 Festival Poster | |
| Location | Park City, Utah, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Awards | Sparky Awards |
| No. of films | 83 |
| Festival date | January 20–27, 2011 |
| Website | http://www.slamdance.com/ |
The 2011 Slamdance Film Festival was a film festival held in Park City, Utah from January 20 to January 27, 2011. It was the 17th iteration of the Slamdance Film Festival, an alternative to the more mainstream Sundance Film Festival. [1]
This year, Slamdance received over 5,000 submissions and programmed 83 films. It concluded with an Awards Ceremony at Treasure Mountain Inn. [1] The theme of the festival was "All is not lost." [2] For 2011, the festival donated 10% of its ticket proceeds in Park City back to the filmmakers. [2]
The film Pete Smalls is Dead opened the festival. Michael Dunaway of Paste wrote "Rather than bring his new film to the senior festival, former Sundance winner Alexandre Rockwell chose to accept an invitation to open Slamdance this year because he says Slamdance is more fun." [3] Dunaway wrote "most experienced Sundancers get a twinkle in their eye when they tell you about the exquisite little film they discovered either at Slamdance (Sundance's boisterous, irreverent stepsister) or in one of the more experimental categories of Sundance itself." At Slamdance, Paste was looking forward to the films Pete Smalls Is Dead; Drama; Last Fast Ride – The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess; and Superheroes. [4]
The festival had its second annual Filmmaker Summit, with an exclusive video on demand distribution agreement with Microsoft. Speakers included John Anderson of Variety, Scilla Andreen of IndieFlix, Orlando Bagwell of the Ford Foundation, Brian Newman of subgenre media, filmmaker and comic book writer Greg Pak, Amy Powell of Paranormal Activity, Jenny Samppala of Banyan Beach, Tiffany Shlain (director of Connected and Yelp), and Lance Weiler of Pandemic 1.0. [1]
For the entire duration of the festival, select feature films in competition were made available via Zune Marketplace. The films included Modern Imbecile's Planet World, Snow on tha Bluff , The Beast Pageant, the documentaries Road Dogs and Scrapper, and also films from previous festivals. [1]
This year, 17 films were available on video on demand through Xbox Live and Zune, in standard definition or high definition. Revenue was split 50/50 with filmmakers. 12 films from past festivals will be available throughout 2011 including the documentaries Off the Grid, Orwell Rolls in His Grave, Zombie Girl; and the narrative features Omaha: The Movie and We Go Way Back. [5]
People attending the opening night festivities included Tim Roth, Peter Dinklage, Alexandre Rockwell, Lee Tergesen, Simon Arthur, Tommy Davidson, Fred Stoller, Angelo Tsarouchas, Steve Skrovan, Max Carlson, Tom Lenk, Lilly Ayers, Danielle Santos, Eva von Slut, INSAINTS members Daniel Deleon, Gregory Langston and Josh Levine, Michael Barnett, Kevin M. Brennan, Doug Manley, and Jeff Grace, and others. [6]
David Burger of The Salt Lake Tribune wrote that the Slamdance Film Festival "claims it's the more indie-spirited festival — and when it comes to films about music, that boast might be true." He spoke to the filmmakers behind Last Fast Ride — The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess, a documentary directed by Lilly Scourtis Ayers about Marian Anderson of INSAINTS; Pleasant People directed by Dave Bonawits; and Road Dogs, a documentary directed by Shane Aquino that follows the bands HTTH (Heavenly Trip to Hell) and Kettle Cadaver on cross country tours. [7]
In an interview with The Park Record, festival president and co-founder Peter Baxter said attendance had been "excellent" and most of the screenings had sold out. [8]
There were three competitive divisions at this year's festival: Grand Jury, Audience Awards and Special Sponsored Awards provided by Kodak, Panasonic, Dos Equis and Good Health. New this year, the festival added a theatrical distribution award for best feature, best short film, and selections from Grand Jury and Audience Award films. The films will be screened domestically throughout 2011, including at IFC Center in New York and 14 Pews in Houston. [1] Strongman, a previous Slamdance Grand Jury Documentary winner opened in late January at the IFC Center in New York. [1] Awards were sponsored by Adobe, Dos Equis, Kodak, Panasonic, Good Health and Pierce Law Group. [1]
The Feature competitions at Slamdance are limited to first-time filmmakers working with production budgets of $1 million or less. [1]
10 narrative films and 8 documentaries were selected to screen in competition. 14 of them are world premieres. [9]
| Title | Country | Director | Minutes | Premiere | Cast | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atrocious | Mexico, Spain | Fernando Barreda Luna | 75 | North American Premiere | July Quintanilla, Cristian Quintanilla | |
| The Beast Pageant | U.S. | Albert Birney & Jon Moses | 74 | World Premiere | Jon Moses, Ted Greenway, Emily Osinski, S. Michael Smith, Sam Hughes, Jon Eaton, Ron Bauerle, and Tigran Vardanyan | |
| Beneath Contempt | U.S. | Benjamin Brewer | 101 | World Premiere | Colin Janson, Melanie May, Eric Eastman, Mike Bash, Abby Austin, Sarah Newhouse | |
| Drama | Chile | Matias Lira | 80 | U.S. Premiere | Benjamin Vicnna, Diego Ruiz, Eusebio Arenas, Fernanda Urrejola, Isidora Urrejola | |
| Fred and Vinnie | U.S. | Steve Skrovan | 89 | West Coast Premiere | Fred Stoller, Angelo Tsarouches, Scott Chernoff, Bill Rutkoski, John Asher, Harriet Rose, Sarah Rush, Lee Reherman | |
| Pleasant People | U.S. | David Bonawits | 69 | World Premiere | Jiyoung Lee, Josh Hall, Dave Marder, Sarah Atchison, Paula Trude | |
| Silver Tongues | U.S. | Simon Arthur | 87 | World Premiere | Lee Tergesen, Enid Graham, Tate Ellington, Emily Meade, Harvey Evans, Portia, Rosa Arrendondo, Adam Lefevre | |
| Snow On Tha Bluff | U.S. | Damon Russell | 79 | World Premiere | Curtis Snow, Frank Ringer, Curtis Lockett, Adrienne Lockett, D'Angelo Snow, Brandon Snow, Kita Snow | |
| Stranger Things | U.K., U.S. | Eleanor Burke & Ron Eyal | 77 | West Coast Premiere | Bridget Collins, Adeel Akhtar | |
| Without | U.S. | Mark Jackson | 88 | World Premiere | Joslyn Jensen, Ron Carrier |
| Title | Country | Director | Minutes | Premiere | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhopali | India, U.S. | Van Maximilian Carlson | 84 | World Premiere | |
| Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football | U.S. | Rashid Ghazi | 93 | World Premiere | |
| Last Fast Ride – The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess | U.S. | Lilly Scourtis Ayers | 86 | World Premiere | |
| Road Dogs | U.S. | Shane Aquino | 83 | World Premiere | |
| Scrapper | U.S. | Stephan Wassmann | 81 | World Premiere | |
| Shunka | U.S. | CJ Gardella | 75 | U.S. Premiere | |
| Superheroes | U.S. | Michael Barnett | 90 | World Premiere | |
| Zielinski | U.S. | Chase Thompson & Ryan Walker | 65 | World Premiere |
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