Exclusive: Rtg Features, the sister studio to basketball media company Slam, is partnering with arts organization Heartland Film to launch the first annual Slam Film Festival dedicated to basketball-themed movies.
The festival, which will take place February 16-18, 2024, at Living Room Theaters in Indianapolis, will be a mix of world premiere titles, recent festival circuit movies and iconic films. The event will be the first-ever film festival exclusively focused on basketball, and is launched in celebration of Slam’s 30th anniversary in 2024. Scroll down for the lineup.
There will be 30th anniversary screenings of Steve James’ classic doc Hoop Dreams, William Friedkin’s Nick Nolte and Shaquille O’Neal film Blue Chips and Jeff Pollack’s Above The Rim. Newer films set to screen will include Palm Springs 2024 title Amongst The Trees, exec-produced by NBA star Paul George, and recent doc biopic Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023).
In addition to screenings and post-screening Q&As,...
The festival, which will take place February 16-18, 2024, at Living Room Theaters in Indianapolis, will be a mix of world premiere titles, recent festival circuit movies and iconic films. The event will be the first-ever film festival exclusively focused on basketball, and is launched in celebration of Slam’s 30th anniversary in 2024. Scroll down for the lineup.
There will be 30th anniversary screenings of Steve James’ classic doc Hoop Dreams, William Friedkin’s Nick Nolte and Shaquille O’Neal film Blue Chips and Jeff Pollack’s Above The Rim. Newer films set to screen will include Palm Springs 2024 title Amongst The Trees, exec-produced by NBA star Paul George, and recent doc biopic Stephen Curry: Underrated (2023).
In addition to screenings and post-screening Q&As,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Eight-time NBA All-Star Paul George is launching film and TV outfit The Pack Productions.
First up, George is joining basketball-themed documentary Amongst the Trees as an executive producer. The film will get its world premiere at the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival.
George is launching The Pack Productions with his sister Teiosha George, who is also an executive producer on the film, which follows an upstart men’s basketball program at Copper Mountain College – a tiny community college in the middle of the Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree, California – during the final week of their season. In just its second year of the team’s existence, the film drops viewers into the action as the Fighting Cacti make one last push for the playoffs.
The film is co-directed and co-produced by Trent Ubben and Jack Jensen of The Rec League in their feature documentary debut, and produced by...
First up, George is joining basketball-themed documentary Amongst the Trees as an executive producer. The film will get its world premiere at the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival.
George is launching The Pack Productions with his sister Teiosha George, who is also an executive producer on the film, which follows an upstart men’s basketball program at Copper Mountain College – a tiny community college in the middle of the Mojave Desert in Joshua Tree, California – during the final week of their season. In just its second year of the team’s existence, the film drops viewers into the action as the Fighting Cacti make one last push for the playoffs.
The film is co-directed and co-produced by Trent Ubben and Jack Jensen of The Rec League in their feature documentary debut, and produced by...
- 12/12/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.