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Just two days before Sundance Film Festival will unveil its lineup, the other major January Utah festival has released theirs. Now in its 29th iteration, next year’s Slamdance Film Festival––which will also be providing programming both in-person and online, from January 20th through 29th––has unveiled its features slate. The lineup for the festival, which opens with Moby’s Punk Rock Vegan Movie, was culled from 7,600 total submissions, 1,522 of which were features. All films selected in the Narrative Features and Documentary Features competition categories are directorial debuts without U.S. distribution, with budgets of less than 1 million Usd.

“From the streets of Seattle to the psychedelic skies of a unicorn-run dystopia, our filmmakers are transporting audiences to new dimensions with stories that explore the nuance of disability, immigration and gender. This year’s lineup represents a generation of new directors who are breaking boundaries and redefining what filmmaking...

Slamdance has announced its feature lineup and “Free LSD” as the closing night film for the 29th Slamdance Film Festival

This year’s lineup was chosen from 7,600 submissions — 1, 522 of which were features — and represents projects from 13 different countries. The selections for the Narrative Features and Documentary Features competition categories are directorial debuts without U.S. distribution, with budgets of less than 1 million.

In addition to Slamdance’s opening night film Moby’s “Punk Rock Vegan Movie,” the festival will also showcase two additional Spotlight Feature screenings: “Downwind” and “Free LSD,” which follows one man’s inter-dimensional journey where, after using an experimental drug, he is provided a glimpse into a parallel universe. The film features appearances from Keith Morris and Jack Black.

“From the streets of Seattle to the psychedelic skies of a unicorn-run dystopia, our filmmakers are transporting audiences to new dimensions with stories that explore the nuance of disability,...

The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 29th edition — taking place both in-person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 20-26, and online on the Slamdance Channel from the 23rd to the 29th.

This year’s lineup of films from 13 countries was chosen from more than 7,600 submissions, more than 1,500 of which were features. As has been the case at each edition of Slamdance since its 1995 founding, all films selected in Narrative Features and Documentary Features competition are directorial debuts without U.S. distribution, with budgets of less than 1M Usd.

Slamdance revealed today that Dimitri Coats’ Free LSD will make its world premiere at the festival, serving as its Closing Night feature. The film featuring appearances from Keith Morris and Jack Black follows the inter-dimensional journey of a man who has used an experimental drug to cure a personal problem, thereby being provided a...

It's a miracle on 771 Washington Road. The idyllic yellow farmhouse from the 1994 holiday hit Miracle on 34th Street (a remake of the 1947 Maureen O'Hara and Edmund Gwenn-starrer) is on the market for $3.4 million, and fans of the film can now make Susan Walker's (Mara Wilson) Christmas wish their own before the holiday arrives. Aerial view of house { "nid": 834421, "type": "news", "title": "John Goldwyn and Jeffrey Klein's Historic Estate Listed for $6.4M (Photos)", "path": "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-goldwyn-jeffrey-kleins-historic-834421", "relative-path": "/news/john-goldwyn-jeffrey-kleins-historic-834421" } The

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We have added a set pictures from the event 7th Annual ‘Babes In Toyland’ Charity Toy Drive in Hollywood.Guests included Irina Voronina, Niki Ghazian, Brett Stimely, Cathryn de Prume, Jeffrey Damnit, Simona Roman, Erika Jordan, Jesse Golden, Carly Robyn Green, Anna Easterden, Elizabeth Deo, Kennedy Summers, Anya Benton, Mckenzie Seagren and Lauren Mayhew.Photos are copyright by Glenn Francis / PRPhotos.com.

We have added a set pictures from the event Amie Harwick’s ‘The New Sex Bible for Women’ Book Signing in West Hollywood on November 11, 2014. Guests included Tamie Sheffield, Amie Harwick, Katherine Realpe, Bri Summers, Maya Michelle Ren, Mosh, Heather MacKay, Kelly Kathleen, Mia Matsumiya, Jeffrey Damnit, Elizabeth Deo, Carla Harvey, Heidi Shepherd, Amber Coyle, Kirsty Lingman, Mary Reeser, Lola Tafoya, Mycole Metcalf, Anne McDaniels, Lana Kinnear, Marisa Tellez, Victoria Bentzey, Jonny Coffin, Model, Irina Voronina, Gia Von Tate, Skulls Cheny, Rudy Torres, Amie Nicole, Kent Kaliber and Good Seanie. Photos are copyright by Glenn Francis / PRPhotos.com. Tamie Sheffield, […]...

Albany, N.Y. — New York sought to combat violence by rushing the nation's toughest gun control measure into law after the Connecticut school shootings that killed 26 people, but the state is now carving out an exemption to make sure movie and TV producers can stage running gun battles on Manhattan streets.

Movie and TV productions have long been courted by New York and other states with tax breaks in exchange for the jobs and glamour of the industry. Hollywood is also a major campaign fundraising stop for New York politicians.

"We spend a lot of money in the state bringing movie production here, post-production here, so obviously we would want to facilitate that," said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who wants to expand the film and TV tax credit.

He said movies and TV may use fake guns that wouldn't be subject to the new law but the industry wants "certainty." The...

Elisabeth Fies attends BleedFest Blood Drive & BleedFest Film Festival.Photo copyright Winston Burris / PR Photos. Diana Hart attends BleedFest Blood Drive & BleedFest Film Festival.Photo copyright Winston Burris / PR Photos. Michelie Tomlinson attends BleedFest Blood Drive & BleedFest Film Festival.Photo copyright Winston Burris / PR Photos. BleedFest Blood Drive & BleedFest Film Festival.Photo copyright Winston Burris / PR Photos. Susan Bell and Tara Cardinal attend BleedFest Blood Drive & BleedFest Film Festival.Photo copyright Winston Burris / PR Photos. 02/06/2011 - Elizabeth Ashley and Jeffrey Damnit - BleedFest Blood Drive & BleedFest Film Festival 2.0 - Arrivals - Cap Theater, 13752 Ventura Boulevard - Sherman Oaks, CA, USA © Winston Burris / PR Photos...

Already shooting since June 30th "Box of Shadows" has released several production stills, from the set, on Twitter. The production shots show one of the central set pieces, a coffin, that allows a group of college students to experience "a world of ghosts." Have a look at horror filmmaking first hand below.

Director: Mauro Borrelli.

Writers: Mauro Borrelli, and Scott Svatos.

Cast: Aaron Dean Eisenberg, J. Walter Holland, Domiziano Arcangeli, and Jeffrey Damnit.

For more stills from the set visit here:

http://twitter.com/boxofshadows...

Already "Box of Shadows" has begun shooting and the script from Borrelli (Goodbye Casanova) and Scott Svatos takes another look at the ghost stories of the past. Borrelli states "It's a very different kind of ghost story" and once production is finished in Los Angeles fans will get an early glimpse of this film that hypothesizes a world with "...uncontrolled desire."

The first one sheet poster and synopsis are now available for fans

The synopsis for "Box of Shadows" here:

"A group of college friends, who discover a 15th century coffin that allows them to experience the world as ghosts. While their first adventures in the spirit world are playful and innocent, the "Box of Shadows" soon brings ou the group's most dangerous impulses and desires. The friends find themselves pulled into a world of evil where they learn the line between life and death is there for a reason.