Sentences with phrase «foreign festival awards»

Not exact matches

And while it's an art that has already yielded our first magnum opus of the year, the 100 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2014, (and we should probably be awarded the rest of January off as a result) there's still a category of film we've left unmined: those movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013 at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until 2014.

Winner of Best Picture Awards at numerous international film festivals including Sydney, Berlin and Fajr in its native Iran, as well as the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, the film is an intimate drama about conflict within and between two families of vastly different social and economic standings.

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.

«Amores Perros» Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu «s epic triptych of the tale of lives connected by a violent Mexico City car wreck was a festival darling and Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Film, and heralded the arrival of neo-Mexican cinema, along with Alfonso Cuaron «s «Y Tu Mama Tambien» (both starring Gael Garcia Bernal).

That it's been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and earned a score of festival honors is no surprise — movies as genuine and fearless as this one are a rare breed.

It left that festival with no major prizes from the main competition but recently took five European Film Awards and the NY Film Critics» Circle's nod in Foreign Language.

She and that film were nominated for a total of 34 awards from around the festivals and foreign awards.

The film is currently getting about 50 + accolades from international film festivals; which includes the Best Foreign Short & Best Actress at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, Best Drama & Best Cinematography at Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Foreign Short Film at Ukrainian International Short Film Festival, Rising Star Awards at Canada International Film Festival, an Official Finalist at London Film Awards, among others.

Here's a look at some of those foreign language contenders that have already snatched up festival awards and distribution deals for North American release.