Sentences with phrase «supporting independent film»

We seek volunteers locally, nationally, and internationally who share a commitment to supporting independent film and theatre.

Through its programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers and playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.

Oddly, this morning on the radio I heard someone admonish listeners to «support independent film!»

Through its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers and playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.

Not exact matches

LUNA is known for supporting female athletes, breast cancer research, independent films and so many more lady causes.

Staying with her acting career, she went on to appear in various supporting roles in independent films, mainstream blockbusters, and TV specials.

He went on to starring and supporting roles the independent films BLACK CLOUD and BLIND DATING with Chris Pine for director James Keach; and larger studio films like STOMP THE YARD 2: HOMECOMING, and the hit film JUMPING THE BROOM.

For her work in the stop - motion animated film written ANOMALISA, she received a 2015 Independent Spirit Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and an Annie Award nomination.

Voting is open until December 12 at 11:59 p.m. Categories include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Documentary, Best Animated Film, Best Cinematography, Best Musical Score, and the Russell Smith Award (for best low - budget or cutting - edge independent film).

Through its programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work.

We request your active participation in the Sundance Institute creative community through invitation - only activities to support you and your film, as well as to support other filmmakers and the independent film field globally.

It also highlights the effort that Linklater has made in support of Independent filmmaking and how he was influential in helping create the Austin Film Society whereby old film prints could be saved and showed, as well as raising money from filmmakers to help make more films.Overall, it does little but scratch the surface and a bit more in - depth analysis to his films would have been welcome but to paraphrase Billy Bob Thornton on the outtakes at the end; «Rick Linklater doesn't need anyone to make a documentary about him.

We are interested in not just those directors who are long venerated — although there is no lack of passionate support for figures such as Robert Bresson, judging from the entries so far — but, equally, the major figures (criminally little - known as they may be) in any sector or mode or geographical region of cinema: animation (Chuck Jones), independent (Todd Haynes), film - essay (Chris Marker), «new Asian cinema» (Edward Yang), experimental, «third cinema», B - films, underground, women's cinema...

Robespierre is among the greatest discoveries to emerge from the Sundance indie slate in the past few years and offers continued relevance to the festival, which seems increasingly distanced from its original mandate to support not only independent film but movies that take risks.

Since then he has played a mix of leading roles in small independent films and supporting roles in big budget films such as Peter Jackson's version of King Kong.

The Artist Services program furthers the Institute's non-profit mission to support independent artists, and is designed for filmmakers interested in independent «creative distribution» as they navigate the evolving landscape in film distribution, marketing and financing.

Kill Me Later is an independent film with a modest budget, and suffers from some weak supporting actors and unimpressive scenery.

Philistine Films was created to support new voices and to offer a platform for the emerging independent Arab film scene.

Program Description: The Screenwriters Lab is a five - day writers» workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in an environment that focuses on the art and craft of screenwriting and creative risk taking.

She made her screen debut in the slasher film Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005), went on to have a supporting role in the independent coming - of - age drama Tanner Hall (2009), and has since starred in the horror remake A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), the biographical drama The Social Network (2010), the thriller remake The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), and the romantic drama Carol (2015).

Fellowship Description: The Asian American Fellowship aims to further the presence of Asian American voices in independent film as an extension of Sundance Institute's ongoing commitment to support a diverse group of emerging artists.

This public showcase honors the filmmaking community, expands the audience for independent films, and supports the work that IFP does behind the scenes throughout the year to bring such films to fruition.

The film did not stop there though; Maggie Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and it won Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Rockwell is known for his standout leading performances in an array of noteworthy films, including George Clooney's Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, which he received a Silver Berlin Bear Award for Best Actor at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival; Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men opposite Nicolas Cage and Alison Lohman; and Seven Psychopaths opposite Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken, which earned him a 2013 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male.

Working with some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers in both independent and studio films, Gyllenhaal starred in Ang Lee's classic «Brokeback Mountain,» for which he received an Oscar ® nomination and won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor; Bong Joon - ho's «Okja;» David Ayer's «End of Watch;» Antoine Fuqua's boxing drama «Southpaw;» Dennis Villeneuve's highly acclaimed films «Prisoners» and «Enemy;» Richard Kelly's cult hit «Donnie Darko;» David Fincher's «Zodiac;» Sam Mendes» «Jarhead;» Nicole Holofcener's «Lovely and Amazing;» Ed Zwick's «Love and Other Drugs,» for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» for which he earned a BAFTA nomination.

British actress EMILY BLUNT has defended her decision to swap independent movies for big budget blockbusters - insisting she doesn't need to «atone» for her career choices.After a supporting role in hit fashion film The...

She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by the Independent Spirit Awards for her role in Todd Solondz's film Life During Wartime.

Support received from the following government donors throughout the past year has helped sustain Sundance Institute's ability to serve independent film and theatre artists in numerous ways.

Throughout the past year, generous support received from the following companies helped sustain Sundance Institute's ability to serve independent film and theatre artists in numerous ways.

It's Tarantino's eighth movie and his worst by a widescreen, a boring, self - indulgent mess that squanders a big chunk of the goodwill he's built up with cinephiles by shooting on film and supporting independent theaters.

At a time when so many studio films are the rave of the box office, it's the independent films that need to be supported by audiences.

And given the history of IFP in supporting the whole independent film community, that's not only appropriate, but also a genuine pleasure.»

The Collection is specifically devoted to the preservation of independent documentaries, narratives and short films supported by Sundance Institute and has grown to nearly 2,300 holdings representing 1,800 titles, including recent additions such as El Mariachi, Winter's Bone, Paris is Burning, Johnny Suede, Working Girls, Crumb, Groove, Better This World, The Oath and Paris, Texas.

Since then, he's seen his New England - based independent horror film soar, earning a fervent critical backing and loads of support.

She recently attended Sundance Institute's two - day intensive as part of the FilmTwo Initiative, which provides support to a diverse group of independent filmmakers in response to the specific challenges they face in developing and completing their second feature film.

In continuation of AFF's mission to find and support independent filmmakers, three films were already picked up for distribution at this year's Festival including Comedy Vanguard 3rd Street Blackout, The Teller and the Truth picked up by FilmBuff, and James Franco's Memoria which was acquired by Monterey Media.

Since 2013, The Ammon Foundation has supported the education and professional development of emerging independent feature film screenwriters, directors, and producers («Fellows») at five of the FFP's signature residency programs: Creative Producing Lab, Creative Producing Summit, January Screenwriters Lab, and the Directors and Screenwriters Lab.

Since 1981, the FFP has supported an extensive list of leading - edge independent films, including recent notable films such as Damien Chazelle's Whiplash, Malik Vitthal and Ismet Prcic's Imperial Dreams, Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station, Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox, Haifaa Al Mansour's Wadjda, Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild and Dee Rees» Pariah.

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Though he turned in memorable supporting roles in Ed Zwick's The Last Samurai and Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, Japanese actor Hiroshi Watanabe scored his biggest role to date thanks to a brief appearance in a little - seen independent film, Big Dreams Little Tokyo.

A Native producer means having someone who not only understands the steps needed to make a film but who also has the knowledge of the community needed to help gain the access and support so essential to independent filmmaking.

Slate and Robespierre's films continue to promote independent female voices, which I am enthusiastically in support of.

Alicia is passionate about classic films, independent movies and supporting women in film.

The Collection is specifically devoted to the preservation of independent documentaries, narratives and short films supported by Sundance Institute and has grown to nearly 2,300 holdings representing 1,800 titles, including recent additions such as El Mariachi, Winter's Bone, Johnny Suede, Working Girls, Crumb, Groove, Better This World, The Oath and Paris, Texas.

At one point in the film, as Seun prepares to leave Dalton to complete high school elsewhere, one of Dalton's administrators wonders, «There's a cultural disconnect between independent schools and African American boys... What are we doing as a school that is not supporting these guys?»

Sundance Screenwriters Lab is a five - day writer's workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in «an environment that encourages innovation and creative risk - taking».

Building on lessons learned throughout my professional and academic history, from a focus in world literature (I was named the 2009 Outstanding Graduate in English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University), to high - level Technical support for global teams at Apple in Cupertino, to my experiences filming, writing about, and sharing our world as a travel blogger with «The Radical Dreamer», I'm currently studying to build transformative game experiences at one of the United Kingdom's top universities for digital humanities with the MA Independent Games and Playable Experience Design program at Goldsmiths, University of London.

On Sundance's about page, under it's mission statement it reads; «the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film».

Ballroom Marfa is an independent contemporary cultural arts space which supports emerging and established artists working in the visual arts, film, music and performance and in particular, on projects that would be impossible to stage in traditional gallery or museum settings.

The inaugural ICA / LUX Biennial of Moving Images was launched in 2012, and the ICA Cinema continues to screen rare artists» film, support independent releases, and partner with leading film festivals.