This drama about a young mother and her 5 - year - old son held prisoner by a sexual predator has been collecting audience prizes at
just about every film festival it has played, including the bellwether People's Choice Award at Toronto.
Not exact matches
I love good music & enjoy going to see live bands & going to
festivals I also enjoy art & urban exploring
just to learn the history of a place but that comes
about from watching to meany booth brothers documentaries of the unknown I also enjoy horror
films And Dumfries is in Scotland
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.
As always when I write
about film festivals, it's not
just the
films but all the different people that make them so memorable.
I always go out of my way to talk
about the other people I meet at the
festival, and not
just the
films, because they are
just as important as the movies.
When speaking
about her
film adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time last fall at the Vulture
festival, director Ava DuVernay told a crowd, «I'm trying to make a Lynn Shelton movie,
just on a larger budget.»
The
festival just wrapped up and while I was unable to attend in person this year * due to work and other obligations * — I was able to see some of the most buzzed
about films in the lineup with the help of screeners and the PR agents who were willing to help me out in exchange for the coverage.
The
festival just announced its opening
film and it's one we've heard surprisingly little
about: Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying.
Awards season is
just under way, but it's already time to start thinking
about next year's
film festival circuit.
One of my favorite things
about film festivals is being able to interact with and pick the brains of the talented filmmakers behind great
films you've
just discovered.
Someday there will be a
film festival of movies
about the Great Recession,
just as there have been
festivals over the years devoted to Depression - era movies.
It's not
just about getting someone to cover the Spanish - language
films at the
film festival or
about having someone on your staff who knows who Kate del Castillo is, but
about realizing that there is a growing population that doesn't see itself merely as a target market but as an engaged audience whose opinion deserves to be in the conversation.
New York City Serenade (R for profanity, sexuality and drug use) Buddy comedy
about a down - and - out drummer (Chris Klein) who accompanies his
just - jilted best friend (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) to a
film festival where the aspiring director has been invited to show his low - budget flick.
About Fantastic Fest Fantastic Fest is the largest genre
film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci - fi, action and
just plain fantastic movies from all around the world.
South By Southwest 2013 is
just around the corner and there's quite a lot of online buzz
about it... What started out as a small
festival back in 1987 is now a giant mega-conference catering to lovers of music,
film and all - things - interactive.