Sentences with phrase «dramatic competition of»

One of them was fairly high - profile: Chris Kelly's Other People, a heartfelt, beautifully rendered comedy - drama about a gay man coping with a disintegrating relationship while caring for his dying mother, that stars recent Emmy nominee Jesse Plemons (Fargo) and Molly Shannon and was chosen to open the dramatic competition of this year's Sundance Film Festival.

«Landline» premiered in the U.S. Dramatic Competition of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

The movie, filmed in the Salt Lake City area, will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

(Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute) Danielle Macdonald plays Patricia Dombrowski, a New Jersey teen with dreams of becoming a famous rapper, in the comedy Patti Cake $, which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

(Courtesy Sundance Institute) A teacher (Maggie Gyllenhaal, left) fights to help a gifted 5 - year - old student (Parker Sevak) in Sara Colangelo's «The Kindergarten Teacher,» which will screen in the U.S. Dramatic competition of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

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FORTUNE — Hundreds of students, business leaders, and investors crammed into the Shell Auditorium at Rice University on Thursday evening to watch the Rice Business Plan Competition elevator pitch contest, arguably the most dramatic event at the university's three - day business plan extravaganza.

War itself is only the most horrible and dramatic of the many evil fruits of our present organized system of exploitation and the philosophy of life which exalts competition instead of cooperation.

It was a shocking start for Barcelona, who relied on a dramatic comeback to reach this stage of the competition — it's just got a whole lot worse.

The 29 - year - old has been an ever - present this campaign, making 38 appearances in all competitions and while he's generally excelled at offering steel, solidity and defensive coverage in midfield, he scored his first goal of the season with a dramatic last - gasp winner at Crystal Palace earlier this week.

One of those competitors is Brendon Leigh, winner of F1's inaugural esports competition in Abu Dhabi last year in a dramatic finger - wagging showdown.

The Premier League is the primary football competition in England, with 20 top teams competing and playing 38 matches over a long and dramatic season.The Premier League is synonymous with a fast - paced, intense style of play and games are frequently high - scoring and immensely entertaining.

The Uruguay striker will be keen to fight off personal demons at Stamford Bridge, having been part of the Napoli side who came to London two years ago basking in the glory of a 3 - 1 lead after one leg, only to go out of the competition a couple of hours and a dramatic extra-time later.

If this analysis of the BES data is indicative then dramatic changes are in store for the geography of electoral competition in May 2015 with important implications for seats.

Faculty members protected by tenure kept their jobs, but mathematicians who had not yet attained it found themselves facing sharply heightened competition, which produced an «unprecedented 12 percent unemployment rate for new American mathematics PhDs» and «a dramatic decrease in the probability of obtaining a position in research universities,» the article says.

However, some of us need to drop weight for whatever reason (competition, weight class, etc), and glycogen depletion can have a dramatic effect on your weight.

Venue: Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Dramatic Competition) Production: Burn Later Productions Cast: Clea DuVall, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Vincent Piazza, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Alia Shawkat, Cobie Smulders Director - screenwriter: Clea DuVall Producers: Sam Slater, Paul Bernon, Sev Ohanian Executive producers: Mel Eslyn, Clea DuVall, David Bernon Director of photography: Polly Morgan Production designer: Lanie Faith Marie Overton Costume designer: Alex Simone Editor: Tamara Meem Music: Sara Quin Casting: Amey Rene Morris Not rated, 87 minutes

COLD IN JULY, Jim Mickle's feature adaptation of the Joe Lansdale cult novel in which Hall stars with Sam Shepard and Don Johnson, recently premiered to significant acclaim in US Dramatic Competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.

Venue: Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Dramatic Competition) Production companies: AMBI, Sparkhorse, Mockingbird Pictures Cast: Lily Collins, Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston, Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp, Liana Liberato Writer - director: Marti Noxon Producers: Julie Lynn, Bonnie Curtis, Karina Miller, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi Executive producers: Talal Al Abbar, Matthew J. Malek, Anita Gou Director of photography: Richard Wong Production designer: Maya Sigel Costume designer: Maria Tortu Editor: Elliot Greenberg Music: Fil Eisler Casting: Rich Delia Sales: WME / AMBI

In addition to his studio films, Monaghan garnered excellent reviews and a lot of buzz at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for his performance in JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD, which was a Sundance 2014 Official Selection in the dramatic competition.

Set against the backdrop of a fictional hit dating competition show, UnREAL is led by Rachel a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage the program's dispassionate executive producer, Quinn King, demands.

Description: Set against the backdrop of a fictional hit dating competition show, UnREAL is led by Rachel a young staffer whose sole job is to manipulate her relationships with and among the contestants to get the vital dramatic and outrageous footage the program's dispassionate executive producer, Quinn King, demands.

A delicious combination of idiosyncratic character drama and increasingly violent and violently absurd comedy, this Netflix title opened the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance this year and is an assured debut for Blair, the star of Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin and Green Room.

We Don't Live Here Anymore was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the dramatic competition.

Its dramatic high point isn't what you'd expect — the finals of the step competition — but a quieter and far more impactful series of moments, when the students learn the results of their college applications.

(via LATimes) U.S. Dramatic Competition: «Beasts of the Southern Wild»: In this mythological tale inspired...

Glassland will screen as part of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition which screens 12 films from emerging filmmaking talents around the world.

In March they announced the pickup of Adam Salky's «I Smile Back,» an undated Sundance Dramatic Competition entry starring Sarah Silverman and Josh Charles.

At Sundance, writer - director Robert Eggers won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award for his debut feature about a Puritan family in 1630s New England who leave their community to start their own farm on the edge of a forest.

The World Cinema Dramatic Competition showcases a selection of new films from emerging filmmakers.

Only films that are world premieres are eligible for our U.S. Dramatic Competition program, but U.S. narrative feature films that have previously screened at up to two other festivals anywhere in the world are still eligible for our out - of - competitioCompetition program, but U.S. narrative feature films that have previously screened at up to two other festivals anywhere in the world are still eligible for our out - of - competitioncompetition programs.

Production companies: Mandalay Pictures, Homegrown Pictures, Hudlin Entertainment Distributor: Netflix Cast: Trevor Jackson, Tosin Cole, DeRon Horton, Trevante Rhodes, Rotini, Octavius J. Johnson, Mitchell Edwards, Malik Bazille, Imani Hakim, Nafessa Williams, Steve Harris, Alfre Woodard Director: Gerard McMurray Screenwriters: Christine Berg, Gerard McMurray Producers: Stephanie Allain, Jason Michael Berman, Reginald Hudlin, Mel Jones Executive producers: Caroline Connor, Common, Gerard McMurray Director of photography: Isiah Donte Lee Production designer: Erik Louis Robert Costume designer: Roland Sanchez Editor: Evan Schrodek Music: Kevin Lax Casting: Kim Coleman Venue: Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Dramatic Competition)

At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, she became the first African - American woman to win the Best Director prize for her second feature film, Middle of Nowhere (US Dramatic Competition).

Hoping to complete the hat trick begun by Benh Zeitlin's «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» the recipient of two SFFS / KRF (Kenneth Rainin Foundation) postproduction grants that captured the U.S. dramatic Grand Jury Prize in 2012, and «Fruitvale Station,» writer - director Kat Candler's «Hellion» will vie for the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. narrative competition.

The 2016 Sundance Film Festival may be months away from kicking off in snowy Park City, Utah, but the annual festival has begun rolling out its various lineups, including today's announcement of its competition sections — including U.S. Dramatic, U.S. Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic and World Documentary offerings — along with its out of competition NEXT lineup.

From 2002 to 2014, 25.5 % of U.S. Dramatic Competition directors at the Sundance Film Festival were women.

Jennifer Phang is the 2015 recipient of the inaugural San Francisco Film Society Women's Filmmaker Fellowship, which provides a grant of $ 40,000, office, networking and development support toward a genre project.At Sundance 2015, Jennifer Phang's sophomore feature Advantageous won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Special Jury Prize.

After off - roading it in desolate Armenia with Here (U.S. Dramatic Competition — Sundance Film Festival) helmer Braden King will be roughing it out in the white trashy backdrops of Appalachia's West Virginia with an adaptation of Carter Sickels» 2012 novel.

In the tradition of Precious (then, Push) last year, Winter's Bone won the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic Competition.

And this afternoon organizers dropped the first wave of titles for Dramatic, Documentary and World Cinema Dramatic Competition, along with the NEXT lineup, and what can we say?

The film is an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

In last year's selection of sixteen U.S. Dramatic Competition offerings, it was Alfonso Gomez - Rejon's Me & Earl & the Dying Girl that landed both U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic and Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic awards, it was Rick Famuyiwa's Dope who landed the richest deal ($ 7 million range), it was Patrick Brice's The Overnight that had the most post festival momentum, it was Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl that received a longer term accolades (Bel Powley won Best Actress at the Gothams) and it might be Robert Eggers» The Witch that becomes the cult item we reference back in a decade from now.

Two titles in this year's US Dramatic Competition category focused in particular on the coming - of - age process, albeit through two very different social environments.

The line - up for Sundance Film Festival 2018 was announced on November 29th and «American Animals «is set to premiere as part of their U.S. Dramatic Competition.

And it's telling that these films came from multiple programs of this year's festival, including U.S. Dramatic Competition, Next, and even a couple Midnights.

Presenting the world premieres of sixteen narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film.

The dearth of opportunities for female filmmakers is one of Hollywood's biggest problems these days, so it's cheering to note that fully half of the films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition were directed by women, including Stacie Passion's Concussion, Lake Bell's In A World..., Jill Solloway's Afternoon Delight, Cherien Dabis's opening - night selection, May in the Summer, and...

«The Miseducation of Cameron Post» was awarded the highest honor by the Park City, Utah festival in the U.S. dramatic competition: The Grand Jury Prize.

His film «The Birth of a Nation» won the audience award and the Grand Jury Prize in the US Dramatic Competition.

Similarly, the story of how this film, which premiered Saturday night in Sundance's U.S. Dramatic competition, got made can sound fairly straightforward and direct.

Tarik Saleh, director of «The Nile Hilton Incident,» which won the Grand Jury Award in the World Cinema Dramatic competition, recounted his experiences being detained before every flight he's taken since 9/11 and reminded the audience that a majority of Americans didn't vote for Trump.