Sentences with phrase «from young filmmakers»

The Dragons and Tigers line - up is valuable as both an introduction to new films from young filmmakers and a snapshot of commercial cinemas of the Asia, from South Korea and Japan to China and the Philippines.

The Dragons and Tigers lineup is valuable as both an introduction to new films from young filmmakers and a snapshot of commercial cinemas of Asia, from South Korea and Japan to China and the Philippines.

More than 100 short films were submitted from young filmmakers aged 11 - 18, from around the world.

This is a director who knows how to make his audiences feel the way he wants them to feel, which is impressive from a young filmmaker.

Don't miss out on another heartpounding A24 production from a young filmmaker that NEEDS to be on everyone's radar.

These superficial descriptors of perceived quality evince an all - too - common perspective from younger filmmakers on a form of hard - edged cinema that values narrative jolts above the meaningful creation of a cinematic world.

This is somewhere between Stalker (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) and Blade Runner 2049 (just to reference this list) and is from a young filmmaker with an incredibly thoughtful and confident voice.

Not exact matches

This weekend, Fuse will air the new documentary from filmmaker Dan Parris about the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, the Ferguson protests and how young activists are working for change.

In an interview, documentary filmmaker Maureen Palmer explained where the trend to sexualize girls at younger and younger ages has come from:

Young aspiring filmmakers from the Ghetto Film School will be honored tonight at Lincoln Center.

One of such partnerships is the film production company «One Fine Day Films», founded by Tom Tykwer & his wife Marie Steinmann, which supports young filmmakers from all over Africa to realize their projects.

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The Beijing - raised, London - and Mount Holyoke — educated filmmaker shares with the American Honey helmer an interest in young people at the margins, a knack for eliciting fantastic performances from amateur or under - the - radar actors, and what film critic April Wolfe described to me as a «dream - like realism.»

Like «American Honey» (2016), from another key British filmmaker, Andrea Arnold, «Lean on Pete» uses its young protagonist as a kind of search engine, looking for answers to his own fate and to the inequities at the heart of our nation.

Another holdover from the fall festival circuit that will finally reach American theaters this year, the latest from highly regarded filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Carlos) is a semi-autobiographical look at young French activists in 1971 Paris.

In episode 103, a pair of segments that focus on the role of cameramen include an animated short from award - winning cartoonist Chris Ware («Jimmy Corrigan») and a young filmmaker who sets out to document his alcoholic stepfather.

Stylish, divisive filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is making the leap from the big screen to the small with the upcoming Amazon series Too Old to Die Young, and Refn recently took to Twitter to announce his full cast.

In The Stolen Man (El hombre robado), Argentine filmmaker Matías Piñeiro's 2007 debut feature, a young woman navigates her way through two different schemes: the stealing and subsequent selling of artifacts from the museum she works at and a series of encounters with friends and lovers that she aims to manipulate towards an ambiguous endgame.

From filmmaker and activist Crystal Emery, Black Women In Medicine highlights the experiences of a number of successful black women in the medical field, and it also suggests solutions to the challenges facing young black women entering medical careers today.

From «Gigi» to «The Last Detail», from «Star Wars» to «Wall Street», from Training Day to just about any recent Al Pacino vehicle («Scent of a Woman», «Donnie Brasco», «The Devil's Advocate», The Recruit), storylines which involve a young man's initiation at the hands of an older father figure into the ways of the world have proven irresistible to filmmakers, combining elements of Oedipal conflict, the crisis of masculinity and the generational gap in a neat coming - of - age packFrom «Gigi» to «The Last Detail», from «Star Wars» to «Wall Street», from Training Day to just about any recent Al Pacino vehicle («Scent of a Woman», «Donnie Brasco», «The Devil's Advocate», The Recruit), storylines which involve a young man's initiation at the hands of an older father figure into the ways of the world have proven irresistible to filmmakers, combining elements of Oedipal conflict, the crisis of masculinity and the generational gap in a neat coming - of - age packfrom «Star Wars» to «Wall Street», from Training Day to just about any recent Al Pacino vehicle («Scent of a Woman», «Donnie Brasco», «The Devil's Advocate», The Recruit), storylines which involve a young man's initiation at the hands of an older father figure into the ways of the world have proven irresistible to filmmakers, combining elements of Oedipal conflict, the crisis of masculinity and the generational gap in a neat coming - of - age packfrom Training Day to just about any recent Al Pacino vehicle («Scent of a Woman», «Donnie Brasco», «The Devil's Advocate», The Recruit), storylines which involve a young man's initiation at the hands of an older father figure into the ways of the world have proven irresistible to filmmakers, combining elements of Oedipal conflict, the crisis of masculinity and the generational gap in a neat coming - of - age package.

But perhaps it was the six award - winning films in MIFF's 50th Shorts Awards that most fittingly captured the hybrid nature of MIFF 2011, a selection of old and new forms of filmmaking, from a myriad of countries on a range of issues: A Fine Young Man (Kevan Funk, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Short Film; Best Australian Short, The Palace (Anthony Maras, 2011); Andrew Kavanagh, winner of the Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award for At the Formal (2010); Green Crayons, (Kazik Radwanski, 2010) from Canada, winner of Best Fiction Short Film; Nullabor (Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, 2011) from Australia, the Best Animation Short Film; Leonids Story (Rainer Ludwigs, 2011) from Russia, the Best Documentary Short; and A History of Mutual Respect (Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt, 2010) from Portugal, winner of Best Experimental Short Film.

At its core, though, this twisted tale of American entrepreneurship — of young arms dealers gaming the Pentagon — captures something of runaway modern greed, played out as a bro movie from bro stars and a bro filmmaker that's equal parts comical and infuriating.

After a screening at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, one of our most eloquent filmmakers discussed his intimate approach to storytelling, an unused ending and the remarkable performances from young stars Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbieri.

Lately, the brothers are taking a page from their own advice and helping other young filmmakers.

Aside from an occasionally rough sound mix that is common with young filmmakers, Wright's entry into the Columbus film scene is impressive.

A feature - length commentary from Petty is conversational and informative, particularly of the lengths to which the young filmmaker needed to kowtow to the whims of his producers.

Maybe my expectations were duly lowered but director Francis Lawrence, who took over the series from filmmaker Gary Ross and raised the bar, and screenwriters Peter Craig and Danny Strong turn out a surprisingly engaging film about rebellion, propaganda, media, and the emotional and psychological scars of war, all seen from the point of view of a young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) who becomes a symbol of resistance simply by surviving with courage, dignity, and compassion.

Shults» debut feature, the Thanksgiving - set addiction drama Krisha, hinted at bigger, better and darker things to come from this talented young filmmaker.

It Felt Like Love is an indie coming - of - age story about a young girl's sexual exploration from first - time filmmaker and writer Eliza Hittman.

READINGS Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical by Larry Ceplair & Christopher Trumbo, reviewed by Scott Eyman; The Authentic Death and Contentious Afterlife of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: The Untold Story of Peckinpah's Last Western Film by Paul Seydor, reviewed by Kevin Canfield, Mise en Scène and Film Style: From Classical Hollywood to New Media Art by Adrian Martin, reviewed by Noah Isenberg; A Kim Jong - il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer, reviewed by J. Hoberman

Not that any of the young filmmakers at the Overlooked were trying to claim their work was on par with these cinematic masters, but you could tell from their films that Ozu and Bresson really mean something to these guys, their influences genuinely and thoroughly absorbed into the cinematic sensibilities of another generation.

Indiepix Festival Favorites, Volume 2 Value - priced, three film set of music documentaries: «Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense,» about the modern jazz scene, with Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding; «Echotone,» a lyrical documentary providing a telescopic view into the lives of Austin's vibrant young musicians as they grapple with questions of artistic integrity, commercialism, experimentation, and the future of their beloved city; and «Roaring Abyss,» a stunning audiovisual poem, the product of filmmaker Quino Piñero's two years of field recording traditional and modern music from around every corner of Ethiopia, a country of eighty different nationalities and cultures spread amongst mountains, deserts and forests.

Kristen Stewart and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer made a surprise appearance to introduce a group of young female filmmakers who won the opportunity to make short films inspired by the Twilight series with funding and guidance from industry professionals.

An aboriginal filmmaker from Quebec who attended the Canadian Film Centre, Barnaby's film, Rhymes For Young Ghouls won the 2013 TIFF Top Ten and Best First Feature at VIFF 2013.

Born from the creative vision of filmmaker Zack Snyder («Watchmen,» «300»), «Sucker Punch» features an ensemble cast of young stars, including Emily Browning («The Uninvited»), Abbie Cornish («Bright Star»), Jena Malone («Into the Wild»), Vanessa Hudgens (the «High School Musical» films) and Jamie Chung («Sorority Row»).

«A young married couple, Todd and Jessica Smith, two filmmakers from Raleigh in North Carolina, set out to produce a documentary exploring the highly publicized, creepy clown sighting epidemic, which was investigated by local law enforcement.»

«I steal from everyone: Wiseman, Maysles, Pennebaker,» Ben Stiller's frustrated documentarian admits in While We're Young, Baumbach's feature - length riff on how generations of filmmakers squabble amongst themselves.

In 1957, two young critics from Cahiers de cinéma published a study of Alfred Hitchcock, drawing attention to the artistic and moral complexity of a filmmaker previously classed as a mere entertainer.

But Hoult seems to be taking a quieter route to the top, having gradually made his way from bit player to scene - stealer to young leading man, and now finally rushed into the public consciousness, rat - a-tat style, by filmmakers who seem to have been privy to his gifts for some time.

Synopsis: «A young married couple, Todd and Jessica Smith, two filmmakers from Raleigh in North Carolina, set out to produce a documentary exploring the highly publicized, creepy clown sighting epidemic, which was investigated by local law enforcement.

In The Stolen Man (El hombre robado), Argentine filmmaker Matías Piñeiro's 2007 debut feature, a young woman navigates her way through two different schemes: the stealing and subsequent selling of artifacts from the museum she...

Jason Reitman declares without a doubt that he's among the most talented filmmakers working today and Diablo Cody proves she's far from a one trick pony with the delightfully awkward black comedy «Young Adult».

The prolific filmmaker is embarking on his farewell tour, and, as always, it's significant to acknowledge that every film from here on out becomes something of an event for the young retiree.

John Michael McDonagh stepped out from the shadows of filmmaker young brother Martin McDonagh, who's crafted such cult modern classics as In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, in 2011 when he debuted The Guard.

Made up of mostly home - grown filmmakers, from director Jenkins and writer Tarell Alvin McCraney to producer Andrew Hevia, not to mention the young actors Alex R. Hibbert and Jaden Piner, their movie is undoubtedly 2016's surprise breakout hit.

There's a bright future ahead of the young filmmaker, and everyone who loves movies stands to benefit from his talents.

Prisoners is directed well, apart from its length, by French - Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (Incendies, Maelstrom), from a sometimes nifty, sometimes turgid screenplay by Aaron Guzikowski (Contraband), which features narrative twists and turns to keep the audience guessing as to what might have happened to the two young girls, and also who holds the key to the answer of their whereabouts.

A nasty piece of work in which the spirit of the bushman traveller escalates his penchant for opportunistic crime from sheep stealing to stalking and stabbing, Scott's twisty deconstruction of slasher pic tropes is as good a calling - card pic as we've seen from a young Aussie genre filmmaker since Damien Power's similarly sinister Killing Ground in 2016.

Written by Bryan Sipe (A Million Miles, Alpha Mall) and directed by leading Canadian filmmaker Jean - Marc Vallee (C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria, Dallas Buyers Club, Wild), Demolition is a moving character study boasting a phenomenal central performance from one of today's most exciting acting talents.

It Comes at Night Rated R for violence, disturbing images, and language Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89 % Texas filmmaker Trey Edward Shults (Krisha) follows up his huge 2015 SXSW winner with this pseudo horror film about a post-apocalyptic world where husband and father Joel Egerton and family live safely in their well - protected home, hiding from whatever it is out there, until he allows a young family to seek refuge in their hiding spot.