Sentences with phrase «film festivals as»

He shows his videos at film festivals as well as art galleries.

Writer - director Guillermo del Toro's new movie, the romantic fantasy The Shape of Water, has earned raves from critics at the Venice and Telluride film festivals as an empathetic outsider's love story, which just happens to star a leading man with gills.

Our student grant program has helped young filmmakers finish their projects and exhibit them around the world at such film festivals as Sundance, Slamdance, Telluride, New Directors / New Films, and we are proud to say that several of these filmmakers have won Student Academy Awards.

The film is set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this month, and will likely play at other film festivals as well, including at Fantastic Fest.

Current research interests are focused on the history of the New Queer Cinema, the status of film festivals as loci of film culture, and an inquiry into shifting modes of documentary in the internet age.

For those who don't know, most studios use the fall film festivals as a kind of launching pad for their big awards contenders.

LeBron James teared up at the Toronto film festival as he watched More Than a Game, a documentary that follows James and teammates in their pre - high school and high school years.

In its prime, Searchlight could walk into any major film festival as every filmmaker's fantasy buyer, knowing that it could scoop up whatever it wanted.

What marks a film festival as a truly unique cinematic experience is the audience.

When attending a film festival as large as Sundance, choosing the films you're going to watch often comes down to convenience.

The Toronto International Film Festival announced that «Racer And The Jailbird» has been selected for their film festival as part of their special presentation program.

Beifuss, who has been Memphis's preeminent film journalist and critic for many years was cited for the dedicated coverage of the film festival as well as independent film locally, giving the art of filmmaking an unwavering presence in the press due to his efforts.

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This weekend holds the promise of an exciting local film festival as well as two of the year's best films.

The town molds itself to the needs of the film festival as it does for its annual Bluegrass Festival, Blues and Brew Festival and other events throughout the summer season.

Not exact matches

Fortune broke down some of the highlights of this year's festival, including a variety of virtual reality - focused panels and the premiere screening of Netflix's (NFLX) Pee - Wee Herman film reboot, while corporate sponsors such as McDonald's (MCD) and Samsung will also be on hand with big events.

The event began as an awards ceremony for creative work in advertising, much like the more famous film festival at the same venue.

Braid's producers aim to wrap the film in time to screen it at next year's South by Southwest festival in Austin as part of the process of getting a distribution deal.

«Jews and Baseball» opened the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, billed as the second - largest Jewish film festival in the country

An international array of films have chosen the most inspired venue, the Mouton Cadet Wine Bar atop the Palais des Festivals, for their interviews and media appointments, such as:

The ceiling is covered with light bulbs and neon lights as a reminiscence to the impressive hall of stars of the Palais des Festivals and Hollywood film premieres.

The festival will include a unique selection of films of varying lengths and styles covering topics such as the oceanic environment, marine creatures, ocean related sports, coastal cultures and ocean lovers.

It was as if we were attending The Leaky Boob film festival.

Lunch Line was also recently selected as one of six films to participate in the Whole Foods «Do Something Reel» traveling film festival (the films will screen together at independent cinemas in more than 40 cities in Aprl / May).

Gaining access to an A-list Hollywood star has proved problematic, but Mr. Clooney was put on the spot about this at the Venice film festival today as he took part in a press conference about his latest role.

«We have had films like Tunde Kelani's Abeni feature at the festival as well as Half of a Yellow Sun, which is a collaboration between Nigeria and the UK, but I think this is an opportunity to do more and to go bigger.

Lagos State Government on Monday said that the State's tourism and entertainment potentials will in the spotlight at this year's edition of the City to City Toronto Film Festival, as eight films produced in the State would be selected to feature at the festival.

This year's rally will feature former New York state Assemblyman Michael Benjamin and Cage Fury Fighting Championships President Rob Haydak, as well as an MMA documentary film festival that evening in conjunction with Madison Square Garden which will be free to attend.

There are also meetings and film festivals where science producers gather, such as the World Congress of Science Producers, the Wildscreen Festival in the U.K., and the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, all of which are good places to go to learn about filmmaking and to meet people.

A number of this year's films sought to draw specific attention to climate change, a move organizers» hoped would help the festival «serve as a signpost» on the route to the 2015 United Nations Climate Conference, which will be held later this year in Paris, France.

The annual festival has become a stargazing mecca as every A-lister with a project to promote heads up north to push their film in style.

Known for it's famous film festival and as a favorite vacation spot for the rich and famous, Cannes oozes with exclusivity.

Then there's the flip side, where a select set of Halloween costumes would actually work perfectly for a premiere, award ceremony or film festival, just with a few minor adjustments (think Kelly Osbourne's glamorous Christian Siriano dress from her turn as Christina Hendricks or Iggy Azalea's black and white ensemble from her Cruella De Vil costume, minus the Dalmatian, of course).

Louis Theroux paints «Saint Jimmy» as evil, cunning puppet master in hindsight Canberran Caroline Simone O'Brien earns slot at Hollywood film festival with puppet film

Chiara works as a reporter for online, print, radio and television and also as a film festival PR / publicist.

But as an ideological jukebox movie about 20th century art, this film should interest festivals and spaces in the art world that haven't yet featured the 13 - screen version.

Following its premiere in Toronto's Platform strand, «Beast» should enjoy broad festival play thanks to its canny art - horror balance — it's a film as suitable for midnight berths as it is for less genre - inclined programs.

Something in the Air (also known as After May) won an award for its screenplay at the Venice festival, where critics liked the film, though perhaps not as much as Carlos.

Also earning the highest Metascore of the festival, the film is a «tender, wrenching, and beautifully made movie,» according to Owen Gleiberman of Variety, with a «remarkable performance» by Mary Kay Place in the title role as a widow who spends her days caring for others, including her drug - addicted son.

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.

Feeling more spontaneous and improvised than ever, this tale of chance encounters at a big film festival is easy on the eye and strewn with humorous gems, as it wryly reflects on the festival business and its denizens.

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, TIFF and AFI.

Gillespie's film has earned a fair amount of awards buzz as it toured the festival circuit in 2017, and it's certainly deserving of the praise it's getting.

We'll see how those scores hold up as the year progresses and the films are reviewed elsewhere, but, for now, it's better than the 2017 festival, when only three films scored that highly.

This has the same adolescent fantasy plot devices as Run, Lola, Run, but that film was more of a festival / music video peice of fun.

No surprise, perhaps, as Denis's film is the sort of thing usually discussed as a «minor,» the appellation usually applied to movies about love and intimacy, topics of almost universal relevance, as opposed to «major» works that indulge in the overblown oversimplification of barely understood historical periods, interminable «sculpting with time,» or the espousal of revolutionary creeds to well - heeled film festival audiences who know in their secret hearts that they will never in their lives participate in a violent uprising of any kind.

Warner Brothers, which is marketing the film as a conventional thriller, recently overruled the producers» desire to show it in European festivals so that the studio could open it wide (in many theaters at once) and cash in as quickly as possible on the name value of its cast before word - of - mouth about its depressing subject matter could kill it.

Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master might have lost the Golden Lion in Venice (while still winning Best Director and Best Actor (s) awards), but it emerged as the most critically acclaimed film of the fall festival season.

Trumpeting the film as «quite obviously the best film currently touring the festival circuit» is Slant.

Below is my list of the 10 films that I would deem as «must - see» this year as well as a few others recommendations that I will try to catch as well during the festival.