Slamdance 2009: Special Screenings
SLAMDANCE 2009: SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
At Any Second
Jan Fehse (Director), Jan Fehse & Christian Lyra (Writers)
International Premiere, Drama, 2008, GERMANY, 99 minutes. Cast: Sebastian Koch, Mina Tander, Wotan Wilke Mohring.
A handful of relationship-scarred individuals zigzag to a new beginning, but the danger of skidding off track is greatest in the home stretch.
Drool
Nancy Kissam (Director/Writer)
World Premiere, Drama, 2008, USA, 88 minutes. Cast: Laura Harring, Jill Marie Jones, Oded Fehr.
An abused wife’s plan to escape her husband goes awry when she accidentally kills him, causing her to split on a cross-country drive with her best friend and his corpse in tow.
Finding Bliss
Julie Davis (Director/Writer)
World Premiere, Comedy, 2008, USA, 104 minutes. Cast: Leelee Sobieski, Matthew Davis, Denise Richards, Kristen Johnson, Jamie Kennedy.
A cutting edge romantic comedy that explores the adult film industry through the eyes of an idealistic 25 year-old award winning film school grad.
Not Forgotten
Dror Soref (Director), Dror Soref & Tomas Romero (Writers)
World Premiere, Thriller, 2009, USA, 91 minutes. Cast: Simon Baker, Paz Vega
In a Tex-Mex border town, a man and his wife must face their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead
Jordan Galland (Director/Writer)
World Premiere, Comedy, 2008, USA, 89 minutes. Cast: Jake Hoffman, Devon Aoki, John Ventimiglia, Jeremy Sisto, Ralph Macchio. Music: Sean Lennon.
A theatre director takes a job directing a play that uncovers a two thousand year conspiracy involving vampires, Shakespeare, and the holy grail.
The Slammin’ Salmon
Kevin Heffernan (Director), Broken Lizard (Writers)
World Premiere, Comedy, 2008, USA, 92 minutes. Cast: Cobie Smulders, Michael Clarke Duncan, April Bowlby, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Paul Soter, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske
The owner of a Miami restaurant indebted to the mob institutes a contest to see what waiter can earn the most money in one night.
Weather Girl
Blayne Weaver (Director/Writer)
World Premiere, Comedy, 2008, USA, 90 minutes. Cast: Tricia O’Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jane Lynch, Kaitlin Olson, Jon Cryer, Patrick J. Adams, Ryan Devlin
A Seattle weather girl freaks out on-air over her cheating boyfriend, the morning show anchor, and moves in with her little brother.
SLAMDANCE 2009: TWILIGHT SCREENINGS
The Conjurer
Clint Hutchison (Director), David Yarbrough & Clint Hutchison (Writers)
Utah Premiere, Thriller, 2008, USA, 88 minutes. Cast: Andrew Bowen, Maxine Bahns, John Schneider.
A grieving young couple relocates to a rural farm, and encounters disturbing occurrences surrounding an old cabin with a dark history.
Mum and Dad
Steven Shiel (Director/Writer)
North American Premiere, Horror, 2008, UK, 86 minutes
A murderous and perverse family imprison a young woman in their suburban house of horrors where she discovers she has to become part of the family—and join them in their insanity—or die.
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