Sentences with phrase «debut at the festival»

Below, our editors have picked out the most notable films debuting at the festival, and sampled the critical consensus for each one.

2009 This was a pretty standout year for Cannes» ability to churn out Oscar hopefuls, with two Best Picture nominees debuting at the festival for only the second time in history.

Taylor - Joy became a bit of a Sundance sensation when The Witch debuted at the festival in 2015.

In the past few years, the best picture - nominated likes of «Precious,» «An Education,» «The Kids Are All Right,» «Winter's Bone» and «Beasts of the Southern Wild» all debuted at the festival.

She makes her debut at a festival that's recently yielded The Babadook and The Witch.

2017 is no different with many a Foreign Language Oscar submission making its North American debut at the festival...

It's hard for Cannes to resist a star - studded cast, which makes it surprising «Ocean's Thirteen» was the first movie in the franchise to debut at the festival.

In the past few years, the Best Picture - nominated likes of «Precious,» «An Education,» «The Kids Are All Right,» «Winter's Bone» and «Beasts of the Southern Wild» all debuted at the festival.

Sony Classics will take Susan Sarandon starrer The Meddler to New York and L.A. this weekend, following the U.S. debut at the festival, which continues through... Read

For this year's TIFF Live Read, he selected another film that made its debut at the festival back in the»90s, Paul Thomas Anderson «s «Boogie Nights.»

World Premiere Notable: Campos» first film since the bidding received «Simon Killer» debuted at the festival four years ago.

Also, Alan Rickman's first directorial effort in seventeen years will make its Irish debut at the festival.

A rare film to play Cannes after debuting at another festival, Taylor Sheridan's drama with Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen held up well on the Croisette

Sixteen American documentaries will also debut at the festival.

Also, a dark horse candidate has emerged with former commercial director Jon Watts, whose feature film debut Cop Car recently debuted at festivals.

Not exact matches

The movie drew raves from critics following its January debut at the Sundance Film Festival, prompting Fox Searchlight to pay a festival - record $ 17.5 million to obtain the worldwide distribution rights to the film.

Eight years have passed since Gorilla Manor debuted to great acclaim and the band became a buzz - worthy sensation after their breakout performance at Austin's South by Southwest festival in 2009.

The movie is touring the country, mostly at Jewish congregations and film festivals, including in Atlanta, where it debuted on opening night.

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.

These masterpieces made their debut a few years ago at the Burning Man festival where they were charged in the desert sun using solar panels.

The Tulip Tree, which debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in 2013, opens at the Drayton Arms Theatre in Kensington on March 31st.

In 2011, tech firm Sensum debuted its interactive horror film Unsound at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas.

Saturday, Oliver made his festival debut at West Fest and loved every minute of it.

It simply can't be a coincidence that the first weekend of Coachella, aka the debut of festival season, and the unbelievable SHOPBOP spring sale is happening at the same time.

Sensory Speed Dating debuted in 2013, and has since been held at a raft of music festivals in the UK and the US, as well as venues in London and New York including the Queen of Hoxton, Book Club, the House.

MATCH POINT, which co-starred Scarlett Johansson, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005, with Rhys Meyers winning the festival's Chopard Trophy for Male Revelation.

The question of whose disobedience, and what kind of disobedience it is, are at the heart of this absorbing and moving love story from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, his English language debut, following very quickly on the heels of his film A Fantastic Woman which has been a festival - circuit hit this year.

Below, sample the critical response to over a dozen key films (and a few TV series) which debuted at this year's festival.

Marios Piperides» debut feature won the Best International Narrative Feature at the festival.

Below, we recap the reactions from critics to the major films screening at this year's Telluride, Venice, and Toronto International Film Festivals, considered the most prestigious events of the season and the locales where many future Oscar nominees first debut.

Also excluded are films that first debuted at other major festivals earlier this year; you can find reviews for those films in our Cannes Recap and our Sundance Recap.

From Humpday and Touchy Feely director Lynn Shelton, her first feature based on a script she didn't pen (that credit goes to first - time scribe Andrea Seigel), Laggies debuted at this year's Sundance film festival to mostly positive reviews.

Céline Sciamma's 2014 festival favorite — it debuted at Cannes» lauded Directors» Fortnight, later making stops at Toronto, London, Hamburg, and more — is a highly relatable coming - of - age tale set against an indelible backdrop.

That's a pure Sundance - ready inciting incident; no surprise the film debuted at Utah's premiere film festival this past January.

In fact, nearly every Best Picture winner in recent memory made its debut at one of the major fall film festivals.

In the nearly 10 years since he premiered his debut Timecrimes at Fantastic Fest, Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo has become the festival's semi-official mascot, dancing furiously to karaoke renditions of The Killers in a Fay Wray costume at the closing night party and accepting hugs and high - fives from festival...

His narrative feature debut, Tornando a casa (Sailing Home) won the director several awards at international film festivals in 2001 and was nominated for Best First Feature at the Italian Golden Globes.

Orion Pictures / Samuel Goldwyn Films are teaming on British romance - drama God's Own Country, which has received accolades at festivals since its Sundance debut.

While initially a picture many hoped would land at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, Park Chan - wook «s eagerly anticipated English language debut «Stoker» has been both heavily under wraps and long awaited, but now we're less than a year away from release and we're rolling the dice on a fall festival appearance.

Blair starred in festival favorites Blue Ruin and Green Room and his directorial debut, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, won top honors at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Ana Lily Amirpour follows up her alt - cult sensation A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT with her sand - blasted, dystopian love story THE BAD BATCH; Maren Ade delivers what will be the most uncomfortable film of the festival, the desert - dry black comedy TONI ERDMANN; and Julia Ducournau's directorial debut, RAW, takes us on a cannibalistic coming - of - age shock ride that resonates long after its stunning finale.

After playing most of the fall festivals, including debuting at our beloved Telluride Film Festival, Anomalisa has only had a still or two floating around to tease the masses unable to seek out a festival screening.

After a sizable festival run including a debut at Sundance, The Orchard opened docLife, Animated in three theaters with a so - so start as of Sunday.

Freestyle Digital Media has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Bernard and Huey, from director Dan Mirvish (co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival), which premiered at a few small film festivals last year.

Lionsgate has debuted a trailer for The Limehouse Golem, a new gothic horror film that premiered at the Toronto and Sitges Film Festivals last year.

The film has won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was also nominated for the festival's Palm d'Or Cannes and now it's making its DVD and Blu - ray debut March 12.

The film debuted at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, followed by other festivals including the Hamptons, London, Tallgrass, NewFest and Philadelphia.

The slate includes a number of familiar names, most notably «Simon Killer» filmmaker Antonio Campos, who will return to the festival with «Christine» (a narrative feature about TV reporter Christine Chubbuck, who killed herself live on - air in 1974; interestingly enough, the Sundance slate also includes a Chubbuck - centric documentary, «Kate Plays Christine,» a new feature from director Robert Greene that looks to blend fact and fiction in ways similar to his previous documentary, «Actress») and «This is Martin Bonner» director Chad Hartigan, who will debut his «Morris from America» at the festival.

NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL: After debuting at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, James Gray «s long - awaited follow - up to his indie hit «Two Lovers,» had its showing with press and industry folks at the New York Film Festival today.

The horror - comedy, which marks Lowe's feature directing debut, played a few festival gigs in late 2016, including a showing at the Chicago International Film Festival in November, and will receive a general release in the U.K. on February 10, 2017.