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SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026

THE REVIEWS

"An absurdist, heavily ad-libbed comedy, Danny Is My Boyfriend feels like National Lampoon shared a cringy, three martini lunch with Curb Your Enthusiasm."

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"Beautifully shot and intimately framed, Clovers tracks three residents of Asheboro, North Carolina, once dubbed the “fastest dying city in America."

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"In his intimate documentary The LeMieurs, filmmaker Sammy LeMieur turns the camera toward his own Minnesota family, capturing four years of grief, acceptance, and the emotional passing of the seasons."

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"A relatable comedy about a divorced dad trapped in a conversational quagmire with an overcaffeinated super dad..."

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"Set to the pulse of an 80s PI show, John Michael Riva’s Murphy’s Ranch is a hip, clever short that ends way too soon."

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"Staring Contest is a 99 second animated short that might be brief on run time but is lengthy in topic."

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"Beautifully shot and unapologetically experimental, Ghost of Home drifts between the digital frames."

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"Still Standing is compact, urgent, and undeniably affecting. The short shines a necessary light on insurance neglect and regulatory gaps that leave families stranded."

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"Warm, odd, and wise, The Human, Will proves that sometimes the smartest move is stepping sideways instead of forward."

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"The Bulldogs captures a town suspended between endurance and uncertainty. Yet this movie, too, just feels like a short visit."

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