The Sundance Institute has announced the films selected for the Us and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition Next section of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, which will run from January 17-27 in Utah.
The UK has a particularly strong showing in the World Documentary Competition line-up, with films including John Akomfrah's The Stuart Hall Project (about the anti-nuclear campaigner, not the It's A Knockout presenter), Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier's film about the year in the life of a farmer, The Moo Man, and Who is Dayani Cristal? about the drama sparked by the discovery of an anonymous body in the Arizona desert, directed by Marc Silver.
Other UK co-productions include Kim Longinotto's Salma, about the plight of a young Indian girl once she hits puberty, internet exploration Google And The World Brain, directed by Ben Lewis, Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin's Pussy Riot - A World Prayer,...
The UK has a particularly strong showing in the World Documentary Competition line-up, with films including John Akomfrah's The Stuart Hall Project (about the anti-nuclear campaigner, not the It's A Knockout presenter), Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier's film about the year in the life of a farmer, The Moo Man, and Who is Dayani Cristal? about the drama sparked by the discovery of an anonymous body in the Arizona desert, directed by Marc Silver.
Other UK co-productions include Kim Longinotto's Salma, about the plight of a young Indian girl once she hits puberty, internet exploration Google And The World Brain, directed by Ben Lewis, Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin's Pussy Riot - A World Prayer,...
- 11/29/2012
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The 2013 Sundance Film Festival runs from January 17-27 and today the fest unveiled their competition slates including film in the Dramatic, Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, Word Cinema Documentary and Next competitions. As always, these lineups are incredibly hard to predict, but amid this group there are a few interesting titles. The Dramatic competition includes Jill Soloway's Afternoon Delight, a dark comedy starring Kathryn Hahn, Juno Temple, Josh Radnor and Jane Lynch that centers on a L.A. housewife who hires a stripper as a live-in nanny. I had not heard of David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints, but a cast that includes Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker and Keith Carradine is immediately appealing, while the plot compares itself to Terrence Malick's Badlands and Bonnie & Clyde telling a story of Bob Muldoon and Ruth Guthrie, two young outlaws who are brought down by the authorities in the hills of Texas.
- 11/28/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The 60th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival came to a close this weekend in the eponymous seaside resort on the Basque coast in Spain. The dramedy “In the House,” starring Fabrice Luchini and Kristin Scott Thomas and directed by François Ozon, was awarded the fest’s top honors, the Golden Shell, by a jury presided over by producer Christine Vachon, who also awarded the film the Best Screenplay honors. Ben Lewis’s Sundance title “The Sessions,” starring John Hawkes and Helen Hunt, won the Audience Award. For its 60th edition, and its second under new director José Luis Rebordinos, the fest opened with U.S. indie “Arbitrage,” ensuring a star-studded opening with stars Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon in attendance. Because of the event’s anniversary edition, a total of five special Donostia awards were handed out this year, all to English-language cinema royalty (not a world cinema figure or even a.
- 9/30/2012
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- Indiewire
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: Rian Johnson’s time-travel thriller “Looper” will open the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, it was reported on Tuesday in Variety.
Johnson made splashes at Tiff with his previous films – the high-school-set film noir “Brick” and the quirky con caper “The Brothers Bloom.” But “Looper” finds him working with major Hollywood talents Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the story of an assassin (Gordon-Levitt) who eliminates criminals sent back through time to our present day. Troubles arise when Jgl’s next target is himself (Bruce Willis), from a not-so-distant future.
The first wave of Tiff programming reads like a laundry list of can’t-wait-to-see features for the upcoming awards season. Ben Affleck’s back with the political drama “Argo.” We’ll get our first look at “Cloud Atlas,” from Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis. David O. Russell, Derek Cianfrance, Mike Newell, David Ayer,...
Hollywoodnews.com: Rian Johnson’s time-travel thriller “Looper” will open the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, it was reported on Tuesday in Variety.
Johnson made splashes at Tiff with his previous films – the high-school-set film noir “Brick” and the quirky con caper “The Brothers Bloom.” But “Looper” finds him working with major Hollywood talents Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the story of an assassin (Gordon-Levitt) who eliminates criminals sent back through time to our present day. Troubles arise when Jgl’s next target is himself (Bruce Willis), from a not-so-distant future.
The first wave of Tiff programming reads like a laundry list of can’t-wait-to-see features for the upcoming awards season. Ben Affleck’s back with the political drama “Argo.” We’ll get our first look at “Cloud Atlas,” from Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis. David O. Russell, Derek Cianfrance, Mike Newell, David Ayer,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
This years line-up for the Toronto Internation Film festival has been announced and yet again the festival is full of heavy-hitters, none moreso than Rian Johnson’s Looper starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. A total of 61 Gala’s & Special Presentations have been confirmed to screen at the festival and we have the full organised list courtesy of Movie Knight.
Opening Night Film
Rian Johnson’s Looper
Gala’s
Ben Affleck’s Argo Billy Bob Thorton’s Jayne Mansfield’s Car Liz Garbus’ Love Marilyn Shola Lynch’s Free Angela and All Political Prisoners David O. Russell’s Silver Lining Playbook Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines Deepa Mehta’s Midnight Children Roger Mitchell’s Hyde Park on Hudson Mike Newell’s Great Expectations Rubba Nadda’s Inescapable Sergio Castelitto’s Twice Born Gauri Shinde’s English Vinglish Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist Robert Redford...
Opening Night Film
Rian Johnson’s Looper
Gala’s
Ben Affleck’s Argo Billy Bob Thorton’s Jayne Mansfield’s Car Liz Garbus’ Love Marilyn Shola Lynch’s Free Angela and All Political Prisoners David O. Russell’s Silver Lining Playbook Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines Deepa Mehta’s Midnight Children Roger Mitchell’s Hyde Park on Hudson Mike Newell’s Great Expectations Rubba Nadda’s Inescapable Sergio Castelitto’s Twice Born Gauri Shinde’s English Vinglish Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist Robert Redford...
- 7/24/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Has the summer movie season gotten you down? Did some of those hopeful-looking blockbusters disappoint you? Well, we have some good news for you. Today we learned the date of the start of fall movie season: September 6, the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival.
This year, the Tiff line-up is heavily skewed toward world premieres, instead of relying on repeats from Cannes and Sundance. Among the high-profile bows scheduled for the fest are Terrence Malick's "To The Wonder," the Wachowskis' "Cloud Atlas," and Rian Johnson's "Looper," which will open Tiff.
Read more about the line-up and check out the full list after the jump!
There's a lot to digest here, and every time we take another look at the list, we catch another surprise. There's "The Place Beyond The Pines," Derek Cianfrance's follow-up to "Blue Valentine" with Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower...
This year, the Tiff line-up is heavily skewed toward world premieres, instead of relying on repeats from Cannes and Sundance. Among the high-profile bows scheduled for the fest are Terrence Malick's "To The Wonder," the Wachowskis' "Cloud Atlas," and Rian Johnson's "Looper," which will open Tiff.
Read more about the line-up and check out the full list after the jump!
There's a lot to digest here, and every time we take another look at the list, we catch another surprise. There's "The Place Beyond The Pines," Derek Cianfrance's follow-up to "Blue Valentine" with Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower...
- 7/24/2012
- by Kevin P. Sullivan
- MTV Movies Blog
Organizers for September’s Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff) announced a slate of movies guaranteed to please cinephiles. The festival will open with Rian Johnson’s time-twisty thriller Looper, and will also include the world premiere of the mysterious Wachowski/Tykwer collabo-adaptation of Cloud Atlas, Ben Affleck’s true-life thriller Argo, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook, and Joss Whedon’s shot-in-a-fortnight adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The festival will also feature the next movie by auteur Terrence Malick, the Ben Affleck/Rachel McAdams headlined To The Wonder. (That makes two Terrence Malick movies in two consecutive years — a new record!
- 7/24/2012
- by Darren Franich
- EW - Inside Movies
The line-up for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival has been officially announced across the Atlantic this morning – local time, and it is simply amazing.
Opening the festival will be Rian Johnson’s hotly-anticipated Looper, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and joining it are a slew of fantastic films, many of which making their world / North American premieres, with highlights including Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, Ben Affleck’s Argo, Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines, Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski brothers’ Cloud Atlas, Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha, David Ayer’s End of Watch, Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, Stuart Blumberg’s Thanks for Sharing, and Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder.
That suggests that Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives with Ryan Gosling is almost certainly going to be debuting at Venice, as expected.
Variety are the ones to officially confirm the line-up, which...
Opening the festival will be Rian Johnson’s hotly-anticipated Looper, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and joining it are a slew of fantastic films, many of which making their world / North American premieres, with highlights including Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, Ben Affleck’s Argo, Derek Cianfrance’s The Place Beyond the Pines, Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski brothers’ Cloud Atlas, Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha, David Ayer’s End of Watch, Mike Newell’s Great Expectations, Stuart Blumberg’s Thanks for Sharing, and Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder.
That suggests that Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives with Ryan Gosling is almost certainly going to be debuting at Venice, as expected.
Variety are the ones to officially confirm the line-up, which...
- 7/24/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The fact this is only the start of the films announced for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival is staggering. I don't even think someone's wishlist could have matched what we're looking at and there is still more to be announced. But we'll worry about what's to come soon enough, let's have a look at what will be arriving. First taking a look at the World Premieres we see the opening night film, Rian Johnson's time travel feature Looper starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt followed by the highly anticipated Wachowski sibling feature Cloud Atlas; Ben Affleck will bring Argo to the fest just as he did The Town; David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook will have its premiere; Blue Valentine helmer Derek Cianfrance will premiere The Place Beyond the Pines starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes; Mike Newell's Great Expectations will also...
- 7/24/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
With the fall movie season swiftly approaching, it’s not a stretch to say that many of the potential nominees for the Oscars and other end of year awards will finally be seeing a release. This year is no different. Though we have had a couple of films previously released that may be considered as possibilities in the awards race (Moonrise Kingdom, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and my personal favorite, The Grey), there’s a lot more right around the corner. Some of these very films that many have high hopes for will first be seen by those living in Canada. Variety has released some of the upcoming films that will be making their debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Or one can simply say just Tiff. Of those films announced, quite a few of them will have genre fans like myself quite giddy.
I’ve marked my personal favorites in red below.
I’ve marked my personal favorites in red below.
- 7/24/2012
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
Couple of hours before Tiff is set to announce their 60 plus title announcement (loads of Cannes items), Variety breaks the news that some of our most highly anticipated titles such as Terrence Malick’s “To The Wonder“, Derek Cianfrance “The Place Beyond The Pines” and Ramin Bahrani’s “At Any Price” will be the make-up of both Toronto and Venice. What we hope might trickle thru below are mentions today for the world or international premieres for Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, Brian De Palma’s Passion, Manoel De Oliver’s Gebo Et L’Hombre, Olivier Assayas’ Something In The Air, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives, Jonathan Glazer’s Under The Skin, Bahman Ghobadi’s Rhinos Season, Roman Coppola’s A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III, Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, Susanne Bier’s Love Is All You Need, Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths,...
- 7/24/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
2012′s Toronto International Film Festival is set to officially announce its initial line-up later today, but Variety let the cat out of the bag, at least partially; and it’s quite astounding. Most of our most-anticipated films of the year will be premiering at the Canadian festival, notably Terrence Malick‘s To the Wonder, Wachowskis & Tom Tykwer‘s epic-sounding Cloud Atlas, Rian Johnson‘s Looper (which will open the fest), Ben Affleck‘s Argo, Dereck Cianfrance‘s The Place Beyond the Pines and much, more more.
Coming from Sundance, the only mentioned film was Ben Lewis‘ John Hawkes-starring The Sessions, while Cannes premieres include Matteo Garrone‘s Reality, Thomas Vinterberg‘s The Hunt, Pablo Larrain‘s No and Jacques Audiard‘s Rust and Bone. One of the biggest surprises is a new film from Noah Baumbach, starring Greta Gerwing titled Frances Ha. There’s also The Avengers director Joss Whedon...
Coming from Sundance, the only mentioned film was Ben Lewis‘ John Hawkes-starring The Sessions, while Cannes premieres include Matteo Garrone‘s Reality, Thomas Vinterberg‘s The Hunt, Pablo Larrain‘s No and Jacques Audiard‘s Rust and Bone. One of the biggest surprises is a new film from Noah Baumbach, starring Greta Gerwing titled Frances Ha. There’s also The Avengers director Joss Whedon...
- 7/24/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The Barbados beauty can now add designer to her list of talents as she has just announced a new collaboration with the British high-street label! Rihanna, who is known for her unique sense of style, is designing a collection for River Island -- and she couldn't be more thrilled. "I've been wanting to design my own collection for some time. River Island is the perfect partner for me to collaborate with and working with a British, family-run business also really appealed to me," she said. It seems to be a match made in style heaven as the River Island chief executive, Ben Lewis, said: "Rihanna is a style icon, from street to chic she enjoys her fashion. As soon as we started to work together we knew this was a perfect fit. Rihanna will be designing the collection and we will be sharing our fashion experience with her to develop...
- 7/16/2012
- by HL
- HollywoodLife
Making a sequel to a beloved production is always fraught with dangers. Such was the idea for Andrew Lloyd Webber to continue his most well known work. The results are certainly no Phantom, but maybe should not be consigned to the Paris sewers. It.s 1907 and ten years have passed since the events in the sewers beneath the Paris Opera House. The Phantom (Ben Lewis) still pines to hear the voice of Christine (Anna O.Byrne). He was spirited away to America with Madame Giry (Maria Mercedes) and her daughter Meg (Sharon Millerchip) and has set up a show on Coney Island that Meg is the star attraction of. However, he hears that Christine is on her way...
- 5/24/2012
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
Making money from documentaries is no easy task, but there are some business models that are generating revenues online
The volume of broadcast-quality, long-form documentary content available online is growing, fast. But despite the array of platforms, aggregation services and websites that are eager to work with content creators, many documentary-makers are still struggling to effectively monetise this growing internet audience.
"It's Armageddon, culturally," documentary-maker Ben Lewis, whose credits include Art Safari, says. "At a time when broadcasters are spending and scheduling less, there's still no clear way of making money online; platforms hold on to most of the revenue, aggregators' fees are sky high, and what money you do make is nowhere near enough to fund your next film," he explains.
Lewis generates revenue selling DVDs and streaming content via his own website. He is also selling via Amazon and hopes to soon have his content listed on iTunes.
The volume of broadcast-quality, long-form documentary content available online is growing, fast. But despite the array of platforms, aggregation services and websites that are eager to work with content creators, many documentary-makers are still struggling to effectively monetise this growing internet audience.
"It's Armageddon, culturally," documentary-maker Ben Lewis, whose credits include Art Safari, says. "At a time when broadcasters are spending and scheduling less, there's still no clear way of making money online; platforms hold on to most of the revenue, aggregators' fees are sky high, and what money you do make is nowhere near enough to fund your next film," he explains.
Lewis generates revenue selling DVDs and streaming content via his own website. He is also selling via Amazon and hopes to soon have his content listed on iTunes.
- 6/6/2011
- by Meg Carter
- The Guardian - Film News
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