By Ray Pride Pride@moviecitynews.com

ArcLight Cinemas and Slamdance Film Festival Debut Slamdance Cinema Club in Los Angeles

Two premiere cinema organizations partner to bring independent films to ArcLight audiences with the Slamdance Cinema Club

LOS ANGELES  (February 18, 2015) — Beginning March 2015, movie lovers in Los Angeles will have another reason to celebrate with the premiere of Slamdance Cinema Club, a new series of independent films titles to be shown exclusively at ArcLight Cinemas. Each month, the Slamdance Cinema Club will select new independent films from the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival to be screened atArcLight Hollywood followed by a filmmaker Q&A, with high-profile surprise guests and moderators.

For years, the Slamdance Film Festival has celebrated independent filmmaking and ran concurrently to Sundance Film Festival, serving as an alternative for filmmakers to debut their films. Now, for the first time, Los Angeles moviegoers will have an opportunity to watch these films at ArcLight Cinemas Hollywood.

The first screening will kick-off on March 8 with “The Resurrection of Jake The Snake” from filmmaker Steve Yu, and the following night, March 9, the Slamdance Cinema Club will screen “Bloodsucking Bastards” by Brian James O’Connell starring The Cabin in the Woods star Fran Kranz who will bring the Los Angeles-based comedy group Dr. God’s humor on the big screen.

March 8, 8pm – “The Resurrection of Jake The Snake”

The story of professional wrestling legend Jake “The Snake” Roberts as he battles out from the depths of drug addiction, financial disaster, and depression with the help of an old friend and student.

March 9, 8pm – “Bloodsucking Bastards”

A horror comedy that follows corporate drone Evan Sanders as he finds a way to stop the evil brewing in his co-workers’ cubicles, win back his girlfriend, and rescue his workplace pals before his life goes from being dead-end… to just dead.

“For over a decade, ArcLight Cinemas has celebrated film by bringing a variety of content to an audience of passionate moviegoers, showing films the way the filmmaker intended,” said Gretchen McCourt, Executive Vice President, Cinema Programming, ArcLight Cinemas. “Our partnership with the Slamdance Cinema Club is a tremendous opportunity to continue our support for independent films, bringing these incredible stories to life on the big screen and showcasing the talent of existing and emerging filmmakers.”

 

ArcLight Cinemas has continued to be a shining light for independent cinema fans looking for a rich cinematic experience and we are thrilled to be partnering with such a visionary company that cares so much about the future of film,” states Slamdance President & Co-Founder, Peter Baxter.

 

Slamdance Cinema Club upcoming dates:

·       March 8, 9

·       April 12, 13

·       May 17, 18

·       June 14, 15

·       July 12, 13

·       August 9, 10

 

To reserve seats and learn more about upcoming titles visit ArcLight Cinemas at: www.arclightcinemas.com/news/ArcLight-Presents-Slamdance-Cinema-Club

 

About ArcLight Cinemas

ArcLight Cinemas, created by Pacific Theatres, a privately owned, Los Angeles based company with 60 years of theatrical exhibition history throughout California, Hawaii and Washington. ArcLight Cinemas operates five theaters in California including Hollywood, Pasadena, Sherman Oaks, El Segundo and La Jolla, as well as one theater in Bethesda, Md. Additional theaters are under construction in Chicago and Glenview, Ill., Culver City and Santa Monica, Calif., for a 2015 opening. ArcLight also owns and operates the historic Cinerama Dome and programs the TCL Chinese Theatre and IMAX in Hollywood. Pacific Theatres currently operates theaters in Los Angeles that include The Grove and The Americana at Brand in Glendale, Calif. Additional information about ArcLight Cinemas is available at www.arclightcinemas.com/

 

Connect with ArcLight:

https://twitter.com/ArcLightCinemas and https://www.facebook.com/ArclightCinemas

 

About Slamdance

Slamdance is a year-round organization and film festival that serves as a showcase for the discovery and development of emerging independent talent and innovative filmmaking. Slamdance is the only festival programmed entirely by filmmakers and is a fertile ground for new filmmakers to begin their careers. The festival began as an alternative to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah and they continue to run concurrently.

 

Notable Slamdance alumni who first gained notice at the festival include: Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity), Marc Forster (World War Z), Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite), Lena Dunham (Girls), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild), Anthony & Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin), Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) and Lynn Shelton (Humpday). Box Office Mojo reports alumni who first showed their work at Slamdance have accumulated over $11.5 billion in the Box Office to date.

 

Slamdance’s On The Road events and Slamdance Studios’ developing commercial distribution platform continue to increase opportunities for filmmakers both internationally and domestically. In partnership with Vimeo On DemandSlamdance Studios is developing Slamdance 20, a collection of twenty festival award winning and audience favorite films; titles include Matt Johnson’s The DirtiesAndrew Edison’s Bindlestiffs, and Daniel Martinico’s OK, Good. The 2014 On The Road tour was presented byCreativeFutureSlamdance Studios also launched a film collection on Hulu in January, including 12 feature films and 1 documentary short from Slamdance alumni which are available to stream now, with new films to be added monthly. Viewers can access Slamdance Studios

at http://www.hulu.com/companies/slamdance

 

Over 2,500 submissions competed for prizes in the 2014 Slamdance Screenplay Competition. This year’s Grand Prize winner was the Original Teleplay Search For Life by Andrea Janakas, which was awarded a total of $7,000 in cash prizes. Submissions for the 2015 Slamdance Screenplay Competition will open on February 23rd.

2015 Slamdance Film Festival Sponsors included Digital BolexThe International Fusion Doc ChallengeDirectors Guild of America, Pierce Law GroupCreativeFutureWriters Guild of America WestDifferent By DesignCarharttFestival ScopeFinal Draft, Park City’s Treasure Mountain Inn, and Salt Lake City’s BlueStar Juice Bar & CafeBeehive Distilling, and XmissionSlamdance is proud to partner with sponsors who support emerging artists and push the boundaries of independent filmmaking.

Additional information about the Slamdance Film Festival is available at www.slamdance.com 

Connect with Slamdance:

http://twitter.com/slamdance and http://www.facebook.com/SlamdanceFilmFestival

 

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