Festival Coverage
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
From the prankster beginnings of early hacktivist groups and the awkward birth of Anonymous from the loins of the website 4Chan, documentary filmmaker Brian Knappenberger follows the sometimes slow, sometimes mind-blowing-ly fast development of the hacktivist movement. Through interviews with former and current Anonymous members, footage taken by the activists themselves and some very impressive editing, We Are Legion presents a surprisingly historically correct version of past events that no newsroom would approve of.
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The Queen of Versailles
Rather than going the been-there-done-that route of a rags to riches story, director Lauren Greenfield accidently (yet exquisitely) delivers a riches to rags tale with the intimate glimpse into the wealthy lives of David and Jackie Siegel.
Wish You Were Here
While on holiday in Cambodia, two couples, Dave and Alice Flannery and Steph McKinney and Jeremy King, partake in all the traditional tourist attractions the impoverished country has to offer, but after attending an underground dance party, Jeremy unexpectedly disappears and a dark secret is buried within the circle of friends.
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X-Dance Review: Shaun Palmer: The Miserable Champion (Snowboard)
Shaun Palmer: The Miserable Champion
Chainsaw Productions
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 10pm
Probably the most highly anticipated film of X-Dance 2012, The Miserable Champion takes a very gritty, very raw inside look at the life of one of actions sports founding fathers, Shaun Palmer. … read more
X-Dance Review: Blue Sway (Surf)
Blue Sway
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 3:30pm
Created by legendary surf filmmaker and winner of the X-Dance “Lifetime Achievement award,” Jack McCoy, Blue Sway is a collaboration of stunning images accompanied by music by the legendary Paul McCartney. … read more
X-Dance Review: Drop: My Life Downhill (Skate)
Drop: My Life Downhill
Marc McCrudden
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 3:30pm
Drop: My Life Downhill takes a look at what is the newest and fastest growing action sport today in competitive downhill skateboarding. … read more
X-Dance Review: Denali Experiment (Ski)
Denali Experiment
The North Face
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 6:30pm
Part ski movie and part climbing movie, Denali Experiment features a North Face sponsored crew of professionals enduring a 10-day climb of Denali in Alaska—and then skiing down. … read more
X-Dance Review: Winter (Ski)
Winter
The Ski Channel
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 4:30pm
This genre-spanning feature-length documentary from the Ski Channel features athletes from many fields. … read more
X-Dance Review: After Dark (Ski)
After Dark
Level 1 Productions
X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 1pm
Level 1 productions offers one of the most interesting ski films I’ve seen in years. … read more
X-Dance Review: The Freedom Chair (Ski)
The Freedom Chair
Switchback Entertainment
X-Dance Screening: Friday, Jan. 13 @ 8:30pm
This short film chronicles the inspiring story of Josh Dueck, a young and well respected freeskiing coach who endured a bad accident in 2004, losing forever the use of his legs. … read more