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The festival also announced its anticipated Midnight section of films, slasher - heavy this year with twists on the sex - driven teen horror genre.
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So far, our SXSW preview series has taken a look at the Headliners, Midnight section, and narrative films in the Visions program as well as a tour of the festival's documentaries.
After premiering their film Ass Backwards in the Park City at Midnight section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, writers and stars Casey Wilson & June Diane Raphael couldn't have been more happy and proud of their hilarious road trip comedy that has flares of Dumb & Dumber and Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion.
The film is billed as «a thriller about a woman who exacts bloody vengeance on her attackers» and is part of the festival's well - loved Midnight Madness section.
The film is premiering in the Midnight section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
The film premiered in the Midnight section at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and is described as a «gritty, grisly homage to the glory days of grindhouse cinema.»
This is the first time that Zombie has debuted a film at the world renowned Sundance Film Festival, where the Midnight section is notorious for being a «special showcase of the most challenging but rewarding film experiences from around the world brought to you at the most arduous hour.»
Kristian Levring's new feature film The Salvation is headed to Cannes shortly in the Out of Competition section, as part of the Midnight screenings.
A couple of its more peripheral niche sections — Midnight Madness (genre movies from horror to martial arts, presented with plenty of showmanship) and Wavelengths (experimental film, meticulously presented with care and respect)-- have carved out strong identities and audience followings for themselves.
For the 2018 edition of the festival, 37 percent of the 122 feature films premiering are directed by women, a slight uptick from last year when 34 percent of all films were helmed by female directors (in years past, the average has hovered around 25 percent), and their contributions were prominent across all sections, with women debuting films in not just the competition sections, but also in the forward - thinking NEXT section, the wild Midnight category (which played home to the long - gestating anthology «XX,» featuring four shorts directed by women), and even the starry Premieres docket.
The festival has a Midnight Madness section devoted to just the sorts of films that makes you think of.
The South Korean film premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
On the first weekend, there's «An Afternoon with Molly Shannon» and the World Premiere of her new film Miles, and Viggo Mortensen will receive the Outstanding Achievement in Acting Award on Saturday, June 11 with a screening of Captain Fantastic, the spotlight section of a retrospective that includes revivals of Eastern Promises, A Walk on the Moon, and a midnight screening of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.
From horror to comedy and directors Rob Zombie to Kevin Smith, the iconic Midnight Section promises another year of challenging and rewarding films for cinemagoers.