Main Street location offers headlining acts, celebrity and private events, unique sponsorships, luxury gifting suites, VIP memberships and more House of Blues Foundation Room will open in Park City, UT during the Sundance Film Festival from January 20th-30th, 2011. Renovations have begun on the Main Street locale where more than 40,000 attendees pass daily. The 400+ seat room will fill up nightly with major headlining acts and an afternoon music lounge. Numerous opportunities...

The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU), Europe’s premier event for independent cinema, is delighted to announce the films that will screen at the festival’s opening ceremony on Friday the 12th of March, 2010 at Cinéma Le Grand Action in Paris, France. The films are:• ‘Curtains’ directed by Julian Barratt and Dan Jemmett (UK). A comedic look at sex, puppets and unfortunate deaths.• ‘Ça Roule’ directed by Antoine Coutou and Jozsef Tari (France). A woman has to face the su...

Paris to host sixty–seven of the World’s best indie films 12 - 14 March PARIS, FRANCE (15 February, 2010) – The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU), Europe’s premiere event for independent filmmakers and their audiences, announces its Official Selection for the fifth edition of the festival. ÉCU 2010, in partnership with G-Technology by Hitachi, will showcase sixty–seven films from twenty–seven countries ranging in genre from feature films, short films, documentaries, animatio...

Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland won the 2010 Sundance Shorts International Prize photo courtesy of Sundance Film Festival by Marla Lewin The 2010 Sundance Film Festival announced the jury prizes in shorts filmmaking and gave honorable mentions based on outstanding achievement and merit. The awards were presented at a ceremony held in Park City, Utah. These award recipients will also be honored at the Festival’s Awards Ceremony hosted by David Hyde Pierce on Satur...

It's no secret that girls want guys who know how to take care of themselves ... in all aspects of their lives. Cleanliness is one area with which guys are notorious for needing some help. AXE, a leader in men's grooming, created a new video to give guys some helpful hints on the best way to keep all of their parts clean. The AXE "Cleans Your Balls" video, starring Jaime Pressly as fictional tennis star, Monica Blake, humorously highlights the cleaning power of the improved AXE Detail...

More than 50 years after its initial publication, the tone poem HOWL is still a shocking bit of humanism, a cry for tolerance and a yell for individual self-expression. The poem's author, the beat poet Allen Ginsberg, remained a controversial figure his entire life. The impact of this envelope-pushing literary classic and the bohemian philosopher who was its inspiration make for an appropriate opening night for this year's Sundance Film Festival, the mecca of independent and international cinema...

  More than 50 years after its initial publication, the tone poem HOWL is still a shocking bit of humanism, a cry for tolerance and a yell for individual self-expression. The poem's author, the beat poet Allen Ginsberg, remained a controversial figure his entire life. The impact of this envelope-pushing literary classic and the bohemian philosopher who was its inspiration make for an appropriate opening night for this year's Sundance Film Festival, the mecca of independent a...

by Marla LewinIn response to the powerful earthquake that has devastated the island of Haiti, the “Tweet House” in Park City during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, is offering a virtual and physical event called “The Celebrity Tweetup for Haiti”. The Tweetup will be held at The Tweet House, located at the SHOP Yoga Studio in Park City, Utah on Saturday, January 23rd from 5 to 7pm.Actor LeVar Burton, best known for his role in Star Trek: The Next Generation and co-host of the Tweetup sa...

  A group of very lucky Russian filmmakers will have the double opportunity of impressing North American audiences and industry professionals via a unique program sponsored by CEC ArtsLink. The not-for-profit organization has partnered with the Sundance Film Festival to co-host a group of four independent Russian filmmakers in the US from January 20 to February 2. Their award-winning short films will have a North American premiere screening in New York. The filmmakers will then continu...

    From the people who have been putting filmmakers and musicians together at Film Festival Week in Park City, Utah since 2004, Access Film-Music is now our official music partner for ÉCU 2010! During Utah’s famed Film Festival Week, which encompasses notable film festivals like Slamdance, Sundance, Tromadance and more, Access Film-Music Showcase has presented hundreds of exceptional musical artists to the film industry, including national and international tourin...

The Slamdance Film Festival 2009 returns on IndieRoad.Net. You can screen two short films from this years Slamdance Film Festival at IndieRoad.Net.We've just added Grand Teton and Sapsucker to our website.Both of these unique, independent shorts screened at the 2009 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.Also, check out DudeVision, the day in the life of a dude.Check back for more updates on upcoming film festivals, films screening on our site and blogs.Let us know you need us to spread...

March 6-15th is fast approaching for lucky year seven of the Backseat Film Festival! We’re proud to announce all the great movies we are screening, including 14 feature films (all of which are Philly premieres) as well as over 50 shorts and music videos from around the world! Official selections include films of all genres from Brazil, Sweden, Spain, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, UK, Switzerland, and of course, plenty of local stuff too! And many of the filmmakers will be present at their scre...

The 15th annual Slamdance Film Festival has announced 16 film and screenplay prize winners in four categories who will share more than $100,000 in cash and prizes. The just-concluded Festival in Park City, Utah, received over 3,000 submissions from 25 countries for 120 programming slots. 2009 marked the 15th anniversary of the Slamdance Film Festival, one of the few remaining movie showcases whose sole mission is to nurture, support and introduce truly independent works from first-time filmmake...

Slamdance, always looking for new and innovative ways to assist emerging artists and to contribute to the film community, has joined forces with Upload Films to annually produce a feature film based on that year’s prize-winning entry from the Slamdance Screenplay Competition, it was jointly announced by Peter Baxter of Slamdance and Todd Williams at Upload Films. It is believed Slamdance is the only film festival to actively produce feature films that emanate from its competitions. The firs...

While best known for its annual film festival, Slamdance will now also serve as a year-round showcase for the discovery of new and emerging musical talent. To launch its celebratory 15th year anniversary, Slamdance is excited to bring the new element of independent music into the fold. The Slamdance Underground Music vs. Film Tour presented by OurStage and Dr. Martens kicks off in Brooklyn on New Year’s Eve and will continue cross-country representing the annual film festival and its commitme...

Emerging talent just isn’t confined to narrative and documentary feature films. As the Slamdance Film Festival celebrates its 15th Anniversary in 2009, 86 short films in four different competition categories - documentary, narrative/experimental, animation and music video, which is a new classification this year - will be showcased and be eligible for a Grand Jury Award. All accepted entries have been selected to screen by the Shorts Programming Committee, which is comprised primarily of S...

2009 marks the 15th anniversary of the Slamdance Film Festival, one of the few remaining movie showcases whose sole mission is to nurture, support and introduce truly independent works from first-time filmmakers. This celebratory year takes place in Park City, Utah, January 15 – 23 and will screen about 100 films in total in all genres. However, in what is one of the toughest and most-aggressive competitions among festivals, only 20 features in the narrative and documentary feature categories...

    TENTH ANNUAL TROMADANCE FILM FESTIVAL EXPANDS WITH A BRAND NEW VENUE AND ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE OF EVENTS IN PARK CITY AND SALT LAKE CITY, UT FROM JANUARY 20TH-23RD   Park City, UT: The TromaDance Film Festival announces today the schedule of events for the tenth anniversary of the legendary independent film festival that is for the people, by the people.   In celebration of the TromaDance Film Festival's tenth year, the fest's Par...

The TromaDance Film Festival announces the schedule of events for the tenth anniversary of the legendary independent film festival. In celebration of the TromaDance’s tenth year, the fest's Park City screenings will be held at their most exciting venue yet to date, THE SIDECAR, at 333 Main St, (across from the Egyptian Theatre) on Friday, January 23rd, from 11AM-5PM. Following the screenings will be the highly acclaimed Annual Panel Discussion, at 5:30PM, featuring filmmakers, special guests a...

The Top 10 winners of the 13th Annual Slamdance Screenplay Competition have been announced, with a screenplay about numbers taking top honors. Numbered writer Neil McGowan, who works as an administrative assistant for a non-profit research and analysis company and is a first time screenwriter, was given a $7,000 cash prize for best feature-length screenplay during an awards presentation hosted by the Writers Guild of America, West.Other winners (ordered 2nd through 10th place) include: Goodman�...