The American Cinematheque’s THE ALTERNATIVE SCREEN: INDEPENDENT FILM SHOWCASE presents two evenings of Award Winners from the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival on Thursday, February 9th & 16th.
Each program will begin at 7:30 PM and will feature different films (shorts and features, narratives & documentaries). If you didn't make the trek to the snow-capped peaks of Park City, Utah for the 12th annual Slamdance Film Festival - or simply couldn't see EVERYTHING while you were there - you'll be able to catch up with 2006 festival winners with two evenings of screenings featuring different award-winning shorts and features. Schedules permitting, filmmakers, still clutching their coveted "Sparky" award statuettes, will appear with their films. A complete list of Winners is available at www.slamdance.com. The exact screening schedule is also available at www.egyptiantheatre.com or at 323.466.FILM. All guests are subject to their availability. All screenings are at the Lloyd E. Rigler Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood (between Las Palmas Ave. & McCadden Place).
THE BEST OF SLAMDANCE – Thursday, February 9, 2006
The Thursday, February 9th program is a 7:30 PM screening of the Grand Jury Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature EMPIRE IN AFRICA (2005, 87 min., USA) which made its World Premiere at Slamdance. Directed by Philippe Diaz. The story of the unjust war the international community waged against civil war stricken Sierra Leone. The prize included a Sony HD camera plus five hours of tape from Media Distributors in conjunction with Sony. The short film “Under The Roller Coaster” (2005, 15 min., USA), Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Short, will precede the feature. Directed by Lila Place. This film is about Mae Timpano, who lived under the famed Thunderbolt Roller Coaster at Coney Island. To thousands, the Thunderbolt Roller Coaster was a Coney Island icon, but for Mae Timpano it was home. This enchanting film examines the true-life experience of one woman and her unique relationship to Coney Island living under the famed Thunderbolt Roller Coaster.
Discussion following with filmmakers subject to availability, with a reception for all ticket buyers.
THE BEST OF SLAMDANCE – Thursday, February 16, 2006
The Thursday, February 16th program is a 7:30 PM screening of the Grand Jury Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature WE GO WAY BACK (2005, 80 min., USA), which made its World Premiere at Slamdance. The film was also awarded the Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography ($5,000 in Kodak Film) for d.p. Ben Kasulke’s work. The film is wrtten and directed by Seattle based filmmaker Lynn Shelton. Adolescence has left 23-year-old actress Kate robbed of her bearings and her boundaries. Can a surreal confrontation with her 13-year-old self redeem her? A sly and tender depiction of one young woman's journey of self-rediscovery. The Jury Prize also entitles the filmmaker to receive a Panavision Camera Rental Package valued at $60,0000. The film will be preceded by the Spirit of Slamdance Award Winner for Best Gallery Short, “Hiro” (2005, 20 min., Canada), which made its U.S. Premiere at Slamdance, from Vancouver based filmmaker Matthew Swanson. After a chance encounter with a young girl, a shy Japanese insect collector finds himself thrust into a wild chase to recover a stolen beetle. Discussion following with filmmakers subject to availability, with a reception for all ticket buyers.
Started in 1995 by a group of upstart filmmakers, the Slamdance Film Festival is a year-round organization dedicated to emerging artists and their vision. Slamdance has established a unique reputation for premiering independent films by first-time directors with limited budgets. At the same time, the Festival has stayed true to its roots by being organized and programmed by active filmmakers. The annual Festival has been headquartered at Park City’s Treasure Mountain Inn since 1997. Slamdance films have been picked up for distribution, invited to festivals around the world, won Independent Spirit Awards, the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award, among many other accolades. Slamdance Film Festival alumni include "Memento" director Christopher Nolan (festival award winner "Following"), the Emmy Award winning Russo Brothers ("Pieces"), and "Monster's Ball" director Marc Forster (festival audience award winner "Loungers"). The 2005 Slamdance opening night film, "Mad Hot Ballroom," was acquired by Paramount Classics.
Slamdance has successfully established year-round ventures including the Screenplay Competition, Best Of Screenings in the U.S., Festival events in China and Poland, the Anarchy Online Film competition, the Dirty Dozen DVD Series (currently in its 7th volume), and short film productions dubbed $99 Specials. In 2004, Slamdance launched a teleplay competition in conjunction with fox21, the Guerilla Gamemaker Competition, and the Slamdance Media Group, a company comprised of distribution, development and talent-management units. For more information on Slamdance and the 2006 Festival go to www.slamdance.com or call 323.466.1786.
Review copies of the films will be available from the American Cinematheque offices starting January 30th. Call for details: 323.461.2020, ext. 115.
For press credentials to cover or to interview talent, send a fax on letterhead from your outlet stating that you have a specific assignment to cover, and when the coverage will appear. If your outlet is not known to us, please include a paragraph describing your outlet’s circulation and focus. Press requests not faxed in on time cannot be honored. For details see our website for press policies. http://americancinematheque.com/pressreleases/pressticketpolicies.htm
General admission price: $9. Sr./Student rate is $7 and Cinematheque/IFP /SAG/ WGA/ AIVF/FAF/Filmmakers Alliance Members are $6. Tickets now available at www.fandango.com
The Alternative Screen: A Forum For Independent Film Exhibition And Beyond…, the American Cinematheque’s on-going series focusing on independent and new forms of cinema was created to serve the public as well as the independent film community in Los Angeles by providing a year-round venue for independent feature films that have not yet secured wide commercial distribution. Whatever the ALTERNATIVE SCREEN offers from month to month, it promises to be provocative, innovative and fiercely independent. Select Alternative Screen alumni include MY FATHER THE GENIUS, EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS, HABIT, STAR MAPS, OUR SONG and THE LAST BIG THING.
The Alternative Screen takes on-going submissions for consideration of fiercely independent work in all genres. Please send a 1/2” tape to: Margot Gerber, The Alternative Screen, c/o American Cinematheque, 6712 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA., 90028. Include a SASE if you would like your tape returned. Inquiries should be directed to 323.461.2020, ext. 115. Short films should be sent to the attention of Andrew Crane.
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