Slamdance today announced its 2011 Special Screenings program and Short Film Competition slate for the 17th Annual Slamdance Film Festival. “All Is Not Lost” this year at Slamdance, as is evident by the four stand-out films chosen for the Special Screenings program and 56 shorts that continue a long Slamdance tradition of showcasing fresh and innovative voices in short film. The 2011 Slamdance Film Festival runs January 21-27, 2011 in Park City, Utah.

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SPECIAL SCREENINGS:

“Gandu” – directed by Q (India). 90 mins.
As his mother has sex with her benefactor, an Indian teenager creeps into her room and steals the man's money. He heads out with his friend Riksha on a drug/punk/rap fuelled-adventure shot in bold, stylish, fluid black and white, until he meets a beautiful kitty-girl who, in one gorgeously shocking scene, turns his world into vivid color.

NARRATIVE SHORTS:

“Les chiens jappent (Barking Dogs)” – written and directed by Arthur C. Joron. US Premiere, 13 min. (Canada)
Two teenaged metal heads feel that they are the badasses of their French-Canadian suburb.

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS :

“Oaks” - directed by Charles Wittenmeier. 17 min.
Ethan Rose discovers a silent-era pipe organ at the Oaks Park roller skating rink in Portland. He befriends the resident organist, Keith Fortune and this friendship results in Rose’s critically acclaimed record “Oaks.” The film chronicles how the recording of “Oaks” elicits new life from the Wurlitzer.

“Rhag” - directed by Doug Walker. World Premiere, 40 min.
RHAG recognizes the shear, whacky brilliance of painter and experimental composer Roy Henry Alexander Gover.