2008 Slamdance Film Festival

The 2008 Slamdance Film Festival took place in Park City, Utah from January 17 to January 25, 2008. It was the 14th iteration of the Slamdance Film Festival, an alternative to the more mainstream Sundance Film Festival.cite web|url=http://slamdance.openedit.org/festival/press/festival/press/releases/2008featuresannounce123.html |title=Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2008 Features Competition And Special Programs |accessdate=2008-02-09 |year=2007 |publisher=slamdance.org]

The Festival received over 3,500 submissions from 25 countries for less than 100 slots.cite web|url=http://www.slamdance.com/festival/festival/pressreleases/2008winnersannounce.html |title=2008 Slamdance Film Festival Announces Awards Winners |accessdate=2008-02-09 |date=2008-01-25 |publisher=slamdance.org]

Awards

The 2008 Slamdance Film Festival recognized the following films at its awards ceremony. The Grand Jury Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature Award winners will be screened at the IFC Center in New York City in February 2008. Only first-time filmmakers working with production budgets of $1 million or less were allowed to compete in Feature competition. The winners shared more than $200,000 in cash and prizes [cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/filmNews/idUSN2739252320080127?sp=true |title="Parade" leads Slamdance winners |accessdate=2008-02-09 |date=2008-01-27 |publisher=Reuters/The Hollywood Reporter] , and one winner won guaranteed production of a feature film.

Films

[cite web|url=http://slamdance.openedit.org//news/permalink/2007/12/5/131211.html |title=2008 Features: Competition And Special Programs |accessdate=2008-02-09 |date=2007-12-05 |publisher=slamdance.org]

References

External links

* [http://slamdance.bside.com/?tabArg=_profile&_view=_films Slamdance Film Festival 2008 Films]
* [http://slamdance.bside.com/?tabArg=_profile&_view=_festivalcalendar Slamdance Film Festival 2008 Schedule]