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The 2023 Slamdance Screenplay Awards, in collaboration with Landmark Theatres, celebrated exceptional writing talent across categories that include; Features, Horror/Thrillers, Pilots, and Shorts. Leading the accolades was Mike Ackerman, whose feature-length script “This End Up” clinched the Grand Prize. In the TV pilot category, Teri Ruske’s “Do I Belong Here?” emerged as the First Place …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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… …

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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 …

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  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 …

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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 …

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We are excited to announce our mind-bending lineup for our 2023 Animated, Experimental, Unstoppable, Narrative, and Documentary Shorts programs as well as the Digital, Interactive and Gaming (DIG) and Episodes lineup. Dedicated to providing accessible programming both in-person and online, the 2023 hybrid festival will return this year with events in Park City and Salt …

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We are delighted to announce the lineup for Narrative Features Competition, Documentary Features Competition, Breakouts, Unstoppable, and Spotlight Screenings for the 29th Slamdance Film Festival. With titles hailing from all over the globe and jam-packed with premieres, the 2023 festival continues our legacy of discovering fresh and influential new voices. Dedicated to providing accessible programming …

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Slamdance is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 Slamdance Film Festival. The full festival is still available for on-demand streaming through 6 February with your $10 virtual pass. Watch now. Experimental Shorts Honorable Mention: Compositions for Understanding Relationships, directed by David De La Fuente Grand Jury Winner: Chameleon (A Visual Album), directed by Jaamil Olawale …

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