The Cannes Film Festival is
the next big festival that we'll be heading into Europe to cover here on the site, and we're pleased...
Not exact matches
Programmer Colin Geddes tends to launch some
big genre films every year, with past
festivals premiering films like You're
Next, Insidious, The Raid: Redemption and Oculus.
«Introducing The Dwights» (2007) A Sundance flop so obscure that you've barely heard of it, «Introducing The Dwights» was known as «Clubland» when it premiered at the
festival, a charming, if unexceptional rom - com starring Brenda Blethyn and Emma Booth (then tipped as the
next big thing).
But whatever the reason, it will give this year's
festival a decidedly different flavor, one that at least in some ways is in keeping with the
Next Big Thing - minded Sundance than the studio - and repeat - heavyweight essence of past gatherings.
Collectively we — Kurt Halfyard, Matt Brown, Matthew Price, Ryan McNeil, Bob Turnbull, Mike Rot, Ariel Fisher and Sean Kelly — saw almost half of the 350 films shown at the
festival and hopefully this post can act as a «rough guide» for films that will be finding distribution on some platform, whether on the
big screen, or small internet enabled screen, in the
next 18 months.
Netflix made one of the
biggest deals in the Cannes market with a $ 30 million deal for the animated film
Next Gen, and it was during the
festival that Deadline broke news that it is in discussions to take on the Steven Soderbergh - directed Panama Papers drama The Laundromat, which has Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, and Antonio Banderas starring.
The UK's
biggest film
festival returns
next month or its 61st edition, opening on Wednesday 4 October with the European premiere of Andy Serkis» sterling directorial debut, Breathe, and closing 11 days later with the UK premiere of Martin McDonagh's latest black comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Now in its seventh year, the New Now
Next Awards makes a
big move this year from its previous date and home of April in L.A., to December in Miami, coinciding with the weekend of the city's popular Art Basel
festival, the world's premier international art show for modern and contemporary art.
Sam is one of the stars heading for Edinburgh Samantha Morton, Bob Hoskins and Tilda Swinton will be among the famous names jetting in for Britain's
biggest film
festival next month.
Next, we had to decide how
big we wanted the
festival to be.
Silverstone Classic, the world's
biggest classic motorsport
festival, takes place
next weekend.
Vancouver: Vancouver normally hosts the
biggest Canada Day celebration outside Ottawa, and for
next year they are planning a massive party with a 11 - day First Nations»
festival.
Earn enough points and you'll earn, in keeping with the
festival concept, a color - coded wristband which denotes that you're allowed to enter the
next level of events where the competition and prize - money obviously gets a little
bigger.
The artists that feature in BigFest are part of the Jamendo Music service — indie artists who span a variety of genres, allowing for you to effectively find the
next big thing and play them at your
festivals.
«Every year we say «
next year we'll work on it a month before the
festival» but what I love about Supersonic is that even though it's quite
big now there's still such a DIY ethic,» says Hand, «so this year was again a Thursday evening panic, Friday morning it's like «ok we've got this» then you go until Monday morning.»