Slamdance is right around the corner, and it’s filled with an amazing lineup of films.

Here are the feature documentaries at this year’s festival:

Citizen Weiner

Director: Daniel Robbins. Synopsis: “Zack Weiner is an actor residing in New York City. When the film industry shuts down in 2020, Zack and his friend Joe embark on a unique project: to make a film about running for city council, while actually running for city council.”

Demon Mineral

Director: Hadley Austin. Synopsis: “A portrait of life in the radioactive desert on the Navajo Reservation, following a group of indigenous scientists, elders, and activists as they work to protect a vital living space on contaminated land.”

I’m “George Lucas”: A Connor Ratliff Story

Director: Ryan Jacobi. Synopsis: “Five years into performing as renowned filmmaker George Lucas in the cult comedy show “The George Lucas Talk Show”, comedian Connor Ratliff questions the need for its continuation and his own drive for fulfillment in show business.”

Inheritance

Directors: Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing. Synopsis: “Filmed over ten years, INHERITANCE immerses audiences in a family of love, struggle, and hope as experienced through the eyes and ears of one boy, Curtis, and five generations of his extended family. Grandma and family matriarch, Cheryl, guides audiences into Curtis’ world. Leaving boyhood, but not his family, behind, Curtis moves toward an uncertain future.”

On The Way Home

Director: Giorgi Kvelidze. Synopsis: “On The Way Home is a documentary feature that follows two Georgian families, displaced by war, squatting in abandoned former Soviet sanatoriums as they await government housing.”

Petro

Director: Sean Mattison. Synopsis: ““In the midst of historic upheaval in Colombia, Senator Gustavo Petro, a former M-19 guerrilla leader, is the early front runner for president in 2022,” “Petro begins in September 2021 at the launch event of Petro’s campaign. With unprecedented access to Colombia’s most charismatic and polarizing politician, the film follows the highs and lows of the Colombian progressive movement and Petro’s historic campaign for president through Election Day.”

PUNISHMENT

Director: Øystein Mamen. Synopsis: “Punishment follows the experiences of four inmates in Norway’s Halden Maximum Security Prison who have chosen to enter a three-week silent retreat. Guided by two prison chaplains, they face the past, the tipping point that led to their actions, the reality of their crimes, and where it has led them, to give themselves an opportunity to move forward. Through the exercises, tasks, and meditative reflection, each man takes a personal journey inward to face the man looking back at them from the mirror. Punishment evolves into a prism for gauging the existential landscape of the convicted as we observe each man taking these steps, looking beyond the question of religious belief to their belief about themselves and their worthiness of redemption.”

Roll Bus Roll: A Jeffrey Lewis Documentary

Director: Ilya Popenko. Synopsis: “Roll Bus Roll casts an eye at the life and art of Jeffrey Lewis, one of the most prominent musicians associated with NYC’s anti-folk scene. The film opens with an exploration of the anti-folk, offering a glimpse into the unique movement that challenges traditional folk conventions. Then the viewer follows Jeffrey on tour, across cities and continents.”

The Death Tour

Directors: Stephan Peterson and Sonya Ballantyne. Synopsis: “The Death Tour is a feature documentary following professional wrestlers on “the hardest tour in indie wrestling”. For weeks, these wrestlers travel across frozen lakes to put on shows for Canada’s most remote Indigenous communities. Sleeping on floors and eating canned food, this trip will force each wrestler to draw from their checkered pasts if they dare dream of a future in wrestling.”

Leilani’s Fortune

Director: Loveleen Kaur. Synopsis: “Leilani’s Fortune is an intimate journey that follows Witch Prophet, a Toronto-based queer, immigrant Ethiopian-Eritrean musician, as she navigates newfound momentum in Canada and records her latest album, The Gateway Experience. After a decade of struggling as an independent artist in the margins, she finally has the validation she needs to make the album of her prophecies. With her hypnotic harmonies and genre-bending sound, she is poised to shape the next era of global Canadian artists.”

Slamdance will celebrate its 30th Festival in Park City at THE YARROW and Salt Lake City at the University of Utah from January 19-25 and virtually on the Slamdance Channel from January 22-28 with over 125 film programs and live events.