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Since I started
following film festivals and directorial careers and whatnot, Midnight Madness has been the one that I've always wanted to get into.
Beyond the well - known Stockholm International Film Festival, check out
the following film festivals in Stockholm that take you from the Balkans to Africa and Portugal.
Not exact matches
After Arin Crumley failed to find a distributor for his 2005 movie Four Eyed Monsters despite good reception at
film festivals, he used his website to generate a national
following.
The movie drew raves from critics
following its January debut at the Sundance
Film Festival, prompting Fox Searchlight to pay a
festival - record $ 17.5 million to obtain the worldwide distribution rights to the
film.
The George Eastman House
film and photography museum will screen the silent
film on Oct. 16 in Rochester, NY.,
following the restoration's world premiere on Oct. 9 at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, an Italian
film festival devoted entirely to silent cinema.
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.
The
festival trophy was given to Izu Ojukwu, the Director of 76 and Moses Babatope who represented the
film in the absence of the
film Director, Kemi Adetiba in a closing ceremony that was
followed by the World Premiere screening of Ctach [dot] er by the Director Walter Taylaur.
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.
The question of whose disobedience, and what kind of disobedience it is, are at the heart of this absorbing and moving love story from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, his English language debut,
following very quickly on the heels of his
film A Fantastic Woman which has been a
festival - circuit hit this year.
Director Adam Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett
follow up their popular
film festival circuit flick, You're Next, continuing to combine traditional thrills with horror tropes in The Guest.
Following its
festival premiere last month, Netflix's latest trailer for Okja heaps praise upon the newest
film from Bong Joon Ho.
So this is probably a common trend at most
film festivals, but I don't think I have ever had such fun discussions
following screenings of certain
films, because there were a plethora of polarizing
films at this year's Fantastic Fest.
From Sweden comes a
film titled Force Majeure, or also known as Turist (in French) at the
festival, a dark comedy set in the French Alps
following a family on a ski vacation.
Another Irish
film which made an impact at Cannes is The Lobster, which garnered rave reviews
following its
festival premiere on Saturday.
Ana Lily Amirpour
follows up her alt - cult sensation A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT with her sand - blasted, dystopian love story THE BAD BATCH; Maren Ade delivers what will be the most uncomfortable
film of the
festival, the desert - dry black comedy TONI ERDMANN; and Julia Ducournau's directorial debut, RAW, takes us on a cannibalistic coming - of - age shock ride that resonates long after its stunning finale.
Stay tuned for more on The House That Jack Built, plus one of my most anticipated
films of the
festival: It
Follows director David Robert Mitchell's reportedly strange L.A. noir, Under The Silver Lake.
Other polarizing
films included Darling, Bone Tomahawk,
Follow and Demon (which won best horror feature at the
festival to many people's surprise
Her
follow - up
film, Eden, won the Audience Award at SXSW 2012 and was showered with rave reviews on the
festival circuit and its brief theatrical run.
To be eligible, a
film must have played theatrically in Indiana during the current calendar year, screened to state critics in advance of a
following year general release date, or play in a Hoosier State
film festival such as Indianapolis International
Film Festival or Heartland
Film Festival.
The
film debuted at the 2015 Sundance
Film Festival,
followed by other
festivals including the Hamptons, London, Tallgrass, NewFest and Philadelphia.
Alongside the jury awards, this year's
festival honored actor Charlize Theron with a special tribute
followed by a screening of her new
film, Jason Reitman's «Tully,» and a Q&A with both actor and director.
NEW YORK
FILM FESTIVAL: After debuting at the Cannes
Film Festival earlier this year, James Gray «s long - awaited
follow - up to his indie hit «Two Lovers,» had its showing with press and industry folks at the New York
Film Festival today.
With few exceptions, each of his droll comedies have
followed a bumbling male director as he travels to a
film festival, gets tanked on soju and belligerently throws himself at a woman.
PABLO LARRAĺN TO RECEIVE VARIETY INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2016 AT THE 39TH MILL VALLEY
FILM FESTIVAL SAN RAFAEL, CA (October 3, 2016)-- The Mill Valley
Film Festival is proud to honor director Pablo Larraín with the Variety International Director of the Year Award, which will be presented to him
following a just announced screening of his...
Vanity Fair reports that the streaming giant is threatening to pull five
films from the
festival following the news that only movies that receive a theatrical release in France will receive a spot in the vaunted Official Competition.
And it's likely that his
follow - up, an adaptation of Dostoyevsky «s novel, will appeal even more to the higher - minded
film fan and
festival programmer, so could certainly figure in to the lineup.
In the past 2 weeks,
Film Festival Today published the
following five articles of mine: a recap of the recent DOC NYC
film festival and reviews of Justice League, Last Flag Flying, Murder on the Orient Express and The Square.
After making the
film festival rounds in 2012, the lauded movie received a limited theatrical release the
following year.
Following the Michael Peña Q&A, we'll segue into a
film that first earned buzz at last year's Toronto International
Film Festival (if you're keeping track, that's a day of
films that premiered at SXSW, Sundance, Berlin, and TIFF — capturing the spirit of CCFF in the way it's designed to bring the international
film festival experience to Chicago).
White God Director: Kornél Mundruczó Running time: 121 minutes Certificate: R A hit at last year's Cannes
film festival, this drama
follows a dog who joins a canine revolution against humans after being taken away from his owner.
Following on from its screening at Tribeca
Film Festival in April, upcoming screening include Rushes Soho, Sao Paulo, Rhode Island, Traverse
film festivals and the International Music &
Film Festival in Latvia.
Sundance London, the UK
follow - up to the annual Utah event, will see 11
films from this year's
festival premiere in London.
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.
Many of the best
films I've mentioned here have distribution or were bought during the
festival, with undoubtedly more sales to
follow.
Yet to be invited to the Sundance ball with his trio of
films as a director Chelsea Walls (2001), The Hottest State (2006) and Seymour: An Introduction (2014) all receiving preems at other prestige fests, Ethan Hawke «s Blaze might altogether
follow a different
festival narrative.
Jeff Nichols's biopic, which
follows the couple during the Loving v Virginia trial and stars Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga, premiered at the Cannes
film festival in May and is released in the UK on 3 February 2017
The second of the «Carte Blanche» double bills began with The Last 15, Antonio Campos» sophomore short
film which
followed in the footsteps of Buy It Now (winner of Cinefondation «s First Prize at the 2005 Cannes
Film Festival) and competed for the
festival's 2007's Palme d'Or.
Director Richard Kelly's
follow - up on the enigmatic cult hit Donnie Darko has run into a critical storm: an unfinished version (according to Kelly) was shown at the Cannes
film festival where it was boo - ed and got rotten reviews.
I did find it a bit ironic and coincidental that two people get hit by cars in the
film, especially
following the tragic events that unfolded at the 2014 SXSW
festival where two people died after getting run over.
If you
followed this morning's press conference by the
festival's directors, you know that only about a quarter of the
films that will eventually grace the screens were named and the actual schedule isn't even out yet, but such is the nature of
festival going.
Following her 2013
film Trap Street, director Vivian Qu returns to LFF with a bold, gripping drama that will be a
festival discovery for audiences seeking a fresh feminist filmmaking perspective.
The Whiplash director is tipped to net a second Oscar nomination as his third movie heads to Toronto
film festival following ecstatic receptions at Venice and Telluride.
Following the
festival a bidding war for the
film... Read More
The band's ordeal
follows recent outcry surrounding the SXSW
film festival performance agreement, which threatened to deport performers from outside the country if they played shows not authorized by the
festival.
After its
festival premiere at Cannes and the Toronto International Film
Festival, It
Follows became one of the most buzzed about horror
films of 2014.
For its president, the challenges of putting together the Venice lineup are made more pronounced by the presence close by in the calendar of two competitors: Telluride, the Colorado - based event that begins on 1 September, and the Toronto international
film festival, which
follows a week later.
It's the first animated
film to open proceedings in the
festival's history and
follows in the footsteps of The Grand Budapest Hotel, which opened the 64th Berlin
Film Festival back in 2014.
Following on from the unveiling of its Critics week sidebar earlier this week, the Venice Film
Festival has revealed the remainder of its lineup for this year's
festival, which sees fifty five
films in its official selection, with a range of up - and - comers and established heavyweights.
But it was also an unusual kind of Cannes breakout, as
following its very enthusiastic reception at the 2014
festival, the
film gathered gentle momentum internationally throughout the year, playing the
festival circuit and sweeping the boards at Argentina's national
film awards, before being shortlisted for the foreign - language Oscar in 2015 and getting a US release in February.