Here's a preliminary list of Houston Open Air onsite experiences, including Gourmet Man Food and craft beer, as well as nonprofit organizations with
a presence at the festival.
The two main - competition films from Netflix, Bong Joon Ho's «Okja» and Noah Baumbach's «The Meyerowitz Stories,» also went unrewarded amidst controversy over the streaming service's
presence at the festival.
Terry Gilliam) Cast: Christoph Waltz, Tilda Swinton, Ben Whishaw, David Thewlis, Matt Damon In the latter stages of his career at least, Terry Gilliam has been a familiar
presence at the festival without ever quite becoming part of the wallpaper — «Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus» screened there, and twenty minutes of «The Brothers Grimm,» but «Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas» remains his only film to compete for the Palme d'Or.
Netflix made a big splash as the French event last year, screening both Bong Joon - ho's Okja and Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories, but French exhibitors protested the company's
presence at the festival, because Netflix did not release those titles in French cinemas.
The main festival initiated a documentary prize two festivals ago, which has resulted in a very minimal increase in the nonfiction
presence at the festival.
Netflix had a big
presence at the festival this year, which made some critics wonder why they are standing in line for a movie they can just watch online a few weeks later.
Not exact matches
Indeed, some suggested that the all - pervasive
presence of sponsorship in their everyday lives meant that the «corporate branding»
at festivals rather passed them by.»
Farhadi's popularity comes
at a critical point for Iranian cinema, when
festival presence is not as regular as it was in the nineties and several major filmmakers have had their careers stalled for political reasons.
A highlight for many
at this year's San Sebastian - Donostia film
festival was the
presence of screenwriting ace Charlie Kaufman, who notably wrote such idiosyncratic gems as Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Certainly, after a Cannes
festival that saw only Doug Liman's tepid «Fair Game» representing for the U.S. in competition, the American
presence at Venice should be far more robust.
Her
presence at film
festivals (such as Sundance, where she is a member of the selection committee), her film reviews in the Village Voice, Elle, Out, and the Advocate, and her commentaries on the public radio program «The World» have secured her a place as a central figure in the remarkable history of what she deems «cinefeminism.»
Netflix may not be
at Cannes this year to premiere any films, but the streaming giant is wasting no time in making its
presence known in the
festival's competitive marketplace.
While Amazon has refused to confirm a UK release date for Spike Lee's movie, though, its
presence at Cannes is proof of how far the online retailer has come — and, with both
festivals and cinemas on its side, it's showing no sign of stopping any time soon.
While Netflix likely will have to keep evolving its model to have more of a theatrical
presence, it is doing too many risky things on the feature front to be defined derogatorily
at this point, especially by a French
festival that risks rendering itself arcane by not using its clout to change French chronology rules that keep French - distributed films from SVOD for three years.
Not that anyone needed reminding, in light of the heightened security measures up and down the Croisette: the constant
presence of armed police officers; the large, heavy planters lining the streets to protect against a vehicular attack, and the metal detectors set up
at every entrance to the Palais des
Festivals.
While a large portion of my time is still spent working year round on
festival planning and management, I also manage our «TCM Presents» series with Fathom Events which brings classic movies to the big screen in cinemas nationwide, help manage TCM's
presence at events like the Telluride Film
Festival, coordinate the technical preparations for our annual TCM Classic Cruise and I am excited to be taking on a new role in managing our DVD partnerships.
Staff from comiXology Europe and the U.S. branch will have a
presence this week
at the Angoulême International Comics
Festival, the second - largest comic - book
festival in the world.
In addition to this, over the coming weeks LAN and TAM Airlines will have a heightened
presence at some key events including exhibiting
at London's World Travel Market, co-sponsorship of the ATP Paris Bercy tennis tournament and the premier of Hidden Universe
at Paris» La Geode, as well as
at the Brazilian film
festival, Novocine, in Madrid.
She is a common
presence at independent games
festival around the United States, and her unbridled love for independent games shows in her portfolio, which boasts games like Gone Home and Galak - Z.
The studio remains a major
presence at UK and international gaming
festivals such as EGX, GDC, the Tokyo Game Show, Gamescom, and PAX.
Perhaps the most significant event,
at least in terms of
presence on the wider cultural stage, was the inaugural GameCity Prize, awarded to Minecraft
at a ceremony held to mark the close of the
festival on the Saturday night.
While this might be Nástio Mosquito's first solo exhibition within the hallowed realms of a gallery, he has for some time been recognised as a spirited
presence at music
festivals and online.
Recent projects include Nearness, a multisensory performance dealing with virtual communication and physical
presence by artist - duo OK Do presented
at New Museum's IDEAS CITY
festival (2013); and Fashion Interventions, a symposium and exhibition about the interconnections of contemporary art and fashion for Parsons the New School for Design in November 2013.
The
festival will also include multiple illustration workshops throughout the city and a strong French
presence at the New York Comic Con, where the French Comics Association will have a permanent booth October 6 - 9.