The Backseat Film Festival is an independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 festival

Film festival

A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...

 organized by Doug Sakmann, Nick Esposito, and Zafer Ulkucu.

Beginning in Park City, UT during the winter of 2003 as one of many alternatives to the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 it quickly transformed into a touring festival that continues to the present day.

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

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 playing films for tens of thousands of young people. Doug Sakmann, former Festival Director for the Troma Films' Tromadance

TromaDance

The TromaDance Film Festival is a free annual independent film festival organized by Troma Entertainment. Founded in 1999, TromaDance was originally held in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, operating concurrently alongside the Sundance Film Festival in order to showcase an independent...

 Film Festival

Film festival

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, filmed a slasher film

Slasher film

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 series Punk Rock Holocaust

Punk Rock Holocaust

Punk Rock Holocaust is a 2004 low-budget slasher film/horror-comedy directed by Doug Sakmann. It is about a serial killer on the loose at the Vans Warped Tour who tries killing off the bands one by one, and features bands such as Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Less Than Jake, The Used, Big D and...

 during this tour which garnered international press attention for the festival.

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

Cannes Film Festival

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Featured films

• Punk Rock Holocaust
  Punk Rock Holocaust
  Punk Rock Holocaust is a 2004 low-budget slasher film/horror-comedy directed by Doug Sakmann. It is about a serial killer on the loose at the Vans Warped Tour who tries killing off the bands one by one, and features bands such as Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Less Than Jake, The Used, Big D and...
  
  
• Plaster Caster
  Plaster Caster
  Plaster Caster is a 2001 documentary about Cynthia Plaster Caster, the legendary groupie who became famous for making plaster casts of rock stars' penises, including Jimi Hendrix's.- Synopsis :...
  
  
• Automatons
  Automatons
  Automatons is a 2006 black-and-white horror film about a war against robots. The movie was made under the working title Death to the Automatons. Christine Spencer, Angus Scrimm, and Brenda Cooney star. John Levene, Don Wood and Executive Producer Larry Fessenden have supporting roles...
  
  
• Stupid Teenagers Must Die!
  Stupid Teenagers Must Die!
  Stupid Teenagers Must Die! is a 2006 spoof film directed by Jeff C. Smith and written by Smith and Curtis Andersen...
  
  
• Fudge 44
  Fudge 44
  Fudge 44 is a 2005 film from Irish director Graham Jones. It is a mockumentary about six puppets in an insolvent Tokyo children's puppet theatre who locals believe came to life and robbed a nearby bank to avoid being put out of business....
  
  
• Prison-A-Go-Go!
  Prison-A-Go-Go!
  Prison-A-Go-Go! is an American movie first released in October 2003 by WorldWide International Picture Studios, known for producing low budget B-movies with campy concepts. The film premiered at the Deep Ellum Film Festival in 2003 and went on to win several awards. The film was directed by Barak...
  
  
• God Squad!
• Stupid Teenagers Must Die
• FUBAR: The Movie
  FUBAR: The Movie
  FUBAR is a 2002 mockumentary film, directed by Michael Dowse, based on the lives of two lifelong friends and head-bangers living out their lives, constantly drinking beer. FUBAR debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in the 'Park City at Midnight' category, which previously launched such films as...
  
  
• Razor Sharp
• Gimme Skelter
• The Making of The Green Goblin's Last Stand
  The Green Goblin's Last Stand
  The Green Goblin's Last Stand is a 1992 fan film by Dan Poole, based on the comic book story "The Night Gwen Stacy Died", published by Marvel Comics in The Amazing Spider-Man #121–122. Poole is the director, producer, creative editor, screenwriter, and star of the film...
  
  
• Films by Rusty Nails
  Rusty Nails (filmmaker)
  Rusty Butt aka Rusty Osgood is an American director, writer, editor, and actor. He is best known for his feature film Acne, a black-and-white horror film about a pair of teenagers who wake up to find themselves mutated into horribly strange creatures...
  
  
• Hot Rod Girls Save The World
  Hot Rod Girls Save The World
  Hot Rod Girls Save The World is a 2008 B-Movie written and directed by D.A. Sebasstian.-Production:Made on a small budget, the film features hot rods, aliens and zombies...