2008 Slamdance Film Festival


The 2008 Slamdance Film Festival took place in Park City, Utah from January 17 to January 25, 2008. It was the 14th iteration of the Slamdance Film Festival, an alternative to the more mainstream Sundance Film Festival.
The Festival received over 3,500 submissions from 25 countries for less than 100 slots.

Awards

The 2008 Slamdance Film Festival recognized the following films at its awards ceremony. The Grand Jury Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature Award winners will be screened at the IFC Center in New York City in February 2008. Only first-time filmmakers working with production budgets of $1 million or less were allowed to compete in Feature competition. The winners shared more than $200,000 in cash and prizes, and one winner won guaranteed production of a feature film.
Award NameFilm TitleAward Recipient
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative FeatureThe New Year ParadeTom Quinn
Special Jury Honorable Mention for Narrative FeatureHow To BeOliver Irving
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary FeatureSong Sung BlueGreg Kohs
Special Jury Honorable Mention for Documentary FeatureMy Mother's GardenCynthia Lester
Grand Jury Award for Best Animated ShortBlood Will TellAndrew McPhillips
Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary ShortThe LadiesC.A. Voros
Grand Jury Award for Best Experimental ShortDoxologyMichael Langan
Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative ShortSonDaniel Mulloy
Special Jury Honorable Mention for Narrative Short4960Wing-Yee Wu
Audience Award for Best Narrative FeatureThe ProjectRyan Piotrowicz
Audience Award for Best Documentary FeatureSong Sung BlueGreg Kohs
Spirit of Slamdance AwardWoman in BurkaJonathan Lisecki
Award for Best Feature Length ScreenplayThe Wonder GirlsAnthony Meindl
Award for Best Short ScreenplayEasy PickinsWill Hartman
Award for Best TeleplayStage Six PandemicBarbara Marshall
Award for Best Horror Competition ScreenplayThe PunishedTony Mosher
Creative Excellence Award for the Horror Screenplay CompetitionChild in the DarkDamian Lahey and Ian Ogden
Kodak Vision Award for Best CinematographyCrooked Lake Sascha Drews and Ezra Krybus

Films

Films that premiered at the festival included , a documentary about the murder of Zachary Turner.