Festivals: Slamdance News
Perry Blackshear's Psychological Horror Debut THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE Gets a Blu-ray Release From Yellow Veil
Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian. As the mysterious horrors close in on Wyatt, he questions whether to protect his only friend from an...
HONEYCOMB Trailer: Lo-Fi Remote Horror as Girls Find Their Magic
I couldn't be happier that we might be entering a golden age of films and television shows about girls gone wild - and I mean *truly* gone wild, alone in the wilderness, a danger to themselves and each other, finding...
Slamdance 2021 Exclusive: Watch The New Trailer For Lithuanian Drama Noir ISAAC
Jurgis Matulevičius' 2019 drama, Isaac, what is also being called a Soviet style film noir, is having its US premiere at Slamdance. His film centers around the real-life events of the Kaunas pogrom, five days in June 1941, during the...
Slamdance 2021 Trailer: CODE NAME: NAGASAKI
With a slew of fantastic short films, Norwegian writer-director Fredrik Hana has established his reputation as a filmmaker with a sharp eye for hauntingly beautiful visuals, anchored by dark, gripping narratives. Now he's back with his first feature-length documentary, Code...
Slamdance 2021 BAD ATTITUDE: THE ART OF SPAIN RODRIGUEZ Exclusive Clip
Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez will have its world premiere in the Breakouts section at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival. The festival runs on demand from February 12th through 25th. We have an exclusive clip to share...
Slamdance 2021 A BLACK RIFT BEGINS TO YAWN: Watch This Exclusive Clip From Matthew Wade's Indie Cosmic Horror
Matthew Wade's sophomore film, a micro-budget cosmic horror flick called A Black Rift Begins to Yawn, will have its world premiere at Slamdance in their Breakouts section next week. The film will be available on demand from February 12th to...
Slamdance 2021: MAN UNDER TABLE, Trailer Premiere For Noel Taylor's Absurdist Comedy
Noel Taylor's absurdist comedy Man Under Table or: I’m Writing a Movie is all set to have its World Premiere during the virtual edition of the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival. It is participating in the Narrative Feature section and will be...
JASPER MALL Teaser: Slamdance Doc Looks at a Year in The Life of a Dying Shopping Mall
Have a look at the first teaser trailer for Jasper Mall, the new doc from Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb. We've written of the directors before and their recent film A Life in Waves, a film about electronic music pioneer...
Slamdance 2019: Exclusive KIFARU Clip - Calming a Rhino
As a genre-focused film site, we are generally more eager to watch a wild white rhino creating mayhem in outrageous and unbelievable action sequences on the big screen, rather than confronting the reality of the extinction of the last male...
Slamdance 2019: Watch HAPPY FACE Exclusive Clip - Group
In our exclusive clip from Happy Face, we hear from people who are often shut out of the cultural conversation, not necessarily because of what they say, but because of their outward appearance. Set in Montreal, the film will enjoy...
THE RAINBOW EXPERIMENT: Slamdance Avant-Drama Goes to Gravitas
If you've been digging the weirder, bolder side of American Indies circa 2018ish, namely Josephine Decker's stupendously stirring Madeline's Madeline, than you may want to keep your eye out for Christina Kallas' The Rainbow Experiment. Preposed as a jarring 21st century Rashomon,...
HUMAN AFFAIRS: Watch This Clip From Charlie Birns' Slamdance Entry
Yesterday, a clip for Charlie Birns' Slamdance entry, the drama Human Affairs, premiered over at The Playlist. We can now share that clip from Birns' feature film debut with you below and it is very much worth checking out; such...
WITHDRAWN: Watch The New Trailer For Slamdance Hit
Adrian Murray's Slamdance hit Withdrawn releases November 14th through Syndicado and we're proud to present a new trailer for the film that our own Ben Umstead compared to the early work of Richard Linklater. Aaron Keogh stars here as a...
Exclusive Trailer: WITHOUT, One of the Best Debuts of the Decade
In the world of indie film, Mark Jackson's debut feature, Without, is that rare breed: it is a work that truly came out of nowhere, was made for no money, then gained great esteem from festivals and critics all over...
Fantastic Fest 2017 Exclusive Trailer: Catch THE CURE
From Spaceboy to Red Luck, filmmaker Mike Olenick's certain brand of strange has been infecting the festival circuit these past few years, creeping and delighting audiences from Slamdance to Fantasia. His latest short film, The Cure, is a mesmerizing sci-fi...
Slamdance 2017: Watch The Trailer For The Demon Yakuza Short Film, HELL FOLLOWS
As the Slamdance Film Festival draws closer it is time to give everyone a taste of the madness that it is about to fall upon the audiences when they watch Brian Harrison's short film Hell Follows. Here is the trailer...
Slamdance 2017: Matthew Wade's PLENA STELLARUM, Part of Animated Shorts Program
Already having played at numerous festivals around the world Matthew Wade's animated short film Plena Stellarum will screen at Slamdance in their Animation Shorts Program. Wade passed along a collection of stills and the short teaser from his short...
Slamdance 2017: Introducing Filmmaker Brian Harrison And His Short Film HELL FOLLOWS
As 2017 begins the first important film festival for emerging filmmakers kicks off in Park City, Utah, at the end of the month. Running counter to the bigger named festival, Slamdance`s mandate has always been to support up and coming...
Slamdance 2017 Unveils Final Films
The Slamdance Film Festival is gaining ground for its 23rd edition in Park City, Utah, running from January 20 through 26. Last week, we gave word on the Narrative and Documentary Competition slate. Today, we have news of their final batch of films, which includes the Beyond Program for 2nd and 3rd time directors, a plethora of Short Films and their Special Screenings.
Slamdance 2017 Announces Narrative and Doc Competition Slate
The Slamdance Film Festival is revving up for its 23rd edition in Park City, Utah, running from January 20 through 26. The first titles out of the gate for 2017 are the full lineups for both Narrative and Documentary Feature Competition.
