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The Soixantième Theatre presents feature films Out of Competition, Special Screenings, the Next Day screenings and Tributes.

Sundance has grown from the small American independent film festival it was 30 years ago, and now has about a dozen sections with some presenting films in competition, and other sections presenting films out of competition.

While Netflix was told that they could show some of their films out of competition, Sarandos «says that doesn't make sense» for the company.

Not exact matches

Still, the company's best 2015 releases were very good indeed, led by Carol, 2015's highest - scoring film (which picked up six of TWC's nine Oscar nominations, though it was somehow left out of the best picture competition).

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.

What's most wonderful is that this Michael Ritchie film not only paints a ruthless picture of a vapid «Young American Miss» pageant, steadily refusing to grant the audience any note of reassuring sentimentality, but that its gags are often laugh - out - loud funny (particularly during the talent competition).

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.

Apart from this revival of interest in specialized film titles, what stands out is the way distributors placed their films for maximum impact against intense peak holiday competition.

So far Venice has revealed its opening night film, the Jake Gyllenhaal - led survival drama Everest, and an out - of - competition screening for Scott Cooper's Johnny Depp vehicle Black Mass, while Telluride won't announce its lineup until shortly before the annual event launches on 4 September.

Other titles announced out of competition include: the closing night film, Therese D, by Claude Miller, the French director who died earlier this month; Me and You, a new drama from Bernardo Bertolucci; and Madagascar 3, which looks to fill the regulation animation spot (previous cartoons to do the honours include Up and Kung Fu Panda).

The 57 out - of - competition films in six additional categories will be announced Thursday.

Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci hadn't made a film in about a decade before his latest movie Me and You screened out of competition at 2012 Cannes Film Festival; however, the

The first of three films scored $ 84.8 million opening weekend, easily taking out the first trilogy's highest earner, «The Return of the King» with $ 72.6 million, and absolutely demolishing the competition.

The following films round out the Berlinale competition lineup including, notably, films from «No» director Pablo Larrain, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Andrew Haigh, Terrence Malick, Werner Herzog and, screening out - of - competition, Kenneth Branagh's «Cinderella.»

said Get Out producer Sean McKittrick, who is attending Cannes on behalf of his next film, the most prominent American movie screening in competition here: Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman.

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Claude Lanzmann's new film, The Last of the Unjust, presented out of Competition, can not be tagged and grouped according to any topical theme — it can be confronted head - on or not at all.

Woody Allen was in fine form at the Cannes Film Festival today to talk about «Irrational Man,» his latest film that screened this morning, out of competition.

«It flew a bit under the radar since it wasn't in competition, though it was one of the best reviewed films out of Cannes that year.

Screening out of competition are two films each in Sundance's Premieres and Next sections.

Of the other films I saw, the only real enthusiasm I felt was for the Inarritu's «Biutiful,» Bertrand Tavernier «The Princess of Montpensier,» the first Chad feature «A Screaming Man,» the South Korean «Poetry» and the out - of competition documentary «Inside Job.&raquOf the other films I saw, the only real enthusiasm I felt was for the Inarritu's «Biutiful,» Bertrand Tavernier «The Princess of Montpensier,» the first Chad feature «A Screaming Man,» the South Korean «Poetry» and the out - of competition documentary «Inside Job.&raquof Montpensier,» the first Chad feature «A Screaming Man,» the South Korean «Poetry» and the out - of competition documentary «Inside Job.&raquof competition documentary «Inside Job.»

Today we close things out ahead of tomorrow's festival kick - off with a few films from the Narrative Competition, Narrative Spotlight, and narrative films in other sections.

«Dunkirk» is big and bold and «The Post» is serious and timely, but the film with the most Globe nominations, «The Shape of Water,» is gloriously imaginative filmmaking whose biggest competition might have been two films that ended up being categorized as comedies, «Get Out» and «Lady Bird.»

Agnes Varda, director of «Visages Villages (Faces Places),» which many considered the best film at this year's Cannes festival, where it played out of competition, received the Silver medallion from Telluride in 1977 (the fourth year of the Festival).

The auteur - driven film would screen out of competition for the event's Golden Bear top prize, which will be awarded by a jury led by Meryl Streep on February 20th.

«At Berkeley» In theory, the 70th Venice Film Festival was something of a banner one for documentaries: two in competition, one of which, «Sacro GRA,» won the Golden Lion, several others in sidebars or out of competition, and a number of films - about - filmmaking in the Classics strand, including «A Fuller Life,» «Bertolucci On Bertolucci» and «Double Life: James Benning and Richard Linklater» (the latter two we didn't make it to, but heard good things about, and hope to catch up with in the near future).

American Director Julie Taymor's The Tempest has been chosen as the closing night film (Out of Competition) for the 67th Venice International Film Festival.

Get that private jet ready Sony Pictures Seriously, one of the most unexpected films in Venice's lineup is Antoine Fuqua's «The Magnificent Seven» which is screening out of competition.

Add to this new films, split across the Venice Days, Orrizzonti and Out of Competition sidebars, from an array of interesting names including Chantal Akerman («Almayer's Folly»), Mary Harron («The Moth Diaries»), Al Pacino («Wilde Salome,» the cast of which includes — you'll never guess — Jessica Chastain) and even James Franco (here furthering his friendship with American gay culture with a biopic of 1950s teen idol Sal Mineo) and there should be more than enough to explore even once the festival has blown its pre-Toronto load.

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There will be one or two more out - of - competition films, Critics» Week lineup, and Directors» Fortnight lineup announcements coming next week.

With three out of five films screening in Cannes, Nichols can be called a festival regular: Take Shelter won the Critics Week Grand Prize in 2011 while Mud premiered in the Official Competition the following year.

Much as he admired it, for example, Barbera said that he felt Black Mass would not work as the opening film — «too dark, too violent, too extreme» — and so arranged for an out - of - competition screening in a high - profile slot on Friday evening.

Zhang Yimou, who hasn't had a film in Competition here since 1995's Shanghai Triad, has brought a shameless melodrama (screening out of Competition) called Coming Home, which has no relation to the 1978 Oscar - winner of the same title.

Jarmusch is also represented with a second film, his Iggy Pop chronicle «Gim me Danger,» in an out - of - competition, midnight screenings slot.

The pair's upcoming film Our Souls at Night — another Netflix - produced effort — will also receive its world premiere at the festival in an out - of - competition slot.

Steven Soderbergh's third «Ocean's» film, once again starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt, premiered out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Spielberg's «The BFG,» with recent Oscar winner Mark Rylance starring in the Roald Dahl adaptation, will screen out of competition, as will Jodie Foster «s «Money Monster,» Shane Black «s «The Nice Guys» and Woody Allen «s previously announced opening - night film, «Café Society.»

Following up his 2015 Cannes break - out, the stunning, very original dry comedy The Lobster, a film that we really loved — Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos enters the official competition at Cannes 2017 with this drama of family matters and other dark materials.

«Revenge of the Sith,» the final film in George Lucas» prequel trilogy, premiered out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Premiering Out of Competition, the film follows its two leads, race car driver Bibi and car trader Gigi as they meet on a whim and fall swiftly in love.

Did it mean anything that Mad Max: Fury Road, which screened out of competition on Day 2, was still being cited as one of the festival's truly great films on Day 11 (the festival's clôture)?

Out of the 22 films selected, the favourites for cinema's most prestigious prize include previous winner Michael Haneke, for his film Amour, Ukraine's Sergei Loznitsa for In The Fog, France's Jacques Audiard for Rust and Bone, starring Marion Cotillard, and the young American director Jeff Nichols for his competition debut with Mud.

Foster's timely financial thriller premiered in an out of competition slot and the film's stars, also including Jack O'Connell, were out on show

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Pina Germany / France — dance film in 3D by Wim Wenders (The American Friend, Buena Vista Social Club, The Million Dollar Hotel) with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal World premiere / out of competition

Among the films screening out of competition, Woody Allen's An Irrational Man starring Emma Stone, apparently his new muse, and Joaquin Phoenix.

The 69th Festival International du Film de Cannes will launch with a screening of Woody Allen's new film, Café Society, on Wednesday 11 May in the Palais des Festivals's Grand Théâtre Lumière as an Official Selection Out of Competition title.

He adds: «I think a film like Big Eyes would be more out of place in competition than most of the titles here.

Coriolanus UK — debut film by Ralph Fiennes with Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, James Nesbitt World premiere / out of competition