Peter Baxter, president and co-founder of Slamdance, doesn't like to gauge the festival's success until he talks to the filmmakers who show their films.

"It's not how we are doing [that's important]," he said Tuesday at the festival's half-way mark. "It's how the filmmakers are doing."

There have been a lot of rumbling about purchases of Slamdance films, and Baxter said at least two are in the sales process. (He didn't say which ones.)

Ticket sales of films at the Treasure Mountain Inn have been brisk, with sold-out shows left and right.

-- David Burger