Sentences with phrase «film competition based»

Videogame publisher Electronic Arts is excited to announce the Battlefield Film Challenge, a short film competition based on the Battlefield ™ franchise, open to Australia and New Zealand residents.

Not exact matches

Winners, announced at a red - carpet event May 10, hosted by United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, are awarded industry mentorships; the opportunity to screen their film at the Los Angeles - based HollyShorts Film Festival (August 9 - 18), an Academy Award - qualifying competition; $ 1,000 grants provided by Universal Filmed Entertainment Group towards their next production; and other prizes, including Dell computers and a Nike gift bag with assorted products, including a pair of shoes from the new FlyEase line!

That is the idea behind Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou's latest film, Coming Home, based on Geling Yan's novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi, which opened in China a few weeks ago and just premiered out - of - competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

Of course, as with previous years, competition standouts could well emerge from names not mentioned here, though based on previous experience, I feel safe making at least two predictions: that at least half the Italian film quota will be dismal, and that the annual «surprise film» will be among the most grueling surprises of your life.

Based on my ScreenAnarchy colleagues» reviews, Der Samurai, Escape from Tomorrow, Kid's Police, and Open Windows are definitely must - see films and all of them are part of Fantaspoa's International Competition.

Based on an illustrated young - adult novel by Brian Selznick, the film premiered in May in the main competition at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, where it received mixed but generally positive reviews.

Her new film Blindness, which opened the competition at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, is based on a book by Nobel Prize - winning author Jose Saramango with director Fernando Meirelles, tells the story of humanity in the grip -LSB-...]

Based on the life of dramatist Heinrich von Kleist, that ended in a double suicide with his lover, the film shot back in February of last year, so no doubt it's ready and Hausner is must be hoping to return with it to Cannes for the fourth time — though this may represent her best chance yet to crack into the main competition line - up.

Based on a highly selective and unscientific sampling of opinions on the Croisette, the general consensus is that while this may be a milestone 70th - anniversary year for the Festival de Cannes, it's been a disappointing set of films overall, with one of the weaker competition slates in recent memory.

One interesting film, playing out of competition, is Roman Polanski's newest work called «Based on a True Story.»

The film, which won Tribeca's top narrative competition prize, lacks Offside's sense of reckless comedy, but it's similarly specific and intriguing about the role of young women within a single culture — not just Israel's, or even the military, but within this particular Army base, with its complicated relationships and low expectations — while commenting on gender as a larger construct outside these individual walls.

After having been in competition several times and coming away empty - handed, the German - born, Austrian - based Mr. Haneke finally scored with a film dramatizing strange goings - on in a northern German village just before World War I.

Speaking on the process of movie selection and shortlisting, Emirati writer and filmmaker Manal Bin Amro, said: «The main challenge was the large number of entries received from many countries and filmmakers, and also the multitude of excellent films in terms of production, content and cinematic creativity, which created a deep discussion to sincerely try to come up with unbiased and fair results based on a comprehensive cinematic vision that takes into consideration the general approach and categories of the competition.»

He directed an acclaimed feature film based on The Sound of One Hand Clapping, which had its world premiere in competition at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear for best film.

In September of 2001, I traveled to Holland and filmed a Military and Security Dog Competition on the NATO Military Base in Soest, Holland.

California chipmaker Intel and New York - based W Hotels International announced the Four Stories short film competition.