Sentences with phrase «festival opener»

Broken recently won the top prize at the British independent film awards 2012 and promises to be a worthy festival opener.

Today's Edinburgh talk may have centered on festival opener «Away We Go» (more on that to come), but the day's real delight was «Mary and Max» (*** 1/2), an alternately disarming and disconcerting feature debut from claymation maestro Adam Elliot, who won a 2003 Academy Award for his short «Harvey Krumpet,» and carries that film's decidedly -LSB-...]

The 26th Tokyo International Film Festival kicked off yesterday with a parade of stars along its green carpet to the theater where festival opener Captain Phillips was played.

The result is an accomplished, droll and blood curling slasher film that marked the best festival opener for the Boston Underground Film Festival since Hobo With A Shotgun.

A top - tier festival opener arrives in the form of this scattershot yet thoughtful study of grief.

Few would have bet that «Inglourious Basterds» would turn into the festival's Oscar MVP (they might have been more inclined to say Jane Campion's «Bright Star,» but that film went on to only earn one nomination), or that festival opener «Up» was a sure thing for a Best Picture nomination.

There was some controversy over the choice of Jon Amiel's Darwin biopic Creation as the festival opener — not because of the subject matter, but rather because of the fact that this is the first time the fest will kick off with a non-Canadian film.

While Oscar hopeful Birdman is the festival opener you won't see the likes of Big Eyes, Suite français or A Most Violent Year.

Every film receiving a gala premiere brings the audience to its feet (at least, once the houselights go up and the spotlight shines on the stars sitting in the mezzanine), even so - so films that no one particularly adores such as this year's festival opener, «The Fifth Estate.»

Almodovar came to Cannes with 1999's «All About My Mother,» which earned him best director at the fest, as well as 2004's festival opener «Bad Education» and the 2009 Palme d'Or contender «Broken Embraces.»

Then, of course, there was festival opener, Moon director Duncan Jones» second feature, Source Code.

While Oscar hopeful Birdman is the festival opener you won't see the likes of Big Eyes, Suite...

Fresh Fiction sat down with Blythe Danner (MEET THE PARENTS) and co - writer / director Brett Haley (THE NEW YEAR) to talk about their festival opener, the most they've felt out of their comfort zone, and how they handle the challenges that life throws at them.

CityLeaks is proud to have presented one of the worlds finest muralists and great personality of Maya Hayuk as the festivals opener during the CityLeaks Preview in june 2013.