Sentences with phrase «drama at a film festival»

Sometimes you need an animated short to break up the heavy drama at a film festival.

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And Brazilian director José Padilha should have been just the audacious director to tell the story: recently at the helm of the Netflix series Narcos, he made his name with Rio hostage documentary Bus 174 and galvanised the Berlin film festival with his thunderous 2008 Golden Bear winner, the favela police drama Elite Squad.

A winner at festivals including Sundance, it's known for being filmed one day a week for 52 weeks and marries a documentary style with drama and a truly pervy thriller element that is intriguing if not always interesting.

Continuing our coverage of images from films that will be featured at January's Sundance Film Festival, we bring you images from two of the higher profile dramas that will be screened in - competition at the festival: The Ledge and Like Crazy.

Though Terrence Malick's romantic drama To the Wonder recently premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals to a rather muted response, the recently prolific director is moving on with the second of two films that he's shooting this year.

The seventh film from the beloved Japanese to screen at Cannes, Kore - eda's family drama was picked up by Magnolia Pictures after it premiered to strong reviews at the festival.

This three - part drama looking at the childhood, adolescence and adulthood of a gay black man from a tough part of Miami has been getting rave reactions out of the Telluride and Toronto film festivals.

This drama about a young mother and her 5 - year - old son held prisoner by a sexual predator has been collecting audience prizes at just about every film festival it has played, including the bellwether People's Choice Award at Toronto.

Hungary has picked harrowing Holocaust drama Son of Saul as its nomination for the 2016 best foreign language film Oscar, less than three weeks after it won the runner - up Grand Prix prize at the Cannes film festival.

Also at the festival are under - the - radar pictures like the Clive Owen / Juliette Binoche film «Words And Pictures,» Andre 3000 - starring Jimi Hendrix biopic «All Is By My Side,» comedy - drama «You Are Here,» the feature debut of «Mad Men» creator Matthew Wiener, Biafra war film «Half Of A Yellow Sun» with Chiwetel Ejiofor, the James Corden - starring «One Chance» (which has the Weinstein Company «s backing, but seems more «Unfinished Song» than «Silver Linings Playbook «-RRB- and, perhaps most importantly, Stephen Frears ««Philomena,» which could see Judi Dench being in contention.

White God Director: Kornél Mundruczó Running time: 121 minutes Certificate: R A hit at last year's Cannes film festival, this drama follows a dog who joins a canine revolution against humans after being taken away from his owner.

Fresh off securing the opening night slots at the Venice and Toronto film festivals with «Everest» and «Demolition,» respectively, Jake Gyllenhaal is about to secure an offer to star in «Stronger,» Lionsgate's drama about Jeff Bauman, who survived the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.

It's the kind of lesser known film you might find through the film festival circuit (had it's premiere at Sundance Film Festival) that's made up of a different brand of comedy or drama than your used to from a typical blockbuster, strong performances from B or C - list actors, and overall much to offer.

Winner of Best Picture Awards at numerous international film festivals including Sydney, Berlin and Fajr in its native Iran, as well as the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, the film is an intimate drama about conflict within and between two families of vastly different social and economic standings.

After he made the brilliant 3D dance documentary «Pina,» German director Wim Wenders said he was going to make an intimate 3D drama — and the result is this film, which stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rachel McAdams and James Franco, who apparently must by law have at least one film in every film festival.

The jury at this year's Cannes film festival fell over themselves to award top honours to Nuri Bilge Ceylan's rumbling 196 - minute Chekhovian drama («I could happily have stayed there for another couple of hours,» insisted judge Jane Campion).

She made it three times lucky at Sundance, arriving in 2013 with «Fruitvale,» Ryan Coogler «s based - in - fact drama that was one of the buzziest films of the festival in the last few weeks, and that should be talked about for much of the rest of the year.

As well as her work with Fincher, Mara talked about her latest role for director Todd Haynes in the Oscar - buzzed romantic drama Carol, which saw her share the award for best actress at this year's Cannes film festival.

Two star - studded films found distributors at the festival, with The Weinstein Company picking up worldwide rights to the dark comedy The Details starring Tobey Maguire and Elizabeth Banks, and Magnolia Pictures grabbing the US rights to the polarizingly dark drama I Melt With You starring Rob Lowe, Thomas Jane and Jeremy Piven.

Variety reports Hoffman was also attached to direct the Prohibition - era drama Ezekiel Moss, which would have been touted to buyers at the upcoming Berlin film festival.

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.

In the last two days the Thomas McCarthy drama Spotlight has popped up as an entry at both Venice and Toronto's film festivals and it's not hard to see why.

The actor addressed the challenge of playing Dr Bennet Omalu in the NFL damning drama Concussion at the Palm Springs international film festival

Conor McPherson's supernatural drama The Eclipse has picked up the prestigious Méliès d'Argent Award for Best European Motion Picture at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival in Spain, one of the world's most prominent fantasy and horror film festivals.

One of my other favorite films of the festival, Nadine Labaki's powerful drama Capharnaüm, won the Jury Prize (essentially third prize) which is a relief at least.

SCREENED AT INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON 2018: «Beast» is the sort of movie that figures it can let a serial killer running loose in the community sort of simmer in the background, confident that the psychological drama it's got running up front is more interesting.

For past festivals Shteyrenberg has even shown he has a knack for pushing this writer to see the right movies to introduce at the festival, Ida was one («Ida» comes to South Florida in 35 mm; My review appears in «Reverse Shot»), and then there was the Israeli film Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem shows how to make a powerful, resonant drama using one setting — a film review).

A psychological drama that registered with audiences and critics alike because of its heartfelt painful story, as this indie flick did itself proud in the award department in the Australian version of the Oscars (won 13 awards, including best film, director, actor and actress) and was viewed in competition at Cannes and at a number of other film festivals throughout the world including the prestigious Edinburgh 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

South Korean filmmaker Hong Sang - soo set his quirky character - driven, genre - defying drama in the sun - drenched seaside resort town as the festival is taking place, but never visits the event's star - studded glamour or industry hustle — both of which actually surrounded the film's premiere at the festival in 2017.

I'm very excited to finally see The Rider, director Chloe Zhao's lauded docu - drama film about a down - on - his - luck rodeo man, which I've managed to miss at every other festival it's played at — and where it's steadily gained a reputation as one of the best films of the year.

The film is currently getting about 50 + accolades from international film festivals; which includes the Best Foreign Short & Best Actress at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, Best Drama & Best Cinematography at Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Foreign Short Film at Ukrainian International Short Film Festival, Rising Star Awards at Canada International Film Festival, an Official Finalist at London Film Awards, among others.

Although writer - director Patrice Leconte's romantic period drama A Promise played at both the Venice and Toronto film festivals, the French filmmaker's English - language debut has yet to land a U.S. release date (though it will premiere in France this coming April).

CANNES, FRANCE — One of the most generous juries at any recent edition of the Cannes film festival handed out prizes Sunday night to 9 of the 20 films in competition, topped by the Golden Palm for Michael Haneke's period drama, «The White Ribbon.»

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