Sentences with phrase «independent feature filmmaker»

Ben works in education, and is also a budding screenwriter and independent feature filmmaker, who has a real passion for cinema - in particular the classics of the Reagan - era.

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Working collaboratively with his cast, which features several prominent independent filmmakers, Joe Swanberg follows up his previous efforts, «Kissing on the Mouth» and «LOL», with this delicate look at friendship, ambition, and the pursuit of happiness.

And with the inclusion of American Spectrum, spotlighting 20 first time or initial works by American directors, and Frontiers, featuring cutting - edge filmmakers, the Festival has expanded their dedication to the independent filmmaking community.

The independent filmmaker behind The Comedy and New Jerusalem discusses his latest feature, Entertainment, starring comedian Gregg Turkington (Neil Hamburger).

The American independent filmmaker discusses The Love Witch, which investigates gender and psychology through the prisms of love and witchcraft, featuring a bricolage of different formalist reference points found across the writing, performance, sets, music and more.

The feature is being self - distributed in theaters exclusively this weekend, and Hauck has partnered with Kodak and Fotokem to spread the message that «film can be affordable and accessible to independent filmmakers as both a shooting and exhibition format.»

Even before Lou Howe's writing and directing feature debut Gabriel was completed, Filmmaker Magazine had already marked him as one of its New Faces Of Independent Film, in a 2013 feature on up - and - coming filmmakers worth tracking.

Beth de Araújo is a Los Angeles - based writer and director recently featured in Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film.

: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's THE FANTASTIC FOUR, a feature length documentary directed by Film Studies professor and independent filmmaker Marty Langford and executive produced by LA - based casting director / witness to the The Fantastic Four's 1994 filming: Mark Sikes.

The press release, in part: The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that director Darren Aronofsky, actors Hilary Swank and Robert Duvall, and Focus Features CEO, James Schamus, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards ™ on MondayIndependent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that director Darren Aronofsky, actors Hilary Swank and Robert Duvall, and Focus Features CEO, James Schamus, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards ™ on Mondayindependent filmmakers, announced today that director Darren Aronofsky, actors Hilary Swank and Robert Duvall, and Focus Features CEO, James Schamus, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards ™ on MondayIndependent Film Awards ™ on Monday, -LSB-...]

Best Feature Winner: «Moonrise Kingdom» «Bernie» «The Loneliest Planet» «The Master» «Middle Of Nowhere» Best Documentary Winner: «How To Survive A Plague» «Detropia» «Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present» «Room 237» «The Waiting Room» Best Ensemble Performance Winner: «Your Sister's Sister» «Bernie» «Moonrise Kingdom» «Safety Not Guaranteed» «Silver Linings Playbook» Breakthrough Actor Winner: Emayatzy Corinealdi («Middle Of Nowhere») Mike Birbiglia («Sleepwalk With Me») Thure Lindhardt («Keep The Lights On») Melanie Lynskey («Hello, I Must Be Going») Quvenzhané Wallis («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Breakthrough Director Winner: Benh Zeitlin («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Zal Batmanglij («Sound Of My Voice») Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky («Francine») Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin («Now, Forager») Antonio Méndez Esparza («Aquí y Allá») Calvin Klein Female Filmmaker Award Stacie Passon («Concussion») Bingham Ray Award Benh Zeitlin («Beasts Of The Southern Wild») Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You «An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty» (written and directed by Terence Nance) Gotham Independent Film Audience Award «Artifact»

An older title brought back into circulation is All Day's expanded DVD release of Ganja and Hess (1983), which features an overly appreciative commentary with the director, co-star, cinematographer, and the film's composer, Sam Waymon, bubbling about a seminal work by independent black filmmakers that's either a lost masterpiece, or an indulgent, narrative mess to some.

The Sundance Institute Feature Film Program (FFP) advances original storytelling from distinctive voices by supporting independent filmmakers from development through distribution of their feature prFeature Film Program (FFP) advances original storytelling from distinctive voices by supporting independent filmmakers from development through distribution of their feature prfeature projects.

Having only one feature under her belt (the little seen «Obselidia» in 2010), for which she received two Independent Spirit Award nominations, Bell emulates the passion and demand of storytelling as seen by such filmmakers like Patty Jenkins and Lisa Cholodenko.

An in - demand destination for film lovers, drawn by unmatched locale and a diverse program of mainstream studio features and new visions from independent voices from around the world, MVFF also hosts an exciting array of filmmaker and industry conversations, panels, parties, and live music performances, featuring the most acclaimed emerging and veteran actors, filmmakers, and musicians of our time.

Matt Porterfield is an American filmmaker who has made three independent features set in Maryland: Hamilton (2006), Putty Hill (2010), and I Used to Be Darker (2013).

The acclaimed series, with Lois Vossen as executive producer, features documentaries united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement, and unflinching visions of independent filmmakers.

Filmmaker Magazine has released its annual list identifying the «25 New Faces of Independent Film,» and nearly half of the featured up - and - comers are women.

Filming a low - budget, independent film with a first - time feature writer and director can be taunting for many actors, but filmmaker Brian Savelson effortlessly found the perfect cast to create a realistic, emotional, character - driven movie with his new drama, «In Our Nature.»

Few filmmakers are more legitimately «independent» than John Sayles, who has now written and directed 18 features since 1979 (Return of the Secaucus Seven) without studio backing.

From Academy Award - winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), the documentary is a Focus Features presentation of a Tremolo Production, in association with Impact Partners and Independent Lens / PBS.

Since the inception of the Directors Lab in 1981, the Feature Film Program has supported a relative who's who list of independent filmmakers making strides in cinema.

She recently attended Sundance Institute's two - day intensive as part of the FilmTwo Initiative, which provides support to a diverse group of independent filmmakers in response to the specific challenges they face in developing and completing their second feature film.

I always find it interesting to see independent filmmakers direct big budget features because most of them manage to do so with such ease which is exactly the case here.

In a positive sign for independent cinema at least, the Dramatic and World Cinema slate each feature five female filmmakers and the Documentary slate includes six (although «Holy Hell's» director is eye - poppingly listed as «undisclosed»).

Independent filmmaker Fabien Dufils used Backstage to find every actor for his feature, «1 Buck.»

But the movie discovered a passionate cult following on DVD, and when a 20 - minutes - longer director's cut was released, well before 2004, «Donnie Darko» had been vindicated as one of the most remarkable if head - spinning first features by an American independent filmmaker in then - recent memory.

The Labs are the centerpiece of the Institute's year - round work with narrative feature filmmakers and are part of 24 residential labs the Institute hosts each year to discover and foster the talent of emerging independent artists in film, theatre, new media and episodic content.

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Comprising three works spanning short - and feature - length films, and a documentary, produced by independent filmmakers and artists, this selection addresses concerns of belonging, border crossing, and otherness in the diasporic journey through various visual narratives.

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