Sentences with phrase «first time filmmakers»

He accepted it on behalf of the courage and faith of all first time filmmakers, and said, he considers Cannes the Temple of Cinema, and was happy to find out that you can dance in the Temple.

That's exactly the catalyst first time filmmakers Ramon Malpica, Lindsey Cummings and Matthew Thomas took with their debut film, titled Beyond the Bridge.

2014 was a banner year, with great films in an enormous range of genres: blockbusters and indies, horror and SciFi, dramas and comedies, as well as films from first time filmmakers, a lot of great stuff from women directors, and an unusually high number of excellent films with one - word titles.

For his last picture - the much maligned Nic Cage crime ditty Dog Eat Dog - Paul Schrader eschewed any playbook he'd ever used, going as far as to employ first time filmmakers behind the scenes to try and free himself of any preconceived notions regarding the creative process.

The Sundance Institute has selected eight first time filmmakers for the Directors Lab (May 30 - June 23) and in the rare case, we might actually see one of these eventual films break into the Park City line - up as early as next January (rest assured we'll be keeping tabs).

I) refreshingly included works from first time filmmakers.

I love when first time filmmakers go for a game changing look and feel.

«We have a long history of supporting first time filmmakers from around the world, and we felt that this film comes from a director with a fresh voice in cinema, and that it tells a new story in a particularly vibrant way,» commented Michael Rosenberg, president of Film Movement.

Signals Over The Air: First Time Filmmaker Chad Gracia Sees Russian Conspiracy Theory Transform Into Truth...

A strong, intense and ambitious movie from first time filmmaker Director, Jason Hewitt.

Compared with other first time filmmaker peers, Travis Gutiérrez Senger's feature debut appears to have benefited...

ANOTHER first time filmmaker Adam Pesce, makes a very strong debut here, as he chronicles the ill effects on these islanders of their dreams of competing in the inaugural Papua New Guinea National Surfing Titles.

Take My Nose... Please: The acclaimed film, directed by the 89 year - old first time filmmaker Joan Kron (former editor at Allure Magazine for over 25 years and at New York Magazine), is a comedic point of view on women and plastic surgery.

The true - life thriller was one of the films we tipped to start a bidding war and with the distribution company negotiating for multiple territories, first time filmmaker John Krokidas must be feeling real good.

However, perhaps even more impressive than the fantastic acting, is that the film was done by a first time filmmaker.

First time filmmaker Michael Tiddes is directing with Wayans producing and co-starring alongside Nick Swardson, Cedric the Entertainner, David Koechner, Essence Atkins and others.

It's an impressive piece of work from a first time filmmaker and actress in Elizabeth Olsen, which shows a lot of trust between the two collaborators.

«This might be the first time a filmmaker has started crying for the screening,» Gerwig said.

Directed by a first time filmmaker and starring two first time actresses, you won't believe how gripping Circumstance can get.

It may be a possibility that most of the first time filmmaker films submitted were very lousy this year.

Remy Auberjonois is the director / co-writer of BLOOD STRIPE, for which he received the John Schlesinger First Time Filmmaker Award from the Provincetown Film Festival.

Vienna 1956: Though the microcosm of one family's joys and sorrows, first time filmmaker Sandra Wollner tells a haunting tale of daily life in the immediate aftermath of World War II.

Every great first time filmmaker, Jim Sheridan wrote My Left Foot, Soderbergh wrote Sex, Lies, Quentin Reservoir Dogs, Larry Clark wrote Kids, Ryan Coogler wrote Fruitvale Station... comes with the writing..

I can understand a passion project from a first time filmmaker, at least, that passion can be seen on the screen and in the actors but this effort is so soulless, I wonder if it was meant to be a heartless clone as the name suggests.

First time filmmaker Dan Makara lets Irwin tell us directly the often poignant story of his own version of the American Dream.

Not exact matches

It was hard to reach them all at first, Freedman told me, but doors quickly opened when he mentioned the subject matter: «Here I was a first - time filmmaker, calling them cold.

Freedman is a first - time filmmaker, but his documentary is as flawless and riveting as one produced by a master craftsman.

Twenty - five million views in two days — that's the viral pull of this video of 20 strangers asked to kiss for the first time on camera by filmmaker Tatia Pllieva for Los Angeles - based fashion brand Wren.

Though the movie doesn't exactly open with a lot of promise - Hemsworth's character is, for example, first glimpsed seducing a nurse à la James Bond - Rush eventually settles to become a consistently engrossing drama that boasts a handful of genuinely exciting racing sequences (although, by that same token, it's hard not to wish that filmmaker Ron Howard had spent a little more time on the individual races).

It's a thin premise that's employed to watchable yet far - from - engrossing effect by Howard, as the first - time filmmaker's ongoing emphasis on pursuit sequences inevitably lends the proceedings a decidedly monotonous quality - with the novelty of the over-the-top chases wearing off in as demonstrable and firm a manner as one might've feared.

First - time filmmaker Tony Aloupis, formerly frontman of the New Jersey rock band Shadows of Dreams, serves up Americana like a stale slice of apple pie.

«Contest» more than makes up for some first - time - filmmaker shortcomings with its sincerity and unexpected strengths in the storyline and cinematography.

The first time we hear Etta James crooning «At Last» in Let the Sunshine In — the surprising new romantic comedy by French filmmaker Claire Denis — it's ill - timed background music drifting through a bar as the love - hungry artist Isabelle (Juliette Binoche) is getting her heart broken.

During his time at Video Archives, the fledgling filmmaker began writing screenplays, completing his first, True Romance, in 1987.

Thanks to the first - time filmmaker's attention to character, Gun Shy is worth at least a shot at a matinee.

Another victory for a first - time, full - length feature filmmaker with a curious, inventive eye and an unsparing point of view.

The filmmakers were abel to skip the world - building required for first films, but they don't spend their time on anything more interesting here.

Taking Five This month alone sees two first time feature filmmakers tackle genre films that haven't been done before in Singapore's...

The fest also awarded a number of other prizes, including giving Benh Zeitlin's Sundance favorite Beasts of the Southern Wild the Camera d'Or, top prize for first - time filmmakers.

It may sound glib, but Romney's assertion about the cat was the first time I realised that film criticism didn't have to be a job which involved attempting to understand a filmmaker on his or her own terms.

Yet, despite costing a meagre # 400» 000 to make, this first time feature filmmaker, along with an incredible cast and crew, have managed to push through the boundaries of their financial constraints to produce a calibre of film that rivals many of its Hollywood mainstream siblings, giving them a real run for their money.

«Established, award - winning veterans are celebrated on the same stage as first - time filmmakers.

FIRST TIME FEST also features a retrospective series called First Exposure which showcases the auspicious and ambitious debuts by artists who went on to become major filmmaFIRST TIME FEST also features a retrospective series called First Exposure which showcases the auspicious and ambitious debuts by artists who went on to become major filmmaFirst Exposure which showcases the auspicious and ambitious debuts by artists who went on to become major filmmakers.

Camera d'Or (First - Time Filmmaker): Party Girl directed by Marie Amachoukeli - Barsacq, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis

There is just something about the idea and setting that intrigues me and I think seeing something made by a first time feature length filmmaker is a must for everyone when attending a film festival.

I saw close to 50 movies at this year's festival, many were inconsequential and non-starters, but that's always been the case here, as Sundance is a festival which aims to give first - time filmmakers a shot, despite the rookie mistakes that may arise from such a venture.

Affleck's first time at bat as a filmmaker is more than promising, it's strikingly assured, showing a keen eye for the exact moment when action defines character.

According to the Sundance press release «115 feature - length films were selected, representing 28 countries by 40 first - time filmmakers, including 25 in competition.

An impressive indie - noir from a first - time filmmaker who takes a simple idea and turns it into a surprisingly powerful film.

First time director Eddie Mullins was a film critic for a decade prior to becoming a filmmaker, and as a result has an encyclopedic pool of filmic reference from which to pull from.