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But there’s also a 1990s throwback feel to this quirky dramedy featuring a large ensemble cast.

Showrunner and executive producer Erik Oleson called “The Bondsman” “a bizarre, goofy show that has family dramedy, country music and Kevin Bacon plunging a chainsaw into the heads of demons. What more could you want in a television show? And Kevin has the natural charisma for the role, which allows the audience to get on board for what oftentimes are his maddening choices.”

Recent movies included the Oscar best picture-nominated “Nickel Boys” and the Anne Hathaway romantic dramedy “The Idea of You.”

“I think the word is fun. The festival is about fun,” said filmmaker Jay Duplass, who has been to the event many times and will be there this year to premiere the low-key, character-driven dramedy “The Baltimorons.”

When filmmaker Sean Baker won his first Oscar for original screenplay early Sunday night for “Anora,” a screwball dramedy about a stripper who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, he gave an acceptance speech so heartfelt and complete, heaping praise on everyone from his cast and crew to his distributors and management team, that I wondered if he’d thanked himself into a corner.