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2004 Slamdance Winners Announced

Best of Slamdance Screenings in Utah, Los Angeles & New York

Park City, Utah --January 23, 2004 The Slamdance Film Festival announced its winners tonight
in 10 categories at the Slamdance Sparky Award ceremonies at Snow Park Lodge
in Deer Valley.

"Over the years the Park City Slamdance screenings have become a place for
the industry to discover new talent," says Slamdance director Peter Baxter.
"Salt Lake City has become increasingly important from a public perspective.
This year we expanded into the Madstone Theatres to double our Salt Lake
offerings."

The "Sparkies" were followed by a party featuring celebrity DJ¹s D:Fuse,
Money Mark, DJ Me DJ You, and DJ Knucklz. D:Fuse will appear at Slamdance as
part of his People:2 Tour. Also featured at the party is a screening of ³The
Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time² ­ a short film collection by
Radiohead presented in partnership with HiQi Media.

For the first time, the 2004 Slamdance Jury is separated into a Documentary
section and a Narrative section. Documentary Jury members include: Robert
Koehler (Variety film critic); Lucia Small (Slamdance 2002 Jury Prize Winner
for documentary and Best Editing) and Penelope Spheeris (director, THE
DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION); Narrative Jury members include: Charles
Lyons (filmmaker, journalist); Francine McDougall (director, SUGAR AND
SPICE); Anthony Russo (director, WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD); Frederick
Forrestier (LE BOULET) and Gabe Wardell, Programmer, AFI Silver Theatre and
Slamdance Head Projectionist.

The documentary jury expresses its disappointment that FACTOR 8: THE
ARKANSAS PRISON BLOOD SCANDAL did not screen publicly due to a court imposed
injunction forbidding Slamdance from screening the film.

In recognizing that this investigation at the Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal
and its subsequent cover-up deserves an audience, we the jury urge the
filmmakers to resolve their legal dispute so that this story can be shown to
the American public.

The winners are as follows: The Slamdance 2004 Narrative Feature and Short
Film Competition are sponsored by Kodak.

The 2004 Slamdance Film Festival Awards are as follows:

Grand Jury Sparky Award for Best Narrative Feature
Sponsored By Panasonic
HOMEWORK (USA, 77 min., Narrative, 2003) WORLD
PREMIERE A 16-year-old ballet dancer explores her
sexual and emotional world in unexpected ways when she encounters
predicaments above and beyond her
controlled environment. Directed by Kevin Asher Green.

Grand Jury Sparky Award for Best Documentary Feature
Sponsored by Alpha Cine
Prize-$2,500 lab service credit from Alpha Cine
MONSTER ROAD (USA, 80 min., Documentary, 2003) WORLD PREMIERE This film
explores the life and work of visionary clay and line animator Bruce
Bickford. Best known for the dark and magical clay animations he created for
musician Frank Zappa in the 1970s, Bickford's films have achieved cult
status worldwide, even though very little of his 40 year body of work has
been released to the public. Directed by Brett Ingram.
www.brighteyepictures.com

Grand Jury Sparky Award for Best Short
Sponsored by Kino Flo
³Freestyle² (documentary)
(USA, 26:22 min., Documentary, 2003) A look at a new competitive dog sport
called ³Musical Canine Freestyle² or dancing with dogs and its colorful
practitioners of all ages who hope to take it all the way to the Olympics.
Directed by Elena Elmoznino.

³Crabwalk² (narrative)
² (USA, 17 min., Narrative, 2003) A 26-year-old unemployed college grad,
still living at home, is given a final $20 allowance by his parents. His
first day of trying to be a grown-up is a series of bittersweet and darkly
comical mishaps. Directed by Jeremy Saulnier.

Grand Jury Honor for Best Ensemble Cast
GOLDFISH GAMES (Belguim, 105 min., Narrative, 2002) US PREMIERE In this
modern day fable about an extended family that comes together at a castle in
the French Ardennes, man becomes a sum of his secrets, his past and his
moral decisions. Directed by Jan Lauwers. www.needcompany.org

Jury Honor for Excellence in Writing
NIGHTINGALE IN A MUSIC BOX
(USA, 96 min., Narrative, 2002) In the future there is a technology that
can control people¹s memories. Two women confront it in this sci-fi drama
that examines the question: ³How easily can our mind be taken away from us?²
Directed by Hurt McDermott.

Audience Sparky Award for Best Film
Sponsored by Maryland Film Office
BIG CITY DICK (USA, 129 min., Documentary, 2003) WORLD PREMIERE This
captivating journey into the world of a savant street musician and his
lifelong struggle to become a successful recording artist. His celebrity
obsessions range from Jeff Bridges to Johnny Mathis and then The Stone
Temple Pilots discover his music...
Directed by Scott Milam, Ken Harder, Todd Pottinger.
www.bigcitydick.com

The festival would like to recognize the highest scoring Narrative Feature
with the audience:
MEMRON (USA, 76 min., Narrative, 2002) WORLD
PREMIERE An improvisational comedic romp through the ruins of corporate
fraud. Memron was once the greatest company on earth. Now their top
executives rule the prison yard golf course. Directed by Nancy Hower).
www.memron.com

Audience Sparky Award for Best Short
Sponsored by Iron Mountain Film & Sound Archives
³Tackle Box² (USA, 10.5 min., Narrative, 2003) When an elderly woman with a
passion for fishing passes away there are strange and lingering effects on
the Low country waters where she and her husband spent many happy hours.
Directed by Matthew Mebane. www.tackleboxthemovie.com

Spirit of Slamdance Sparky Award
Sponsored by Tarantula Azul Tequila
³The Virile Man² A tragically closeted man enlists the help of a phone
psychic to rationalize his actions.
Directed by David Zellner

Kodak Vision Award for Best Cinematography
Sponsored by Kodak
Prize-$5,000 gift certificate for Kodak film
GRAVEYARD ALIVE: A ZOMBIE NURSE IN LOVE (Canada, 80 min., Narrative, 2003)
US PREMIERE A modern feminist B-Horror zombie flick about a lonely nurse who
turns into a sex kitten after being bitten by a zombie. Directed by Elza
Kephart
www.bastardamber.com

Sparky Award for Global Anarchy Winner
Sponsored by X-Mission
³Western State #3² Western State #3 profiles the artwork of Canadian genius,
Geoff Mcfetridge. Directed by Slowtron

Sponsors include Tarantula Tequila, Dos Equis, Brewvies and media partners
X96, SLC Weekly, and SLUG Magazine.

BEST SCREENPLAY (Awarded to the winner of the Slamdance 2004 Screenplay
competition. Prizes total $3,500 from Slamdance.

SCREENPLAY WINNERS: The Slamdance Film Festival Screenplay Winners were
previously announced.

The top three awards went to:

Sparky Award for Best Screenplay
Sponsored by the WGA
1st Prize: Song of Silence (Drama) by Miranda Kwok

2nd Prize: The Parachute Factory (Urban Story) by Tanya Steele

3rd Prize: Wizard of Genoa (Period Epic) by Gary L.
Miner

Sparky Award for Best SlamFi Screenplay
Sponsored by Xeolux
³Toy Robots² (short) Daniel Kwak

Anarchy: ³Western State #3² directed by Slowtron

Spirit of Slamdance: David Zellner director of
³The Virile Man²

Slamdance 2001 Screenplay competition winner THE WOODSMAN was produced last
year and acquired for distribution by New Market at the 2004 Sundance Film
Festival. Screenplay Competition Director John Stoddard said, ³THE WOODSMAN
is a perfect example of the success of the support and opportunities
provided by Slamdance to give new writers a boost into the industry.²

Earlier in the week BRUCE HAACK: KING OF TECHNO, a competition feature was
purchased by 7th Art Releasing for distribution.

Winners were awarded their "Sparkies" (bronze statuettes shaped like sitting
dogs) at the Closing Night Award Ceremony.

The award-winning films will screen at the Best of Slamdance on Saturday,
January 24th in Salt Lake City at Madstone Theaters and Brewvies.

Showtimes are as follows:
3:00 pm MST - Madstone Theater - Best Of Screening
MONSTER ROAD & ³Freestyle²

5:00pm MST - Madstone Theater- Added Screening
FASTER ­ This documentary about Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing was such a hit
in Salt Lake, Slamdance has organized this encore screening.

7:00pm MST - Madstone Theater Best Of Screening
BIG CITY DICK

7:00pm MST - Brewvies (SLC) Best Of Screening
³Tackle Box² and HOMEWORK

9:00pm MST - Brewvies (SLC) Best Of Screening
MEMRON & ³Crabwalk²

Screenings will take place in Los Angeles at the American Cinematheque at
the Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Blvd. In Hollywood) as follows:

Thursday, Feb. 5th at 7:00 PM is a Double Feature of The Best of Slamdance
Poland: ³DOTKNIJ MNIE (IT TOUCHES ME)² & HOMEWORK

Thursday, Feb. 12th at 7:00 PM is a Double Feature of BIG CITY DICK &
³Tackle Box²

The screenings will be at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. Tickets
$9 General admission. www.egyptiantheatre.com

Screenings in New York at the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre are on Tuesday,
February 26th; and Tuesday, March 2 & 3.

Slamdance is a year-round organization dedicated to serving new filmmakers
from around the world. Started in 1995 by a group of upstart
writer/director/producers, Slamdance continues to be organized and
programmed by active filmmakers. Now in its tenth year as an annual festival
that runs simultaneous to the Sundance Film Festival, Slamdance has
established a unique reputation for premiering independent films by
first-time directors working with limited budgets. With a renowned film
festival at its heart, Slamdance has expanded to include domestic and
international On The Road events (Los Angeles, Delhi, New York, Washington,
D.C., Cologne, Beijing, Wroclaw-Poland), a thriving screenplay competition,
a very active website at slamdance.com, the Anarchy online short film
competition, a $99 Special short film production wing and the Dirty Dozen
DVD series.

EVENTS PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. GO TO WWW.SLAMDANCE.COM FOR UPDATED
INFORMATION AND TO LEARN ABOUT CELEBRITY ATTENDEES AT THE FESTIVAL.