The '''Backseat Film Festival''' is an independent film festival organized by Doug Sakmann, Nick Esposito, and Zafer Ulkucu.<ref>{{cite web|title=A home at last for local directors and their films |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=2008-07-15 |work=Daily Magazine |url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20080715_A_home_at_last_for_local_directors_and_their_films.html |accessdate=2008-07-18 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080717200228/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20080715_A_home_at_last_for_local_directors_and_their_films.html |archivedate=2008-07-17 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Beginning in Park City, Utah, 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Backseat Gets Messy Every Month in New York |publisher=Film Threat |date=2003-06-11 |work=Headlines |url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=headlines&Id=1497 |accessdate=2008-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070822120946/http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=headlines |archivedate=2007-08-22 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news | author=Martens, Todd | author-link=Todd Martens | title=Warped Tour Bands Team For Film | magazine=Billboard | date=14 July 2003 | page=27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | author=Staff Writer | author-link=Employment | title=Murder Most Horrid | magazine=Kerrang UK | date=27 September 2003 | page=6}}</ref>
Backseat is currently based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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.
==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''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.backseatfilmfestival.com/}}
Category:Film festivals in Utah Category:Fantasy and horror film festivals in the United States
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