Sentences with phrase «oldest film festival»

The world's oldest film festival, Venice recently presented its 74th year's program with an impressive list of films, including revered and controversial artist Ai Weiwei's newest work, «Human Flow.»

The 74th edition of the world's oldest film festival brought stars including Clooney, Matt Damon and Jennifer Lawrence to the canal - crossed Italian city's lush Lido island.

Once seen as a waning force in the film industry calendar, the world's oldest film festival has regained its status as a kingmaker for award - season hopefuls, with a record of launching films that have gone on to enjoy success at the Academy Awards, including two recent best picture winners in Spotlight and Birdman, and the film that took home the highest number of Oscars this year, La La Land.

Established by the pioneering Dermot Breen, it's Ireland's oldest film festival.

In fact, if an indie movie does become a breakout hit at the box office, chances are it most certainly debuted at Robert Redford's three decade old film festival.

South by Southwest is a nine - day cultural smorgasbord that strives to be everything to everybody: a blogger conference with bands, a music industry jamboree that shows movies, and a plain old film festival where, hours in advance, people were already snaked around the block for the red - carpet opening - night premiere of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.

For a fortnight in June, one of the world's oldest film festivals takes place.

Not exact matches

The 24 - year - old star of The Illusionist wore her hair in a refined blond bob while attending a film festival in Italy.

The french film festival has always had an old, luxurious and glamorous vibe to it.

For a twist on the classic, you could bring your date to the local film festival or repertory cinema (a theater that specializes in showing older classic and notable films).

Eschewing the typical film - festival awards ceremony, Fantastic Fest announced its awards at its closing - night party, held this year at a backlot - style «ghost town» that's a favorite for Old West - themed weddings in Austin.

«I've had people from 5 - year - old little girls to 70 - year - old grandfathers coming up to me after (film festival) screenings to tell me they loved the movie.

As always, complementing the festival's Official Selection is the Cannes Classics sidebar, the annual showcase of new restorations of older films, as well as a handful of cinema - focused documentaries.

Even so, the biggest deal to come out of the festival was for an old - fashioned movie - movie, the spy thriller 355 that will star Jessica Chastain, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz and Lupita Nyong» o. Global Road Entertainment paid US$ 25 million for North American rights to the film.

2015 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Scottish director John Maclean mimics the heart and charisma of the old western with his feature film debut «Slow West» starring Kodi Smit - McPhee and Academy Award nominee Michael FassbenFILM FESTIVAL: Scottish director John Maclean mimics the heart and charisma of the old western with his feature film debut «Slow West» starring Kodi Smit - McPhee and Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbenfilm debut «Slow West» starring Kodi Smit - McPhee and Academy Award nominee Michael Fassbender.

From 3D cane toads on opening night (Cane Toads: The Conquest) to John Woo kung fu to close the program (Reign Of Assassins), possibly the world's first «womantic» feature (the Brisbane - based comedy Jucy) to the utterly indescribable (Tommy Wiseau cult phenomenon The Room), the new look festival — in a new timeslot and new venues (Palace Centro and Barracks cinemas, and Tribal Theatre)-- has assembled an amazing line - up, with films for young (well, 18 and over for the most part, given the severing of links between BIFF and Cine Sparks) and old.

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.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley's mountaineering thriller will open this year's oldest surviving film festival, which is learning fast how to beat off competition from the likes of Toronto and Telluride

This episode of The Film Comment Podcast explores how we relate to older films in the modern era, and examines the culture that surrounds their appreciation amidst revival runs, film festivals, and restoration efforts.

Sundance Film Festival Park City Utah - Day 7 Only at a film festival can you have one of your best experiences watching 12 year - old children, and younger, in prison.

The Venice film biennale may be the world's oldest surviving film festival, having staged its first edition in 1932, but venerable origins and a glorious past are no guarantee that Venice can secure its future.

Now in his eighties, he's convinced by an old friend (Chase) to accept an invitation to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at a two - bit film festival in Nashville.

Teddy Awards Berlinale's Teddy Award, which is separate from the main fest and judged by LGBT film festival programmers, is one of the oldest annually bestowed Queer Cinema awards.

Eighty - one - year - old Jacob, who has attended every festival since 1964 and became its chief selector in 1978, added: «The job of feminists and of people like me who like the work of female film - makers is to say to him: «Are you sure there isn't somewhere a film by a woman that deserves to be competing?»

The 38 - year - old actor and the 24 - year - old actor worked together in the upcoming movie Tarzan and according to People, romance rumors are heating up at the film festival!

Of course, not everyone can make it to the festival this year, but because these are older films, many of them can be streamed from the comfort of your own home.

2015 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Scottish director John Maclean mimics the heart and charisma of the old western with his feature film debut «Slow West»FILM FESTIVAL: Scottish director John Maclean mimics the heart and charisma of the old western with his feature film debut «Slow West»film debut «Slow West»...

It does this (as I noted last year) in the very uncinematic context of an old Czech spa town, but there are benefits to this setting too: the festival proceeds in a very relaxed fashion, there is always time to savour the films, one never feels rushed or pressured.

The 80 - year - old film - maker found himself once again at the center of controversy at the Cannes film festival in May, following repeated allegations from his son (Ronan Farrow)-- which were firmly denied by the film - maker — that he abused his daughter Dylan Farrow.

Steven Soderbergh, US cinema's most unpredictable auteur, tricked out a shlockily old - fashioned gaslight - thriller format with a scuzzy iPhone aesthetic and sharp gender commentary in Unsane, and got a lofty Berlin film festival premiere for his trouble.

As we emerge on the other side of the long film festival season and move into awards season, Damien Chazelle's Whiplash has been drumming up (sorry) so much good publicity that it isn't crazy to think the 29 - year - old filmmaker may be holding his first golden statue in a few months time.

Director Henry Selick ended the long bebated topic this week during a Q&A session at the Telluride Horror Show, Colorado's oldest horror film festival.

«99 HOMES»: Over the years, filmmaker Ramin Bahrani has become almost as readily identified with Ebertfest as Ebert himself — though only 40 years old, he has already screened four films at the festival, including the features «Man Push Cart» (2005), «Chop Shop» (2007), «Goodbye Solo» (2008) and the 2009 short «Plastic Bag.»

WorldFest Houston International Film & Video Festival The «oldest independent film festival in the world» began in 1961 and was one of the first to recognize talents like David Lynch, Spike Lee, and the Coen Brothers.

A sensation at the Cannes, Toronto and New York film festivals (it opens Oct. 6), the movie is set at the Magic Castle motel near Orlando, a sun - kissed lavender flophouse where Halley (Bria Vinaite), a ne'er - do - well sexpot with exploding rose tattoos and hair dyed the color of fiberglass, lives with her 6 - year - old daughter, Moonee (the remarkable Brooklynn Kimberly Prince).

The film, which premieres at the festival on March 7th, sees Bateman as Guy Tribly, a 40 - year - old who finds a loophole in the rules of The Golden Quill national spelling bee.

Thirty - year - old Dane Annika Berg's film — which just played at the Sydney Mardi Gras film festival — is an art - film rough diamond that often feels only a step or two beyond a video art piece.

Whether re-evaluating old masters like Ozu and Bresson, championing contemporary favorites like Andrew Bujalski and the Dardenne Brothers, highlighting under - praised work in niche periodicals, or getting into the weeds of film festival politics, Cummings continually breaks new ground.

Like all Telluride festivals, this one had great moments, as when 92 - year - old John Alton recalled discovering Maurice Chevalier in a Paris nightclub and filming him in a screen test, only to have MGM turn him down (Paramount saw more promise in the performer).

The «Rassegna Cinematicrafica Internazionale film festival» is the world's oldest sports film festival and is held annually in Palermo, Sicily.

Cannes Film Festival 2018 Jury Chair Cate Blanchett and Palme d'Or - winning director Agnes Varda stood among 82 women in film who gathered on the red carpet at the Lumière Theater to protest the 71 year old festival's exceptionally poor record on inclusion of women in all areas of festival programming, and demand greater equality for women in the film industry.

The much - commented - on lapse in judgment that relegated Kelly Reichardt's Old Joy to the Frontier section last year affected its reception, not only because Frontier is a catch - all category for films that are regarded as too far - out for the majority of Sundancers, but more concretely, because Frontier films screen at the festival's lesser venues.

Frameline, the world's oldest and largest LGBTQ film festival has announced its ambitious lineup for Frameline 39 and features the world premiere of Justin Kelly's film I Am Michael, starring James Franco and Zachary Quinto.

As it is, I visited three «old» film festivals — the Nitrate Picture Show at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, and two in Italy: Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, and the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Pordenone — accounting for over 100 screenings and 80 features (plus many more shorts), that I had never seen before.

Bookings are now open for the Into Film Festival 2017 — the world's biggest, free, youth film festival, which takes place from November 8th to 24th with 3,000 free screenings and events for 5 - 19 year - olds, many linked to subjects in the curriculum.

One of the favorite standout animal films at the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals in 2015 was «White God», a Hungarian film centered on the story of a 13 - year old girl whose father sets her dog free into the streets, where he must learn to live among the packs of wild dogs who roam the city, as he tries to find his way back to his best friend.

Guadalajara International Film Festival Guadalajara, one of Mexico's largest cities located in the state of Jalisco, hosts the oldest and most important film festival in Mexico, offering the best selection of Mexican and Latin American films of the year.

2003 Advertence, festival of documentary film - Various venues Belfast and Dublin Fresh and Upcoming, project with Luke Fowler at Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt Old Habits Die Hard, Sparwasser HQ Berlin and Norwich Gallery

But film festivals, like other old - school distribution methods, shouldn't be forgotten in our modern - day romance with the internet.