscar-winner Julia Roberts can resist Batkid fever. The actress and producer just closed a deal to adapt Batkid Begins, the Slamdance premiere documentary about the 5-year-old leukemia patient who got his wish to be a superhero granted when thousands of volunteers, and even President Obama, helped turn San…