“Silver Tongues” - directed by Simon Arthur.
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When a frustrated singer songwriter finds herself at odds with friends and coworkers, she pushes through it the only way she knows how – faking a smile.Ĭast: Jiyoung Lee, Josh Hall, Dave Marder, Sarah Atchison, Paula Trude “Pleasant People” - directed by David Bonawits. Lonely guy Fred Stoller is thrilled when his good buddy, Vinnie D’Angelo, the world’s happiest agoraphobic and fattest vegetarian, comes to live with him, until Vinnie also proves to be the world’s most maddening roommate.Ĭast: Fred Stoller, Angelo Tsarouches, Scott Chernoff, Bill Rutkoski, John Asher, Harriet Rose, Sarah Rush, Lee Reherman “Fred and Vinnie” - directed by Steve Skrovan. Three kids thinking that life is theatre.Ĭast: Benjamin Vicuña, Diego Ruiz, Eusebio Arenas, Fernanda Urrejola, Isidora Urrejola World Premiere, 101 minĪ young man returns to his hometown after serving a prison sentence for killing his friends in a drunk driving accident.Ĭast: Colin Janson, Melanie May, Eric Eastman, Mike Bash, Abby Austin, Sarah Newhouse “Beneath Contempt” – directed by Benjamin Brewer. Recorded evidence of the “Quintanilla Murder Investigation.”Ĭast: July Quintanilla, Cristian Quintanilla “Atrocious” - directed by Fernando Barreda Luna (Mexico, Spain) World Premiere, 75 min Slamdance received a record 5,000 submissions. “Slamdance to the rescue! We are screening this year’s most exciting, intriguing and independent films,” Baxter continued. However, even as audience dissatisfication with the standard studio fare grows, indpeendent film continues to be squeezed out at the box office,” Slamndance prexy/co-founder Peter Baxter said. “The quality and breadth of independent film has increased exponentionally over the past year. In addition to announcing the competition section, organizers also revealed the theme of the 2011 fest - “All is Not Lost” - and said they will donate for the first time 10% of all ticket proceeds to indie filmmakers. Titles that have played at Slamdance on their way to fame include “Paranormal Activity,” while talent agents have taken to prowling Sundance for emerging voices. Slamdance has become a distinct presence since its launch in 1995 as an alternative to the Sundance Film Festival (it runs concurrent to that fest). Other docus are Shane Aquino’s “Road Dogs,” CJ Gardella’s “Shunka,” Michael Barnett’s “Superheros,” about real-lifed caped crusaders, and Chase Thompson and Ryan Walker’s “Zielinski.” military bombing range near the Mexican border, to Lilly Scourtis Ayers’ “Last Fast Ride - The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess,” profiling Bay Area punk rocker Marian Anderson. The documentary lineup will tackle myriad subjects, from Rashid Ghazi’s “Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football,” about an Arab-American high school football team in Dearborn, Mich., to Stephan Wassmann’s “Scrapper,” about a group of desert outlaws who scavenge lucrative debris from a U.S.
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titles that will play in narrative competition are Benjamin Brewer’s “Beneath Contempt,” Steve Skrovan’s “Fred and Vinnie,” David Bonawits’ “Pleasant People,” Simon Arthur’s “Silver Tongues,” Damon Russell’s “Snow on Tha Bluff,” Albert Birney and Jon Moses’ “The Beast Pageant” and Mark Jackson’s “Without.”įoreign titles are Fernando Barreda Luna’s “Atrocious” (Mexico, Spain), Matias Lira’s “Drama” (Chile) and Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal’s “Stranger Things” (U.K.).