Sentences with phrase «film at the festival»

It seems like there are some good films at the festival this year.

Yet while there were undoubtedly worse films at the festival, the failure of Gravity is not, in my opinion, relative.

Last but not least, oh certainly not least, the Greek films at the festival.

This year, I spent six days watching various films at the festival.

Here's the pick of the worst films at the festival this year.

The sci - fi film that centers on the discovery of a second Earth was one of the more buzzed about films at the festival this past January, winning the Special Jury Prize and securing distribution from Fox Searchlight.

There were hundreds of films at the festival, thousands of people, approximately 2,000 volunteers, press and industry, and just a plethora of film enthusiasts who come every year to watch and celebrate independent film.

Members of the CFCA see films at festivals all over the world and the purpose of the film festival is to bring that experience back to the Windy City for a week.

The film, which already has distribution rights with the Weinstein Company, is probably one of the most buzzed films at the festival due to the fact that Carney is the genius behind the Sundance sleeper hit Once as well as the well regarded Begin Again from 2014.

Writer / director Jim Strouse (or James C. Strouse) is a regular at Sundance, bringing three high acclaimed films at the festival over the last 10 years - Grace Is Gone in 2007, The Winning Season in 2009, and People Places Things in 2015.

Meanwhile, Patrick Goldstein sat down with Sally Hawkins, who has three films at the festival in «Never Let Me Go,» «Submarine» and «Made in Dagenham.»

Aside from those with near - unanimous praise (Toni Erdmann and Paterson), so many films at the festival fell on a very wide spectrum of opinion.

«Diane» was among the most acclaimed films at the festival, which runs through the weekend.

Rob is a Berlinale Talents and Edinburgh Talent Campus alumnus and has won a number of awards for his short films at festivals including the London Short Film Festival, and was the recipient of the BFI Future Film Award 2011.

Another uncommonly sad, sensitive, and accomplished coming - of - age film at the festival, one directed by the former Golden Leopard winner Andrea Staka, is Cure — The Life of Another, which concerns the psycho - social consequences of war in the former Yugoslavia.

Those who caught two of the actor's other films at festivals earlier this year have been touting Unbroken star Jack O'Connell as one of the breakout performers of the year, and while Starred Up already enjoyed a limited release, the...

In fact, they're pretty much family, having premiered multiple shorts and feature films at the festival over the years.

Following his 2012 in comp showing for Mud, his second comp film at the festival comes off the heals of his first studio film in Midnight Special (Berlin Film Fest).

Marion looked lovely in two different Dior looks earlier in the weekend while attending the film festival's opening ceremony and the premiere of a new film at the festival.

And A24, like Miramax before it, adheres mostly to traditional models of acquisition, snapping up buzzy films at festivals just like everybody else.

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.

Métis filmmaker Terril Calder's SNIP, screening in the Short Cuts section at TIFF, is one of the very best Canadian films at the festival.

The opening - night film at the festival this year was «Everybody Knows,» a Spanish - language thriller starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, directed by Oscar - winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.

This probably came as a relief to many a competitor, but maybe it was also a sign that, at least on paper, there weren't very many films at the festival whose box - office potential seemed promising.

Though he's still never been invited to present one of his own films at the festival, Christopher Nolan became the center of attention during the first weekend of Cannes this year.

Fox Searchlight, for example, is making its own movies, rather than buying completed films at festivals.

Natalie Portman's directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness screened as a Special Screening during the Cannes Film Festival, giving her the opportunity to promote this first film at the festival outside the competition unlike her actor - turned - director fellow Ryan Gosling, whose debut feature Lost River screened in last year's Un Certain Regard and received mixed and harsh reviews...

The sci - fi film that centers on the discovery of a second Earth was one of the more buzzed about films at the festival this...

I'm very happy I did, as Cheap Thrills turned out to be one of the best films at the festival that delivered on laughs, violence, and possibly some career best performances from all cast members involved.

Other characters include a young filmmaker who is showing one of her short films at the festival and is staying at one of the waterfront hotels farther down the Croisette.

When I see films at festivals, sometimes I have to see them again to refresh my memory or calibrate my opinion, while trying to remain true to first impressions, which are valuable.

Polley wasn't in attendance, unfortunately, but spirits at the annual BBQ were high because several alumni have hotly buzzed films at the festival, including Waltz, Ingrid Veninger's i am a good person / i am a bad person, and Randall Cole's 388 Arletta Avenue.

Two other films I have to mention as runner - ups: Zhang Yimou's Coming Home made me cry more than any other film at the festival, and the last shot is heartbreaking, but oh so beautiful.

But although the cinematography aptly framed the San Fernando Valley's beautiful blue skies, it was afflicted by something I noticed in so many films at this festival, the mutation of colours and the precision of landscapes brought about by digital cinema.

Their fabricated stories occasionally dissolve into something much more honest; Jack, perhaps the most emotional of the brothers, is a short story writer, with suspiciously familiar plot points and characters he insists are fictitious (from the short, Hotel Chevalier, which accompanies the film at the festival, we know this is not true).

I probably missed a few, as I was only able to see about 20 of the films at the festival (which is not a lot, since it is possible to see nearly 40 over the festival's 8 days), but suffice it to say, if you're a canine lover, be wary of all the films listed above.

February and High - Rise proved to be the most polarizing out of all of the films at the festival, with half of the attendees either loving or hating them with no middle ground (I loved February and absolutely loathed High - Rise).

If you didn't catch this film at a festival, make sure to see it in theaters when it opens this Friday (November 20).

Nicole Kidman, who appeared in four films at the festival, including the competition titles «The Beguiled» and «The Killing of a Sacred Deer,» won a special 70th anniversary prize.

This may only fuel the rumblings over how upset the «Christine» team was that Sundance programmed both films at the festival.

It lingers on long after the credits role thanks to the greatest closing lines of any film at the festival, and Marion Cotillard.

The French auteur has shown fourteen of his films at the festival and his newest film The New Girlfriend marks his fifth in a row.

Think of them as cinemas golden boys, the best directing duo out there, and indie icons for the break out films at festivals and how they told stories on a limited canvas.

Yesterday, Chloë Sevigny attended the Sundance premiere and party of her new movie Lizzie and popped in to talk about the film at the festival's DirecTV Lounge.