In collaboration with Salt Lake Film Society, United States roadshow launches in Salt Lake City May 12-13 featuring “Unstoppable” artists with visible and non-visible disabilities

Slamdance On The Road 2026 is a nationwide touring film program bringing the best of the Slamdance Film Festival directly to audiences across the United States. Featuring award-winning films, in-person filmmaker Q&As, and community-driven screenings, the tour expands access to bold, independent storytelling beyond Los Angeles.

Select stops on the tour will feature Unstoppable programming, highlighting films created by filmmakers with visible and non-visible disabilities. These dedicated programs expand Slamdance’s ongoing commitment to accessibility, representation, and elevating underrepresented voices in independent cinema.

The Slamdance On The Road lineup features standout films from the 2025 and 2026 festival, including Grand Jury Prize winners, Audience Award winners, and Honorable mentions, alongside in-person filmmaker appearances at each stop. The tour continues Slamdance’s long-standing commitment to independent distribution, building on over 30 years of bringing festival films to audiences beyond traditional markets.

“In collaboration with distinguished venue partners, we’re excited to launch this year’s On The Road tour with our filmmakers’ bold vision for independent film. Leveraging a record breaking 2026 festival attendance record, this year’s tour dares to expand the horizons of filmmaking with courageous feats of cinema, as well as our audience outside of the Los Angeles based festival.” – Peter Baxter, Slamdance Group President & Co-Founder

Additional partners of the tour include Salt Lake Film Society, Stowe Storytelling Lab, The Little Theatre, The Coolidge Theater, The Gardena Theater, The Roxy NYC, and ReelFriends @ The Tara, among others—each recognized for their commitment to independent film and community-driven exhibition.

A full list of confirmed tour stops, venues, dates, and programming can be found below:

Post panel meeting.
Photo by Emil Ravelo  / @emilravelo

Salt Lake City, UT – Salt Lake Film Society • May 12-13

Tickets & Schedule

Tuesday, May 12
5:30pm – Reception (RSVP Only)

6:30pm – Screening of Leveret Road and STANDOUT: The Ben Kjar Story, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Ben Kjar, Tanner Christensen and T.C. Christensen

Wednesday, May 13
4:00pm – Screening of the 2025 Narrative Shorts Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention Contours and SLC local film and 2026 Slamdance Unstoppable Feature Grand Jury Prize Honorable Mention The Tallest Dwarf

7:00pm – Screening of SLC local film Language of Care, Slamdance short BEAR, and the 2026 Unstoppable Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winning film You Look Fine, followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Michelle Litchman, PhD, Michael Tyler and J. Snow

Tickets available at SLFSTIX.org

Stowe, VM – Stowe Storytelling Lab • June 7

Tickets & Schedule

Sunday, June 7
Screening of Race Walkers followed by a Q&A with filmmakers Phil Moniz, Kevin Claydon, & Evan Landry

Rochester, NY – The Little Theater • July 10

Tickets & Schedule

Friday, July 10
Screening of Contours and YOU LOOK FINE followed by a Q&A with filmmaker J. Snow

Boston, MA – The Coolidge Theater • July 12

Tickets & Schedule

Sunday, July 12
Screening of Brailled it & Danny is My Boyfriend

Atlanta, GA– The Tara Theater • July 25-26

Tickets & Schedule

Saturday, July 25
Screening of YOU LOOK FINE

Sunday, July 26
Screening of BRB followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Kate Cobb

2025 Unstoppable on the Road at the Frida Cinema

Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (2024) – Slamdance

Director: Tanner Christiansen

Run Time: 99 min.

Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disorder. With no chance at an ordinary life, he lived an extraordinary one.

The Tallest Dwarf (2025)- Slamdance

Director: Julie Forrest Wyman

Run Time: 92 min.

Visually striking, humorous, and touching, THE TALLEST DWARF is both personal and political – inviting audiences to rethink identity, disability, and what it means to belong in a world that wants to change who you are.

YOU LOOK FINE (2026) – Slamdance

Director: J. Snow

Run Time: 85 min.

Trapped in a hospital bed during a sickle cell crisis, a comedian turns the camera on himself — and his disease — to document the brutal, funny, and deeply human story behind the pain no one sees.

Racewalkers (2025) – Slamdance

Director: Phil Moniz, Kevin Claydon

Run Time: 80 min.

Will could never compete in the sport he’s always loved: racewalking. While struggling to find respect as a coach, Will’s fortunes change when he spots a burnout pitcher with the most impeccable racewalking stride he’s ever seen. Together, Will and Matt team up, face the challenges of a sport that doesn’t want them, and to try to take down the best walker in the country.

Brailled it (2024) –Slamdance

Director: Salome Cummins, Isaiah Gauthier, David Grabias, Christopher Morgan, Brendon Schulze

Run Time: 73 min.

Blind and low-vision kids take control of the cameras and capture their own experiences at the annual Braille Challenge — a weekend of high-pressure competition and raw coming-of-age moments.

Danny is My Boyfriend (2025)- Slamdance

Director: Mechi Lakatos, Lucy Sandler

Run Time: 100 min.

After discovering they’re dating the same man, a recovering codependent living with her mother and a socially awkward babysitter fumble their way through a series of misguided schemes, enlisting a parade of eccentric and unqualified accomplices in a half-baked mission to get revenge.

BRB (2026) – Slamdance

Director: Kate Cobb

Run Time: 93 min.

Set in the era of dial-up and AIM away messages, a love-sick teenage girl and her older sister embark on a road trip to meet her online boyfriend, spiraling into chaos as secrets are revealed.

Leveret Road (2025) – Slamdance

Director: Tim Bouvette

Run Time: 14 min.

Jeanne, 10, a neuroatypical with a passion for skateboarding and snowboarding, has been diagnosed with dysorthographia, ADHD, dyscalculia and a developmental coordination disorder. She faces a decline in her academic performance and must learn to maintain her confidence and focus on her strengths.

Contours (2024) – Slamdance

Director: Aisha Amin

Run Time: 13 min.

A deaf couple struggling to reignite their marriage decides to shake things up with a playful role-play date at a modern art museum. What starts as a fun escape quickly goes sideways as their game exposes the cracks in their relationship.

Language of Care (2024)

Director: Ross Kauffman

Run Time: 6 min.

Navigating health care is hard enough when English is your first language — imagine the difficulty when American Sign is your first language. Language of Care is an amazing story of how a community of Deaf patients are breaking barriers by co-designing their own care with U of U Health researchers.

Bear (2023) –Slamdance

Director: Kate Hammer

Run Time: 11 min.

BEAR is a heartwarming comedy about living with invisible disabilities and neurodivergence and embracing your differences (even if they do make you lose your keys).

This summer, Slamdance Unstoppable: On The Road carried that mission to seven cities across the U.S., bringing vital films into arthouse theaters and communities nationwide. The tour’s purpose was clear: elevate disabled artists, connect with audiences, expand opportunities for authentic storytelling, and partner with arthouses to better represent films made by disabled filmmakers. To widen the impact, each program blended Slamdance Unstoppable selections with films programmed from Sundance, ReelAbilities, Superfest, and the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge — creating cross-pollination between disability-led cinema and the broader independent film landscape.

Hear directly from the filmmakers behind Slamdance Unstoppable: On the Road in a live conversation on how disability-led storytelling is reshaping independent film and redefining authentic representation.