The ongoing fires in Los Angeles continue to devastate our home base. It’s heartbreaking to see as we grieve the loss of homes belonging to our friends and family and experience mass evacuations. It’s hard to welcome 2025 at a time like this, but what we can say is that by staying together as a global …
Click here to see the full list of winners from the Indies. “The Indies is where distinctly independent US and Indigenous feature filmmakers and their films will be seen, heard, and properly recognized year after year in Hollywood,” said Indie Awards co-founder Paul Rachman. Indie Awards co-founder and manager Ben Umstead added, “Such recognition is …
We’re excited to unveil our 2025 lineup for our 31st festival! Celebrating more than three decades of discovering and championing industry-changing talent, Slamdance will be held in Los Angeles, the heart of the entertainment industry.Presenting sponsors include Los Angeles Times Studios, Panasonic LUMIX, and Quixote by Sunset Studios, with Easterseals Disability Services serving as the …
Click here to read the article in Variety. “Atikamekw Suns” and “All We Carry” Take Top Prizes in Narrative and Documentary Categories LOS ANGELES, CA (December 9, 2024) – The 2024 Indie Awards inaugural ceremony, hosted by Nic Novicki, took place December 9, 2024 at the Director’s Guild of America in Los Angeles, where all …
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Slamdance is proud to present our third FREE Zoom webinar on distribution. This webinar will take place on November 6th, 2024 at 11am PT/ 2pm ET proudly presented by Slamdance Polytechnic. You’re tired and ready to jump at the first distribution deal you’re offered just to get some rest and pay the rent. We understand how exhausting, …
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We are excited to announce our mind-bending lineup for our 2024 Animated, Experimental, Unstoppable, Narrative, and Documentary Shorts programs as well as the Digital, Interactive and Gaming (DIG), Episodes, and new Revolution lineup. Dedicated to providing accessible programming both in-person and online, the 2023 hybrid festival will return this year with events in Park City …
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On behalf of our entire Slamdance team, I am writing to extend our sincerest gratitude for your participation in the AGBO+Slamdance DTLA Summer Showcase. Your presence brought an extraordinary and dynamic dimension to the event, infusing it with the best energy we could have asked for. Through your attendance, the event not only underscored the …
Slamdance is back with a bang on the LA theater scene! Thanks to our Landmark collaboration and event partnership with The Chimaera Project. This sold out show featured a collection of 8 outstanding short films all directed by women based out of Los Angeles. Thank you to everyone who came out to support this screening …
Spirited entertainment lawyer and champion of independent artists David Pierce, our great supporter and friend, has passed away. Founder of Pierce Law Group in 1996, David represented Slamdance and many independent artists who rose to international acclaim, including the filmmakers of the 2012 Oscar winning film The Artist. But what really made David a hero …
Co-Presented with Slamdance & Museum of the Moving Image Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM) works to disrupt inequity in the film industry by nurturing, amplifying, and investing in the creative capacity and professional success of our members. The term “MENASA” (Middle East, North African, and South Asian) encompasses a wide diversity of cultures, loosely linked …
AGBO and Slamdance Create Summer Showcase For New Artists in Downtown Los Angeles AGBO and Slamdance are partnering for a multi-faceted showcase including digital, interactive and gaming work, stand up comedy, screenplay workshops, award-winning short films, and a program dedicated to filmmakers with visible and non-visible disabilities at AGBO’s Los Angeles campus. The showcase represents …
I was given some questions about script reading and such and am delighted to answer so you can be both enlightened and entertained. Here goes: What is Your Favorite Snack While Reading a Script: For the slower, more confusing scripts I need anything with caffeine or chocolate. Chocolate all the time. Back in the day… …
Taylor Miller, Unstoppable cofounder and Slamdance Miami organizer has been announced as Slamdance’s Festival Director. Taylor’s first festival as director will be in January 2024 for its 30th anniversary. Taylor joins Slamdance’s festival producer Michael Morin in preparation of the Park City showcase and will also lead the festival’s year-round programs, including the Screenplay Competition …
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Every festival has programming departments for short films, documentaries, and so on… but only Slamdance has a Department of Anarchy. The casual cinephile might associate the Department of Anarchy with avant-garde, transgressive, or underground cinema. It is all of those things and none of them. We like to think of Anarchy as an anti-genre. Anarchy …
Slamdance is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival. The festival is still available for on-demand streaming through January 29th on the Slamdance Channel. GRAND JURY AWARDS — FEATURES Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize: Waiting for the Light to Change (dir. Linh Tran)Honorable Mention: Where the Road Leads (dir. Nina …
We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of filmmaker and alumni Summer Chastant. Summer was a committed and passionate member of our community, especially as a programmer and Co-Captain of Episodes. Crucially, Summer gave Slamdance her light to lift other filmmakers and the organization as a whole. It seemed as though Summer was …