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Watts and Knightley found plenty of cheerleaders following the festival debut of their films, but the Best Actress game - changer was still yet to come.

Though it would make for the director's second festival debut of the year — his «A Most Wanted Man» debuted at Sundance in January, and is hitting theaters this month.

Not exact matches

Bridgeview, Illinois and Toyota Park will host the 3 - day debut of the Chicago Open Air music festival, which will feature performances by more than 60 rock music artists, an outdoor Gourmet Man Food and craft beer village and other entertainment from July 15 through July 17, 2016.

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.

First thing next month (Friday January 2) will be the primetime debut of a film that has been making the «under the radar» rounds of women and film festivals since May.

musical show and the grand debut of Princess Elena of Avalor, and parents will enjoy sampling the food and beverages from 14 festival marketplaces.

After an incredible debut outing last July, which saw us welcome nearly 15,000 festival - goers, we've been absolutely thrilled with the enormous public response to this annual festival of discovery.

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

If you have never participated in an arts festival and want to, I encourage you to go and check out some of your local festivals and start planning your festival debut!

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.

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.

(Note that any Tribeca premieres that have already debuted to the public prior to today — including the film Duck Butter, the Netflix miniseries Bobby Kennedy for President, and the new season of Westworld — are omitted, since they have subsequently been reviewed outside of the festival.)

Below, find out what critics are saying about all of this year's notable festival debuts, including films that screened out of competition or as part of the parallel Directors» Fortnight and International Critics» Week programs.

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.

Following his other 2017 effort, the sex comedy bomb of The Layover, William H. Macy is better than Krystal, as proven by his own distinguished acting resume and 2014 directorial debut and festival favorite Rudderless.

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

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.

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...

The feature debuted in Cannes and played a slew of festivals including Toronto and New York.

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.

A24 picked up the domestic rights for Noé's latest after it debuted during the first half of the 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.

The most impressive directorial debut of the festival was Women Without Men (Neshat, 2009), directed by accomplished Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat.

Comodin won admirers with his 2011 feature debut Summer of Giacomo, and this follow - up, though perhaps too obviously beholden to the likes of Lisandro Alonso and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, contained some of the most haunting passages of the festival.

Guillermo del Toro's fairy tale noir «The Shape of Water» tied with Greta Gerwig's coming - of - age directorial debut «Lady Bird» for best film of the festival.

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.

The studio turned heads when it picked up the actor's directorial debut for a record - breaking $ 18.5 million deal, but their clear - cut plan to turn «The Birth of a Nation» into their next Oscar powerhouse was derailed after Parker's college rape allegations and subsequent trial resurfaced just ahead of the film's fall festival launch.

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.

One of my favourite films on the festival circuit last year, from Sundance to Toronto After Dark, was the debut feature from Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska.

Tipping makes his feature directorial debut and is regarded as one of the independent and festival space's hot emerging talents after his Student Academy 2012 bronze medal - winning short Nani and Swimming In Air earned plaudits.

2015 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Scottish director John Maclean mimics the heart and charisma of the old western with his feature film debut «Slow West» starring Kodi Smit - McPhee and Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender.

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.

This week Gerwig brought her solo directorial debut Lady Bird to the festival which has had a remarkable number of films by and about about women this year.

Whatever the massive circle of relatives key's, it were given audiences on the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals to heap reward upon Ari Aster's feature - length debut.

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.

I heard a lot of buzz from the festival circuit about how Evan Katz «s debut feature was a top - notch horror film, so imagine my surprise when it turned out to be something entirely different.

The reception inside the Sala Grande was rapturous and one of the most emotional festival debuts in recent memory.

The festival closed with a screening of another Sundance debut, «Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot,» Gus Van Sant's new film about cartoonist John Callahan.

Opening the festival is Alias Loner, the debut feature of Latvian writer / director Normunds Pucis.

We'll be seeing Saoirse again in January when director Josie Rourke's debut film for Working Title, Mary, Queen Of Scots, opens (though it will most likely play the autumn film festivals first).

The film debuted at the fall film festivals and was released in the United States at the tail end of last year.

Of the features sampled before the festival, many provided MIFF with its best and brightest offerings, including the Michael Haneke's beautiful, brave and brutal Palme d'Or winner Amour and debut director Behn Zeitlin's spellbinding and striking Sundance hit Beasts of the Southern WilOf the features sampled before the festival, many provided MIFF with its best and brightest offerings, including the Michael Haneke's beautiful, brave and brutal Palme d'Or winner Amour and debut director Behn Zeitlin's spellbinding and striking Sundance hit Beasts of the Southern Wilof the Southern Wild.

Meanwhile, the unexpected gem of the festival was «Locke,» a showcase for the fine performance of Tom Hardy, and some assured direction by Steven Knight, who bounced back from middlingly received debut «Hummingbird» with a bold and compelling drama.

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 contentioof «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 contentioOf 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.

One of the breakout films from the festival circuit this year was the unexpected narrative debut from Maggie Betts (who received high praise for her documentary feature

Ranging from debut to valedictory work, most of these fiction and documentary features have American distribution and will be presented at other festivals.

Debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring, playing a couple of smaller festivals afterward, and then quietly disappearing from the radar, don't worry if you haven't heard about «The Driftless Area.»