Here are a few more shorts from the Slamdance Film Festival. These come from three different sections, and include some of the award winning shorts. Good Grief (11 minutes, directed by Rob Sharp). The terrible grief of the loss of a child is portrayed through four mothers. The grief becomes symbolized as both darkness and…
Shorts are always an important part of any film festival. That is really true for Slamdance, which often features filmmakers who are working with very limited resources. But those short films often demonstrate as much power and skill as longer films. Often even more so because they are so compact. One of the sections for…
Here are more films that are playing at Slamdance Film Festival. You can see these and others at https://slamdance.com/festival. Sweetheart Deal, directed by Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller, is one of those documentaries that turns into something entirely different than it sets out to be. The film focuses on four sex workers in Seattle and…
Here are a few more of the films currently playing at the Slamdance Film Festival. The festival will be available online January 23-29. You can find out how to see the films at https://slamdance.com/festival/. Where the Road Leads, directed by Nina Ognjanovi?, comes to the festival from Serbia. The film opens with a young woman,…
It is the time of year for a gritty film festival taking place in Park City, Utah. The big news coming out of that town currently is the Sundance Film Festival. However, running concurrently is a festival with a much different vibe?Slamdance. Slamdance has been an important step along the way for various filmmakers, including…
As I finish up my Slamdance viewing, I want to thank the festival for giving me access to all these films. I always enjoy covering Slamdance, in part because it pushes me beyond my comfort zone at times. The films here are always very diverse, just as the festival wants them to be. That means,…
As Slamdance Film Festival continues, I?ve spent some time with some of the features that are part of the festival. Paris Is in Harlem, directed by Christina Kallas, is a collection of intertwining stories that take place in the day before the Cabaret Law (which prohibited dancing in bars and restaurants and was mainly used…
Slamdance is intentional about inclusiveness. That is especially evident through their ?Unstoppable? sections for both feature films and shorts. These films are built around the way people face struggles in life?often because of various disabilities?and find meaning in lives that many would find impossible. Today I?m going to look at some of the Unstoppable films….
Today?s report on the Slamdance Film Festival looks at some documentary features. These three films all have different vibes, from chaotic, to mellow, to socially engaged. A reminder, the festival this year is entirely online. You can get a festival pass for only $10 that lets you watch as many films as you like through…
One of the parts I love about film festivals is the chance to watch shorts. Slamdance Film Festival has so many to choose from. I dipped into three of the short films sections for just a sampling of each. Animation shorts: Sensual Pill (4 minutes), by director Sam 3, is a fast-paced trip all over…
