Not exact matches
Written, directed, and produced in Wake County, the documentary, «Certain Proof: A Question of Worth,» debuted in April
at Colorado's Vail
Film Festival and is slated for screening
at four other
film festivals.
That's the general thrust of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, the sort of well - acted, well -
written but self - consciously hip seriocomedy that can't help but win prizes
at international
film festivals.
While
at the
festival, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, the two incredible screenwriters behind
writing this unique and thrilling
film.
Matt
writes: The twentieth anniversary of Ebertfest, the
film festival co-founded by Pulitzer Prize - winning critic Roger Ebert and his wife Chaz Ebert
at the University of Illinois, College of Media, is slated to run from Wednesday, April 18th, through Sunday, April 22nd, next year.
I
write reviews for FF2 Media and represent the team
at local
film festivals.
Sadly, getting home from seeing four or five
films a day
at midnight (and having been out since 10.30 am) and having to
write for my own blog — a necessity of the «60
films in 17 days» blogathon challenge I was participating in — took its toll, especially against the backdrop of the flu that I carried all
festival.
A highlight for many
at this year's San Sebastian - Donostia
film festival was the presence of screenwriting ace Charlie Kaufman, who notably
wrote such idiosyncratic gems as Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Indeed, it is still struggling for release in a number of international markets, and
at the date of
writing seems destined to play
film festivals in Australia before making its way to DVD.
«We are thrilled to return to a country, place and
festival that has always been so close to our hearts, not only because my first
film, «Strictly Ballroom,» was screened there 21 years ago, but also because F. Scott Fitzgerald
wrote some of the most poignant and beautiful passages of his extraordinary novel just a short distance away
at a villa outside St. Raphael.»
One of two midnight movies playing
at the
festival, this
film from the
writing team behind Airplane!
She has served on
film panels for the Chicago Public Library, been a juror
at film festivals, and
writes about
film for Naperville Magazine.
And we spent five days that we were going to see
films at the
festival writing this movie, and we
wrote the first draft of «Lemon» there.
This premiered
at the Sundance Film
Festival under the title Search, and was one of my favorite
films of the
festival - I
wrote a glowing review of it, which is quoted in this trailer.
The
film earned strong reviews
at the
festival, with «The Guardian's» Henry Barnes
writing that Slattery's ``... depiction of God's Pocket — a fictional South Philly neighbourhood crawling with drunks, hucksters and vagabonds — near weeps with the blue collar romanticism of David O Russell's The Fighter.
It has been directed and
written by Alex Ross Perry («The Color Wheel», «Impolex»), and has already landed several awards
at a handful of other
film festivals such as Locarno International and Philadelphia
Film Festival.
Nate Parker
wrote, directed and stars in this drama about slave rebellion leader Nat Turner, which sold for a record $ 17.5 m
at this year's Sundance
film festival
The
film, which he also
wrote, is one of 19 to compete in the «Un Certain Regard» category for emerging directors
at the prestigious
festival.
Over the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published five reviews I
wrote about
films at the recent AFI DOCS
festival, plus a review of Misconception, which was released in select theaters on June 24, and a review of the recent Criterion Collection release of Clouds of Sils Maria on Blu - ray.
-- Every day, you have the opportunity to
write a critique about a
film from the
festival program or short reviews of an event
at the Berlinale Talents programme, and will discuss and review it with your fellow participants and
film critics.
When it debuted
at various
festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival, «Skeleton» received mostly positive reviews, with Variety critic Geoff Berkshire
writing that «the biggest surprise for audiences expecting plenty of laughs will be just how effectively both thesps handle the weightier dramatic material in the screenplay... «The Skeleton Twins» captures the way siblings develop their own unique comedic shorthands in a way few
films ever have.»
The duo
wrote and starred in the
film Ass Backwards which premiered
at last year's Sundance
festival and is set for a Nov. 8 release.
Craig Lahiff
writes and directs Swerve which played
at multiple
festivals, including the Melbourne International
Film Festival and the Hamptons International
Film Festival, and Cohen Media will distribute the
film in select cities in the US December 6th this year.
The
film, which was
written by and stars esteemed actor David Dastmalchian (Prisoners, The Dark Knight), had its world premiere
at the South by Southwest
Film Festival earlier this year before continuing its international
festival tour throughout the remainder of 2014.
Having premiered
at this January's Sundance
festival, the
film, directed by Craig Johnson and
written by Johnson and Mark Heyman, casts the comedians as brother and sister Milo and Maggie, estranged for ten years and brought back together by stereo suicide attempts.
His
films have been screened in numerous museums and
at festivals, and his
writing has been widely published.
She has since directed,
written, produced and acted in narrative
films that have screened
at film festivals internationally, including SXSW, Sun Valley and Cannes.
Based in the UAE since 2001, she has
written extensively; was an editor and projects director
at Bidoun (2004 - 2010); and on the programming committees for the Dubai and Edinburgh
film festivals.
Richards has
written and directed several narratives short
films including the award - winning The Seawall, which has screened internationally
at film festivals including the 36th Havana International
Film Festival in Cuba and 64th Festival de Cannes in France.
His
film for which he
wrote the screenplay, C U @ ED's, was featured in over 15
film festivals around the country, winning the «Audience Award»
at the 2013 DC
Film Fest.
Puetz's vast experience includes curating moving - image installations; programming
film and performance that complements museum exhibitions; acquiring and archiving time - based media works; speaking
at lectures and conferences; teaching and
writing; and working
at film festivals.