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DRAGONSLAYER, A film by Tristan Patterson, Doc, NR, 74 min, In English

- WINNER, GRAND JURY AWARD,
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, SXSW 2011

- WINNER, GRAND JURY AWARD,
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, SXSW 2011

- WINNER, BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE,
HOT DOCS 2011

"Seamlessly dovetailing style and subject, "Dragonslayer," a poetic and affectionate portrait of the professional skateboarder Josh Sandoval, known as Skreech, vivifies a subculture of random hedonism and future myopia." Jeanette Catsoulis, New York Times (Critic's Pick)

""The measured vérité style of Frederick Wiseman meets the visual polish of Terrence Malick Departing from the conventions of documentary portraiture, "Dragonslayer" delivers the cinematic equivalent of punk rock candy." Eric Kohn, indieWIRE (Critic's Pick)

Directed by Tristan Patterson and executive produced by indie-maverick Christine Vachon, Dragonslayer is the Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Documentary at SXSW 2011 and the second feature film to be released theatrically by Drag City Records following Harmony Korine's Trash Humpers.
An intimate vérité portrait of the life and times of Josh "Skreech" Sandoval, a 23-year-old skate legend from the stagnant suburbs of Fullerton, California, Dragonslayer takes the viewer through a golden SoCal haze of lost youth, broken homes and abandoned swimming pools, set to a soundtrack of bands from indie-rock labels Mexican Summer and Kemado Records-including Best Coast, Bipolar Bear, Children, Dungen, Jacuzzi Boys, Little Girls and The Soft Packas well as Death and Thee Oh Sees.