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The world's first virtual film festival launched a 10 - city North American tour in Portland, Ore., in August.

The Mouton Cadet Wine Bar will also welcome «A Shaded View of Fashion Film» (ASVOFF), the international film festival on fashion created by American fashion icon Diane Pernet.

The restaurant is a personal reflection of owner Paul Yi — Korean American film producer and film festival founder.

Complete with nearly 100 film screenings, filmmaker Q&A sessions, parties and events, the festival will showcase the best in current American and International cinema.

Nominated for awards at both the Pan African Film Festival, Bronzelens Film Festivals, and others, it's no wonder TV One, the network dedicated to delivering real life and entertainment programming from the African American point of view, has decided to acquire and air this historical film on Saturday, January 9, 2016.

After playing at a couple of Canadian film festivals last fall, Defendor came to just three North American theaters (four in its second week) for fourteen days of quiet exhibition this past February.

At breakfast this morning, the heads of two major film festivals (an American and a European) groused that they couldn't recall a Screen survey with such low marks.

Directed with stirring beauty and lyricism by the Chinese American filmmaker Chloé Zhao, the film was acquired for North American distribution by Sony Pictures Classics during the festival.

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«The Palme d'Or win opened up a lot of doors with the press, festivals and exhibitors, so there was great anticipation for the film in advance of its North American bows at Toronto and the New York film festivals and has given the film some great momentum in the awards race as well,» said Cowal.

The 1983 festival ushered in the «New Wave» retrospective of innovative American independent films from 1958 - 1967 while 1984 ushered out the video program.

Even so, the biggest deal to come out of the festival was for an old - fashioned movie - movie, the spy thriller 355 that will star Jessica Chastain, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz and Lupita Nyong» o. Global Road Entertainment paid US$ 25 million for North American rights to the film.

The festival will give world premieres to a number of other films (see list below) and the North American premier to Brad Silberling's An Ordinary Man starring Ben Kingsley.

The film was praised at festivals as the film of the moment after Jason Reitman «s Up In The Air tackled the topic of the American economy through the businessman.

This film festival nominee also starred Rachel McAdams (Game Night, Spotlight) as Esti Kuperman, Alessandro Nivola (American Hustle, Ginger & Rosa) as David Kuperman and Allan Corduner (Defiance, The Merchant of Venice) as Moshe Hartog.

THIS FILM FESTIVAL WINNING DOCUMENTARY directed by Julie Cohen (American Veteran, The Sturgeon Queens) and Betsy West (Constantine's Sword, The Lavender Scare) was a joy to watch.

Scott Cooper) Cast: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker Muscular American crime movies have always been popular at Cannes, and with films like «Drive,» «Lawless,» «Killing Them Softly,» «Mud» and «The Paperboy» all premiering at the festival in the last few years, it seems that they're particularly to selectors» tastes at the moment.

The films, financed by Roger Corman (who had also produced Hellman's Los Angeles stage production of «Waiting For Godot»), were well received at European film festivals but tossed into legal limbo when its European distributor went bankrupt and ended up being sold directly to American TV.

Add to this new films, split across the Venice Days, Orrizzonti and Out of Competition sidebars, from an array of interesting names including Chantal Akerman («Almayer's Folly»), Mary Harron («The Moth Diaries»), Al Pacino («Wilde Salome,» the cast of which includes — you'll never guess — Jessica Chastain) and even James Franco (here furthering his friendship with American gay culture with a biopic of 1950s teen idol Sal Mineo) and there should be more than enough to explore even once the festival has blown its pre-Toronto load.

Every year the reveal finds each film classified as a World Premiere (Toronto), North American Premiere (Venice or a previous festival) or a Canadian Premiere (Telluride or Venice and Telluride).

Especially if you consider its recent near - eclipse by the Toronto film festival, the near - simultaneous North American event that has in recent years become a powerhouse of international dealmaking and a magnet for world - premiere film launches.

Sundance, the prestige film festival for American independent cinema, has frequently been the launching pad for films that dominate Oscar season.

Together, they crafted one of the best films to hit festivals this year with American Mary.

Some of the best - received films at earlier festivals will get their North American launches here, including «Life is Beautiful,» Roberto Begnini's Cannes winner about an Italian clown who fights the Nazis with laughter; Rohmer's heartwarming love story «Autumn Tale,» which charmed Telluride audiences; Ken Loach's «My Name Is Joe,» with Cannes best actor winner Peter Mullen as a recovering alcoholic facing tough times; Theo Angelopoulos» «Eternity and a Day,» this year's Cannes winner; «The General» (1999) which won Boorman the best director prize at Cannes, and the Cannes and Telluride favorite «Claire Dolan,» by Lodge Kerrigan, with Emily Watson («Breaking the Waves») as a prostitute who thinks she can detach from her work.

And he'll almost certainly be back on the festival circuit this fall with the American remake of his 2013 film Gloria, with Julianne Moore in the lead.

That's one reason why I was impressed by a film that may not have come on your radar yet, although it has played at various American festivals — Life and Nothing More, by Antonio Mendez Esparza, a Spanish director working in the U.S.. It's the Florida - set story of a mother - son relationship, about a teenage boy going through problems at home and at school, and his mother, who keeps their household together through a series of diner jobs while dealing with the attentions of a fond but potentially troublesome suitor.

Introducing itself to the world at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and creating substantial buzz in film festivals the world over before opening in an elite listing of American cinemas in July, Sean Baker's fifth feature plays out with genuine emotion and manifests as an eye - opening day - in - the - life of two transgender sex workers on the streets of Los Angeles.

These are the highest - profile premieres, the new films from the major American directors, the marquee selections that could easily earn their place at any film festival in the world.

Today, after several months of bouncing around the International festival circuits, Paul Verhoeven's newest film Elle arrives in American cinemas.

As the only festival in the US to be accredited by FIAPF, and having developed under the shadow of the formidable American Film Institute, the event entertains a complex relationship to mainstream US film culture and international cinephilia.

As an actor, his introduction to most English - speaking audiences was starring as Ashade the taxi driver in the 2005 psychological thriller «Sorry, Haters», an «official selection» in both the Toronto and American Film Institute's film festivals.

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«Throughout her career, Annette Bening has brought to the screen many memorable performances including the four films for which she was nominated for an Academy Award: «American Beauty,» «The Grifters,» «The Kids Are All Right» and «Being Julia,»» said festival chairman Harold Matzner.

Amy Adams leads Denis Villeneuve's brainy sci - fi drama Arrival, which had its North American premiere at the Telluride film festival on Saturday, but she often prefers being a supporting player.

Over the last eight years, the festival has provided opportunities for nearly 300 Asian and Asian American filmmakers and documentarians to share their vision, often providing the only venue for their films to be shown in Dallas.

Since Sundance has been flooded by promoters and more mainstream sales agents and distributors, Telluride has taken its place as the indie festival, maintaining an informal tradition of hosting only films making their North American Premiere

This year's festival, which runs September 1 - 4, will include the first North American screenings of new films by Joe Wright, Scott Cooper, Greta Gerwig, Alexander Payne, Jonathan Dayton, and Valerie Faris.

It is certainly one of the most courageous and passionate portraits of the American underbelly ever put on film, a movie bathed in blood as much as in light, and revisiting the film on its Blu - ray debut, mastered from the brand new digital restoration currently making the rounds on the festival and repertory cinema circuit, only confirms the power of the film to, after all these years, sink the audience into the mind and filthy, fetid world of Travis Bickle.

«American Animals» enjoyed a successful premiere in Park City and will screen during the Festival Favorites section of next month's SXSW film festival.

Granik has returned to the festival this year with another film looking at an American family living on the margins, Leave No Trace.

Ridley Scott's film about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III will have its world premiere as the closing night film of the American Film Institute's annual festival in Los Angeles next month.

The selection also includes a number of films that premiered at previous festivals, including «Loving,» Andrea Arnold «s raucous «American Honey,» Paul Verhoeven «s subversive «Elle,» Park Chan - wook «s kinky «The Handmaiden,» Jim Jarmusch «s quiet «Paterson,» Asghar Farhadi «s dramatic «The Salesman» and Maren Ade's funny and touching «Toni Erdmann,» all of which screened in Cannes, as well as the Sundance hits «The Birth of a Nation» (from Nate Parker) and «Manchester by the Sea» (Kenneth Lonergan).

The film's success at various international film festivals this year generated buzz ahead of its American release, attracting the attention of many Hollywood veterans, including Susan Sarandon and Samuel L. Jackson, who have nothing but praise for the film and spent much time socializing with its stars.

Taking audience questions about American Violet at the Telluride film festival, she alleged that even after district attorney John Paschall settled out of court with her and the other plaintiffs in an ACLU suit, he enforced an informal employment blacklist against her in her hometown of Hearne, Texas.

MOONRISE KINGDOM, the new film by American Wes Anderson, will open the 65th Festival de Cannes on Wednesday, 16 May in the Grand théâtre Lumière of the Palais des Festivals, with the Jury presided over by Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti in attendance.

With a reputation for launching new films and creating awards - season buzz, MVFF has earned a reputation as a «filmmakers» festival» by celebrating the best in American independent and world cinema, alongside high profile and prestigious award contenders.

«Days Of Being Wild» and «Fallen Angels» both participated in past festivals and won European and American film critics word of mouth.

Since our screening of FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION in 1997, which was the first time Miike's unique vision was shown in North America, no fewer than 29 of his films were showcased at the festival, including such modern classics as AUDITION, ICHI THE KILLER, and VISITOR Q. Miike's work also opened Fantasia three times with YATTERMAN and North American premieres of the Cannes selections FOR LOVE»S SAKE and SHIELD OF STRAW.

One of the greatest experiences I have ever had at a Toronto festival was the North American premiere of Curtis Hanson's «L.A. Confidential,» which was instantly declared a masterpiece and one of the great film noirs in movie history.

Actor Jeff Goldblum walks the red carpet at the North American premiere of the film «Isle of Dogs» to close the SXSW Film festival on March 17, 2018 in Austin, Texas.