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They decided not to take...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eEnglish/Nat\u003cbr/\u003e                                         The Chi Girl Takes Slamdance Prize\u003cbr/\u003eFive years ago three filmmakers, SHANE KUHN, DNA MIRVISH and JON FITZGERALD  all had their films declined by Sundance. They decided not to take rejection lying down.  In conjunction with other filmmakers - many of whom they had met at that year's  Independent Feature Film Market - they established an alternative to Sundance to run  concurrently,  which they called Slamdance 1995: Anarchy in Utah. Following a front  page article in Variety, the team quickly asembled an impressive roster of over 20 films,  including a dozen features, half of which were world premieres. All of the films were  made by first-time directors, had unknown casts and an aggregate budget of under 1  million dollars. The Festival has survived and this January enjoyed its fourth anniversary.  \u003cbr/\u003eSlamdance's programming team of over 30 (primarily Slamdance alumni) selected just  over 60 features and shorts for the '99 Festival from January 23-30, 1999. The feature  competition was limited to first-time directors of films without U.S. distribution or sizable  budgets. In addition to the short films screening in competition,the organisers also  showed a comprehensive selection of shorts as free screenings in their Filmmakers'  Lounge. All screenings were held in two screening rooms at the Treasure Mountain Inn  (TMI).\u003cbr/\u003eThis year's Slamdance Jurors were SAM L. GROGG, the Dean of the American Film  Institute, JACQUI LOUEZ, who  is heavily involved in indie production in Australia,  SKIZZ CYZYK, a Baltimore based filmmaker (LITTLE CASTLES, 4 FILMS IN 5  MINUTES), RICHARD WECHSLER a recipient of The New York Film Critics Award and  an Academy Award - Best Picture Nomination - for producing FIVE EASY PIECES  staring Jack Nicholson, HOLLY WILLIS, a Los Angeles-based film journalist, critic and  scholar. \u003cbr/\u003eand JUNICHI MIMURA a revered screenwriter/director/producer in Japan.\u003cbr/\u003eSince its inception, Slamdance has come to be recognized as \"The ultra independent  film festival\" (Sam Rubin, \"Good Morning America\") and Variety's Len Klady recently  made the comparison to Cannes by referring to Slamdance as \"the unofficial Directors  Fortnight to Sundance.\" The festival has also attracted the support of such critics as  Roger Ebert. Maintaining its grassroots style into its fifth year, Slamdance is a festival  by filmmakers, for filmmakers, and is dedicated to promoting new talent. The festival  has been involved with such critically acclaimed first features as Greg Mottola's THE  DAYTRIPPERS, produced by Slamdance supporter, Steven Soderbergh; Daniel J.  Harris' THE BIBLE \u0026amp; GUN CLUB; and Michael Davis' EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (which  starred FELICITY's Kerri Russell. In 1996, the festival held tributes to Robert Altman  and Roger Corman. In 1997 Slamdance hosted an IFC sponsored premiere of  independent film guru John Pierson's television show \"Split Screen.\" At the 1998  festival, 20 DATES by Myles Berkowitz received the Audience Award, as well as a  distribution deal with Fox Searchlight. SIX-STRING SAMURAI won two awards (for  cinematography and editing) and was picked up by Palm Pictures. Grand Jury winner  Kevin DiNovis' SURRENDER DOROTHY has since gone on to 23 international film  festivals, including winning the top prizes at both the Chicago and New York  Underground Film Festivals.\u003cbr/\u003eThis year's Slamdance Film Festival awards went to the following films and filmmakers: \u003cbr/\u003eGRAND JURY AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE: CHI GIRL, Written/Directed/Produced  by Heidi Van Lier.\u003cbr/\u003eGRAND JURY AWARD FOR BEST SHORT: \"Billy's Balloon\" Directed by Don  Hertzfeldt\u003cbr/\u003eAUDIENCE FEATURE AWARD: MAN OF THE CENTURY, Directed by Adam  Abraham. Produced by Gibson Frazier, Adam Abraham\u003cbr/\u003eAUDIENCE SHORT AWARD: \"12 Stops on the Road to Nowhere\" Directed by Jay Lowi\u003cbr/\u003eDOCUMENTARY AWARD SPONSORED BY CREST: AMERIKAN PASSPORT,  Directed by Reed Paget\u003cbr/\u003eILFORD BLACK AND WHITE AWARD: FOLLOWING, Writer/Director Chris Nolan\u003cbr/\u003eKODAK VISION AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: \"13\" Short film directed by  Belgian filmmaker Gert Embrechts\u003cbr/\u003eSPIRIT OF SLAMDANCE AWARD: \"Herd\" Short film directed by Mike Mitchell \u003cbr/\u003eWinners were awarded their \"Sparkys\" (bronze statuettes) at the Closing Night Award  Ceremony. Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, nephew of the late Pakistani singer  Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn performed several songs to open the Award Ceremony. The party  following was DJ'd by Moby, Alien Tom and Ezra G.\u003cbr/\u003eIn other news, the Ilford Black \u0026amp; White Award-winner FOLLOWING (from British  writer/director Chris Nolan) was acquired for North American distribution by Zeitgeist.  Kerri Russell, star of Slamdance '97 Audience Award winning film EIGHT DAYS A  WEEK (slated for release by Legacy Releasing this Spring) won a Golden Globe Award  last week for her performance on \"Felicity.\" LeAnn Rimes, who has a cameo in the  Slamdance competition feature DILL SCALLION, appeared following the Thursday  morning screening and treated the audience to an a capella version of \"Amazing  Grace.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to Chris Gore's new book The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide,  \"Slamdance has become THE festival to watch for the next big thing.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCHI GIRL, the winning film is directed by Los Angeles screenwriter, HEIDI VAN LIER,  who,  realizing she had nothing witty or interesting to say whatsoever, decided to make  a movie. \u003cbr/\u003eA voyeuristic film, it folows a filmmaker, following a girl he's met  in a bar. She has a  foolish theory: any woman can pick up any guy and get him to come home with her,  because men are... stupid. She agrees to prove it to him, and he agrees to film it. In the  course of filming we realize that no one's jumping at her offer. Furthermore, we realize  that she never has anywhere to go, or anyone to see, despite her obsessive claims to  the contrary. The filmmaker realizes that this peculiar subject is far more interesting  than their little bet, and so he keeps filming, waiting for the truth to spill. \u003cbr/\u003eAll the extras were unsuspecting pedestrians. You can tell that's the case in many  instances since they only had one take for each shot. Once, a guy yelled that he was  going to call 911 and ran off.  They cut, ran after the guy, and he asked us which  festivals they had entered. Also, none of the actors had a script. They just read their  lines when they arrived on set.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAnother of the films screening in competition was MAN OF THE CENTURY, directed by  ADAM ABRAHAM, which picked up the audience award . It tells the story of a sharp- witted, fast-talking, young journalist living in present day Manhattan, is inexplicably  convinced he's living in the 1920s. Johnny Twennies' old-fashioned ethics prevent him  from fulfilling the physical needs of his girlfriend. As Johnny fails to comprehend the  media-saturated, multicultural world that we take for granted, the film subtly shifts gears  as the modern world is gradually transformed into a zany farce typical of 1920s  \"talkies.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAn epic journey for the end of the millennium, AMERIKAN PASSPORT chronicles 23- year-old Reed Paget's incredible, shoestring odyssey around the world. Seeking  adventure, Paget finds himself dodging tanks in Tiananmen Square, ambushing the US  ambassador in Panama, stumbling into a shootout in South Africa, embracing romance  in Berlin, infiltrating the Red Army in Moscow, and running for his life as scud missiles  crash into Tel Aviv. Through it all, Paget addresses the complex morality of the Cold  War, and contrasts the ritual of human sacrifice with the culture of war. Unbelievable,  ironic, funny and, most of all, true. He picked up a documentary award for his efforts. \u003cbr/\u003eOf his efforts to make the film he said, during the making of AMERIKAN PASSPORT, I  smuggled film out of China, was jailed in Cambodia, got Dengue fever in Nicaragua and  was broke for eight years.  \u003cbr/\u003eSex, drugs, and righteous sounds are on full display in the raucous docu-drama THREE  DAYS, brought to the screen by the upstanding citizens of Jane's Addiction. Messrs.  Farrel, Navarro, Perkins and Flea (re)joined forces for their infamous 1997 \"I-Itz M'My  Party\" Relapse Tour in which a meld of \"oldies,\" unreleased songs, and solo works are  served up in a swirly orgiastic stew. The film deftly integrates documentary and narrative  footage (Cinque Lee as the bumbling videographer) shot in whatever format was handy.  It's an unprecedented work of devoted exploration, and a tremendous portrait that  revives the nearly dormant genre of Rock 'n' Roll cinema. \u003cbr/\u003eThe film was made by CARTER SMITH who has directed music videos for Jane's  Addiction, Fishbone, D.S.A., and other bands. He is also an accomplished  photographer of fashion, live music and landscapes. KEVON FORD has directed music  videos for Guru, Prince Paul, and Don Piper. He has also shot several docs. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The first stage of filming began, basically, as a secret to the band. We raced back to  New York to show the footage to Perry before the tour officially began. There was an air  of rejection as we stuck the tape into the machine. 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