Sentences with phrase «moving debut feature»

One example is Carla Simón's moving debut feature «Summer 1993» which would be Spain's first nominee since 2004 winner «The Sea Inside».

It's unclear at this point if Australian director Jennifer Kent wants to continue making horror films, but judging by her terrifying and moving debut feature, The Babadook, it's obvious that horror needs her.

Weiner's witty, original, fast - moving debut features a lovable heroine, a solid cast, snappy dialogue and a poignant take on life's priorities.

Samuel Park's moving debut features a strong, memorable heroine torn between love and duty, tradition and freedom, in the changing Korea of the 1960s and 1970s.

Not exact matches

This remarkable film from Australia, the debut feature of writer - director Cate Shortland, moves to the lyrical rhythms and unhurried pace of a 1970s road movie.

Directors / screenwriters Kohn and Silverstein, who previously gave us «Never Been Kissed» and «He's Just Not That Into You,» do a fine job keeping the story moving in their feature directorial debut.

It's a film that you expect to open in limited release and expand, but after a Sundance premiere, Focus Features is actually debuting it wide today, the Friday that used to launch the summer movie season (which the moving of Avengers: Infinity War kicked off a week early this year).

Theo Taplitz, in a remarkably mature, nuanced feature film debut, plays Jake, an introverted thirteen - year - old with dreams of being an artist who moves with this family from Manhattan to Brooklyn when his father inherits an apartment and a storefront there.

Clive Barker's feature directing debut graphically depicts the tale of a man and wife who move into an old house and discover a hideous creature — the man's half - brother, who is also the woman's former lover — hiding upstairs.

Screenwriter Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland, Mrs. Brown) makes his feature directing debut with this modest, moving and semi-autobiographical film.

With this bracingly original debut feature, artist Barnard creates one of the most involving and moving documentaries in memory.

Now, she's moved behind the camera for her delicious feature debut, Lady Bird, the story of an outspoken teen (Saoirse Ronan) awkwardly (and often amusingly) transitioning into adulthood.

It's also the title of co - writer / director team Tom Gould and John Serpe's feature directorial debut, a cutesy classic Hollywood tale adapted for modern times, about small - town dreamers who move to Los Angeles with stars in their eyes.

After growing up in the political tumult of France in the sixties and seventies, Assayas followed a path similar to the one traveled by several titans of the French New Wave, first working as a critic for Cahiers du cinéma, then moving on to film projects, including collaborations with André Téchiné and his own feature directorial debut, the 1986 Disorder.

Other highlights in this section include: Pablo Larraín's THE CLUB, a mordant morality tale set in a sleepy Chilean coastal town, which won Berlin's Grand Jury Prize; CHRONIC, Michel Franco's uncompromising study of grief and isolation, featuring a revelatory performance by Tim Roth; brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser's feature directorial debut, DÉGRADÉ, a smart drama that moves seamlessly between humour and despair, set in a women's hair salon in Gaza; the European Premiere of George Amponsah's intimate documentary THE HARD STOP, revealing the story of Mark Duggan's friends and family following his death after being shot in a «Hard Stop» police procedure in 2011; Jonas Carpignano's engrossing feature debut, THE MEASURE OF A MAN which won Vincent Lindon Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, MEDITERRANEA, an ultra-topical tale of two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?»

Not surprisingly, as predicted in 4 out of the 5, Park City veterans Gregg Araki, Michael Winterbottom, Ira Sachs and Lynn Shelton all return with their latest product, and actor William H. Macy moves behind the camera and secures the closing night slot with his debut feature.

Academy Award — nominated director Jason Reitman returns to the Sundance Film Festival for the sixth time, having previously debuted four shorts and one feature at the Festival, while Academy Award — winning screenwriter Diablo Cody makes her Sundance Film Festival debut with Tully, a funny, moving, and insightful look at motherhood that features captivating performances by its two female leads.

For his fifth feature and English language debut, Austrian helmer Peter Brunner moves into gritty, street - fashioned shoot in NYC.

These young adult movies have seen some impressive names step behind the director chair but Maze Runner finds itself as the feature debut of visual effects artist Wes Ball and there's no doubting the fact that this feels like a first - time effort of someone who can't bring the energy required to keep a film's pulse moving.

Yance Ford's debut feature is a deeply moving, complex film about a family murder, memory, injustice and the institutional racism that continues to pervade America's legal, social and economic systems.

Filmed by Claire Denis» long - time cinematographer, Agnès Godard, Claudia Sainte - Luce's debut feature, based loosely on events from her own life, blends a wry and moving naturalism with moments of inspired comedy.

Incredibly moving and powerful, it marks an impressive feature film debut from Shane and Wilson, and should pretty much be required viewing for anyone on either side of the abortion debate.

Thankfully, 2013's Upstream Color was a remarkable sophomore effort, a science fiction tinged drama that was as emotionally moving as his debut feature was mind - bending.

Oliver Tate — the 15 - year - old protagonist played by Craig Roberts in Richard Ayoade's feature - length directorial debut «Submarine» — expresses one of his desires to the audience early on in the film through voice - over narration: «I suppose it's a bit of an affectation, but I often wish there was a film crew following my every move.»

Garland's wife, Paloma Baeza, will make her feature directorial debut with the film, which follows an American family who move into an old Victorian house in London and begin to believe it might be haunted.

Sheila Roberts: Swedish - Sami writer - director Amanda Kernell makes an impressive feature debut with «Sami Blood,» a moving coming - of - age drama set in 1930's Sweden.

Creed by George Wolf When your debut feature film was a powerfully moving achievement that heralded limitless filmmaking potential, what's your next move?

Our conversation ranged from the pros and cons of moving from in front of the camera to behind it, the delights of making his debut feature with his mother looking on, and why the film's leading lady, Patricia Clarkson, is a goddess.

A film graduate (M.F.A. in Directing from the American Film Institute) who to this point, has had more experience working as a playwright, Bill Oliver has moved feature film into the forefront with his directorial debut.

Following her short film's debut «Come Swim» at Cannes last year and then Sundance in January, actress Kristen Stewart is moving up in her directorial efforts with plans for a feature debut which aims to shoot this Summer.

Peele, of course, is a member of the comedy team Key and Peele, stars of television as well as last year's hilarious feature film Keanu, which Peele co-wrote; Get Out is his directorial debut, and it's a surprising move, but also a smart one.

Slightly flat as well, although it moves at a good clip, Nicholas Jarecki's debut feature, Arbitrage, is a Wall Street thriller that has Richard Gere as a billionaire hedge fund manager who's trying to sell his company before the prospective buyer discovers he's cooked the books.

Published by Veloce and presented in paperback, the book features a foreword by third - gen MR2 chief engineer Tadashi Nakagawa, which is fascinating in itself - showing that Toyota was just as concerned about the third - generation car's weight as their colleagues over at Mazda are each time an MX - 5 debuts - and then moves into the history of Toyota and its sports cars.

For example, Nissan's popular Utili - track ® Bed Channel System, which made its industry - first debut on the original Titan, features four heavy - duty aluminum alloy cleats that move and lock anywhere along the walls, as well as bed floor and header tracks that give the user endless tie - down possibilities.

This moving debut, set during the Chechen wars, also features a cast of characters whose lives, at first, appear to have little in common, but are eventually shown to be linked in surprising ways.

Busy as he is, I managed to grab him away from dotting i's and crossing t's as his team moves into the sequel's final feature beats to make its planned early 2010 debut.

Both games will take place in the never - before - seen region of Alola (an archipelago of tropical islands based on real - life Hawaii), introduce a plethora of new Pokémon (as well as new forms of first - gen Pokémon), debut a new villainous team, and include some brand - new features such as Z - moves.

Backlit Rainbow features an installation of new medium - and large - scale color photographs, as well as the U.S. debut of Between Fork and Ladder, the artist's first moving - image work in more than a decade.

Apple originally debuted Live Photos in 2015, alongside the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, marking it as a feature that enhances the smartphone's photography with pictures that move when a user performs a 3D Touch on them.

An improved version of Doze, the battery saving feature that debuted with Marshmallow, now called «Doze on the Go» will have phones saving battery not only when sitting still, but even when you are moving and the phone is in your pocket, it will activate and save precious battery.