The fate of child actor's is rarely as promising or as eloquent as it has been for Canadian actress / activist Sarah Polley,
whose first feature films have all been delicate examinations of human relationships.
Joseph Kosinski was a commercial director
whose FIRST FEATURE FILM EVER was Tron: Legacy.
The division,
whose first feature film Open Season led to a very successful movie franchise, is turning 10 this year.
Not exact matches
This is after all a story
featuring teenage characters called Mr Fantastic (special power: stretchy limbs), The Invisible Woman (special power: take a guess) and the villainous Victor von Doom, adapted from a lightweight 1960s comic strip and given a twenty -
first century makeover by a guy
whose first film, 2011's «Chronicle», was an ugly, noisy found - footage mess.
Netflix's Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos held the premium service's
first feature film Oscar outside the Governors Ball, along with director Bryan Fogel (right),
whose winning doc, «Icarus,» detailed doping in Russian athletics.
In this case, Mandela is helmed by Justin Chadwick,
whose only other contributions to
feature film thus far are The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) and The
First Grader (2010).
An accomplished editor in her own right
whose credits including Fifty Shades of Grey, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen and Seven Psychopaths, she has recently started to direct music videos for the likes of John Grant and Goldfrapp ahead of making her
first feature film.
Variety has revealed a
first look image from director Matt Aselton's heist thriller Lying and Stealing
featuring Theo James (Divergent) and Emily Ratajkowski (Gone Girl); take a look here... According to the site, the
film — which has just commenced principal photography — sees James as «Ivan, a suave, young thief
whose specialty is stealing -LSB-...]
Speaking of, this is the
first feature film for director Simon Curtis,
whose previous work has been seen on television.
Her
first major role in a
feature film sees her playing Abbie, a teenager
whose father returns from an extended absence and causes havoc for her, her mum and her step - father.
Now comes A Kind of Murder, from
first - time screenwriter Susan Boyd and veteran television director Andy Goddard (Downton Abbey),
whose debut
feature film, Set Fire to the Stars, came out in 2014.
Other titles in this section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE, about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate
first feature about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children
whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay
film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical.
The script for the musical drama,
whose music and lyrics were written by Stephen Sondheim, as he composed the Broadway play, was penned by
first - time
feature film writer, James Lapine.
Veteran director Daihachi Yoshida,
whose offbeat drama «The Scythian Lamb» also screened in competition, later emailed his congratulations to
first - time
feature director Ueda, adding that he had walked home alone after the «One Cut» screening «feeling envious of your success» and «determined to make a
film Udine audiences will like.»
Writer / director J. C. Chandor (
whose first feature, Margin Call, was among the best
films of 2011) offers an object lesson in the virtue of understatement in this one - character drama
featuring Robert Redford.
Thursday afternoon, Austin director Jeff Nichols,
whose movie «Loving» opened the Austin
Film Festival Thursday night, sat down for a chat with Christopher Boone, who is currently wrapping up work on «Cents,» his
first feature film as writer / director.
Summer Catch is the
first feature film by Michael Tollin (Radio),
whose only real previous work of note was a documentary about Hank Aaron, who coincidentally makes a cameo appearance in the movie.
Born in Stretford, Manchester, Gill,
whose graduation
film won a Royal Television Society award, is now preparing his
first feature film, «a biopic».
His latest movie trailer, Rampage, which was
filmed in Georgia and
whose casting calls were
featured on Project Casting, has released its
first official trailer this week.
But we've screened some important American filmmakers
whose subsequent
films have gone on to longer theatrical runs in Toronto, whether it's
films like Krisha and Queen of Earth, or Eliza Hittman's
first feature It Felt Like Love, which we co-presented with cléo.
This prestigious festival spotlights both new and «emerging» talents, and this year's lineup welcomes back Joachim Trier (a href =» /
film / review / oslo - august -31 st» > Oslo, August 31st) and Mads Brügger (The Ambassador),
whose first features, the Academy Award - nominated Reprise and The Red Chapel, screened in 2007 and 2010, respectively, as well as Goodbye, the latest from imprisoned Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof,
whose Iron Island played the festival in 2005.
Good: When your hero is a guy who can get really big and really small, and
whose first film featured a climactic showdown in a children's train set and an actual train - sized Thomas the Tank Engine, the movies shouldn't be taken that seriously.
Natalie Portman's directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness screened as a Special Screening during the Cannes
Film Festival, giving her the opportunity to promote this
first film at the festival outside the competition unlike her actor - turned - director fellow Ryan Gosling,
whose debut
feature Lost River screened in last year's Un Certain Regard and received mixed and harsh reviews...
Their
first collaboration, Recount, about the contested 2000 presidential election,
featured Laura Dern as Katherine Harris,
whose gauche gaudiness dropped into the middle of the
film's strategic maneuvering came across as the antics of some kind of grotesque buffoon played for dissonant laughs.
The Play Set
features an original Marvel storyline and full compatibility for all Disney Infinity Marvel figures, including new characters, Captain America — The
First Avenger, Ant - Man, and Black Panther,
whose costumes are inspired by the upcoming
film Marvel's Captain America: Civil War.»
Other Grooms
films include: The Big Sneeze (1962), a hand - drawn comic
filmed by Rudy Burckhardt; Before an» After (1964), a sadomastic comedy that casts Mimi Gross as part dominatrix / part healthclub operator; Fat Feet (1966), a collaboration with Mimi Gross, Yvonne Andersen and Dominic Falcone that begins where Shoot the Moon ends; Tapping Toes (1968 - 70), which uses his
first sculpto - pictorama City of Chicago (1967) as its set; Conquest of Libya by Italy (1912 - 13)(1972 - 3), a black and white animation that spoofs that era's newsreels; Hippodrome Hardware (1973), based on Grooms» 1972 live performance of the same name,
whose main character Mr. Ruckus is played by Grooms; Grow Great (1974), a live - action short that
features Mimi Gross as the household consumer; Little Red Riding Hood (1978), which
features his daughter Saskia; and Man Walking Up (1984).
This yearʼs exhibiting galleries include Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles,
featuring a large series of modern paintings by Andrew Masullo, who has been celebrated as a standout of the recent 2012 Whitney Biennial; and Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, exhibiting a series of photographs by Tracey Moffatt, entitled, «Plantation» (2009) and «
First Jobs» (2008),
whose film works will be shown concurrently at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.