<img src="http://parcom.pronetworks.org/images/1209slam.gif" align="right" alt="slamdance"></img><font color="maroon">by Larry Richman </font>
<font color="gray" size="1">December 9, 2008 5:51 PM</font>
It's been a big week for awards and festival selection announcements. The 15th Slamdance Film Festival takes place January 15-23 on Main Street in Park City, Utah. Yes, that's the same time and location for the Sundance Film Festival, and that's the idea. Slamdance was conceived as a sort of anti-Sundance, although it's come into its own as a standout independent film festival in its own right.
Slamdance 2009 will screen 29 feature-length movies, including 20 U.S. films, four from Canada, three from the UK, and two from Europe. 31% of Slamdance's feature directors this year are female. There are a host of specific interest films, ranging from Spanish language/Latino interest, African American content, Asian focus, gay oriented, urban themed, animation and youth-based, among others.
"The films we watch every year continually surprise and impress us with their skill, vision, creativity, and artistry," said Sam Roberts, Slamdance
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