The Backseat Film Festival is an independent film festival organized by Doug Sakmann, Nick Esposito, and Zafer Ulkucu.^[1]

Beginning in Park City, UT during the winter of 2003 as one of many alternatives to the Sundance Film Festival it quickly transformed into a touring festival that continues to the present day.^[2]

During the summer of 2003 the festival joined forces with the Vans Warped Tour and its screening bus, the Dirty Erin, traveled through 44 cities across North America playing films for tens of thousands of young people. Doug Sakmann, former Festival Director for the Troma Films' Tromadance Film Festival, filmed a slasher film series Punk Rock Holocaust during this tour which garnered international press attention for the festival.^[3][4]

Backseat is currently based in Philadelphia, PA. The touring festival travels across the U.S. each year screening films for those interested in edgy, alternative indy films. It has also showcased its film lineup at the Cannes Film Festival.

[edit] Featured films

• Punk Rock Holocaust
• Plaster Caster
• Automatons
• Stupid Teenagers Must Die!
• Fudge 44
• Prison-A-Go-Go!
• God Squad!
• Stupid Teenagers Must Die
• FUBAR: The Movie
• Razor Sharp
• Gimme Skelter
• The Making of The Green Goblin's Last Stand
• Films by Rusty Nails
• Hot Rod Girls Save The World

[edit] References

1. ^ "A home at last for local directors and their films". Daily Magazine. Philadelphia Inquirer. 2008-07-15. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20080715_A_home_at_last_for_local_directors_and_their_films.html. Retrieved 2008-07-18. 
2. ^ "The Backseat Gets Messy Every Month in New York". Headlines. Film Threat. 2003-06-11. http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=headlines&Id=1497. Retrieved 2008-07-18. 
3. ^ "Warped Tour Bands Team For Film". Billboard: p. page 27. 14 July 2003. 
4. ^ "Murder Most Horrid". Kerrang UK: p. page 6. 27 September 2003. 

[edit] External links

• Official website

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