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On The Road with Jared “J.” Snow and YOU LOOK FINE
As the 2026 Slamdance On The Road tour kicks off in Salt Lake City, director J. Snow and co-founder Peter Baxter talk about the filmmaking journey of You Look Fine, the intense and uplifting award winning documentary about living with Sickl...
The Future is a Story We Tell Ourselves
Today marks one week since I released my first documentary feature, AM I?, investigating whether or not our new AI systems might be conscious. A year ago I didn’t know anything about AI and I think I have even more questions now than when I...
KRISTEN TEPPER: "5 Shifts Filmmakers Who Are Done Waiting For Permission Can Make Today"
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Okay, I’m going to just be talking about Decentering Hollywood. It was actually a post that I had kind of started for Ted, and got very into the idea.
A little bit about myself: I make TikToks and Instagram and Substack. But...
RICHARD RUSHFIELD: "Creating Scarcity"
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TED: You know, like, if it wasn’t for the Ankler I wouldn’t have come to Substack. I wouldn’t have found Substack, Filmstack wouldn’t have started... the think tank in real time, that is. Filmstack couldn’t have morp...
DAN MIRVISH: ""Put Your Freak Flag On"
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I’m one of the co-founders of Slamdance. And by the way, Slamdance basically started in the exact same spirit that everything Courtney just said: with a bunch of filmmakers. We collaborated, we got together, and we supported...
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The official Substack of the Slamdance Film Festival reporting on the future of filmmaking
A producer on over 70 films, studio exec on over 60, Ted launched Amazon’s foray into feature film production. His memoir/handbook "HopeForFilm" is available for your reading pleasure.
Writing, directing, & producing NonDē films. Organizing the NonDē 50 Films Project, contributing to FilmStack Daily Digest, and making my feature directorial debut in 2026.
Columnist, The Ankler.
Showrunner assistant + screenwriter, on the 2022 blacklist of the most popular unproduced scripts. Social media marketing + pitch decks for film and TV. Next up - selling a script / getting staffed!
Dân Mirvish is a filmmaker, author and educator - upcoming Atomic Fondue. Directed 18½, Bernard and Huey, Between Us, Open House and Omaha (the movie). Written books, co-founded Slamdance, teaches at Chapman and was US Senate speechwriter. DGA
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