Not unlike another festival that happens in the desert each summer, Sundance gets bigger and even more of a spectacle each year. Much of the escalating frenzy in Park City over the last five years has been due to the alternative festivals that have followed Slamdance's lead, setting up in the midst of the "official" festival and offering interesting alternative fare. This year, the Damah Film Festival and Freedom Festival joined the returning X-Dance extreme sports film festival as Slamdance, now itself becoming a hallowed institution, celebrated its tenth year in Park City. Add the innumerable events and parties, and you get one crazy, hectic little town. While the hullabaloo of parties (up to 10 or more a night) and influx of celebrity gawkers and party people threatens to overshadow what Sundance is all about, thankfully there are still amazing, innovative and challenging films being shown from all over the world. The festival opened with the world premiere of Riding Giants, a documentary about the world of surfing from Stacy Peralta and the team that created hot skateboarding doc Dogtown and Z-Boys a couple of years ago. The film was bought early in the festival and should be released later this year. Read the full article by Jonathan Wells over at Res.com