Slamdance Film Festival

True to its tagline, Slamdance is a film festival organized and managed exclusively by filmmakers, for filmmakers. In 1995, a group of independent artists established Slamdance in order to provide a venue for first-time writers and directors to showcase their creative works.

The festival has featured and helped more than 50 indie films find theatrical distribution, including “The King of Kong,” “Mad Hot Ballroom” and “End of the Century.” It has also served as a launchpad for cinematic luminaries such as Steven Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan and Marc Forster.

Slamdance also supports new and emerging talent through its website, writing competitions for features, shorts, teleplays and horror scripts and short film competitions.

This year’s festival runs from January 15 – 23 in Park City, UT.

For more information, visit Slamdance’s website.