The Slamdance Film Festival takes place each year in Utah at the same time as the Sundance Film Festival, competing to provide what its supporters consider a truer representation of independent filmmaking. The festival began in 1995 and has become a year-round organization championing emerging filmmaking talent and their new work. Other affiliated Slamdance events have since taken place internationally in countries like China, Germany, Poland and South Africa.

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  • The Slamdance Film Festival takes place each year in Utah at the same time as the Sundance Film Festival, competing to provide what its supporters consider a truer representation of independent filmmaking. The festival began in 1995 and has become a year-round organization championing emerging filmmaking talent and their new work. Other affiliated Slamdance events have since taken place internationally in countries like China, Germany, Poland and South Africa. Known as a festival "by filmmakers for filmmakers," Slamdance was founded by Dan Mirvish, Jon Fitzgerald, Shane Kuhn and Peter Baxter and each year is programmed by alumni filmmakers. Festival discoveries have included directors such as Christopher Nolan, Marc Forster and Jared Hess. In the 2005 Festival, Slamdance screened the documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, which was immediately purchased by Paramount Pictures for the largest amount ever for a feature-length documentary. At the 2007 Festival Seth Gordon's premier The King Of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters became another sought after documentary and was acquired by New Line. 2009 festival highlights included premiers [Mississippi Damned] directed by Tina Mobry and [I Sell The Dead] directed by Larry Fessenden that was acquired by Independent Film Channel and Anchor Bay. In addition to the festival, Slamdance's Writing Competitions have discovered a number of talented screenwriters, including Joshua Marston and Nicole Kassell. In 2006, Slamdance entered into a production deal with Greg Segal's Angel Baby Entertainment to produce one film per year from its Horror Screenplay Competition. The first winning selection from the Horror Screenplay Competition was Slaughter, written by British writers Nathan Brookes and Bobby Lee Darby. In 2008, Slamdance entered into an agreement with Upload Films to develop and produce Drool, the winner of Slamdance's Screenplay Competition. Written and directed by Nancy Kissam, [Drool] premiered at the 2009 Festival and thereafter was acquired by Strand Releasing
  • Das Slamdance Film Festival ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmfestival, welches jährlich in Utah stattfindet. Es konkurriert mit dem Sundance Film Festival und seine Anhänger betrachten es als bessere Repräsentation der unabhängigen Filmemacher. Das Slamdance Festival richtet auch die Slamdance Guerrilla Games Competition aus.
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  • The Slamdance Film Festival takes place each year in Utah at the same time as the Sundance Film Festival, competing to provide what its supporters consider a truer representation of independent filmmaking. The festival began in 1995 and has become a year-round organization championing emerging filmmaking talent and their new work. Other affiliated Slamdance events have since taken place internationally in countries like China, Germany, Poland and South Africa.
  • Das Slamdance Film Festival ist ein US-amerikanisches Filmfestival, welches jährlich in Utah stattfindet. Es konkurriert mit dem Sundance Film Festival und seine Anhänger betrachten es als bessere Repräsentation der unabhängigen Filmemacher. Das Slamdance Festival richtet auch die Slamdance Guerrilla Games Competition aus.
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