Venice Film Festival

the Artemis Film Festival, I came in contact with the works of a filmmaker that greatly intrigued me--Jill Morley. Although I didn't meet her nor screen her work at the festival, I have discovered that if Artemis promotes a filmmaker, it is worth my while to investigate the person. And that is exactly what I did. A few months back, Jill and I had the opportunity to chat, and in spite of her busy schedule, we briefly discussed her work within the indie film community, her various films and projects

DiSanto Parker. He was born November 18, 1979 and he is 36 years old. His height is 5'9. Nate Parker made history at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival with his directorial debut feature film The Birth of a Nation when Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the distribution rights to the film for $17.5 million, which broke the record for the most paid for a Sundance Film Festival production surpassing Little Miss Sunshine, which had been acquired by Searchlight for $10 million ten years earlier. Mr. Parker wrote

Lorenzo de Medici Film Analysis: Hoop Dreams (1994) Written by Ann Kelsey Cinema of the Real: Documentary Films Paolo Grassini December 5, 2012 The 1994 Documentary, Hoop Dreams, directed by Steve James, is a masterful display of human drama. The story-line is so captivating and theatrical that it seems crafted from fiction. The Documentary boasts cinematic techniques and private investigating that rivals most film of this time period. The film follows the high school careers

directed by the young producer Darren Aronofsky. As his first big film, Pi won him "Best Director" at the 1998 Sundance film festival. This film was produced in an ideal time to appeal to society's increasing interest for tapping into spirituality and understanding the meaning and purpose of life. It pulls the audience in by intriguing and challenging them with complex questions and ideas and

The Australian film industry is currently in a point of crisis due to the lack of audiences attending Australian films, hence creating a decline in the revenue received towards our national industry. However, this is not due to the lack of creative talent, it is rather the many underlying issues that don?t allow the Australian public with the awareness and accessibility of these films. These problems are within the distribution, marketing and funding of these Australian films, allowing the national

is an internationally produced Turkish-French film of the drama genre that was initially released at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film follows five orphaned girls residing with their Grandmother and Uncle Erol in contemporary conservative Turkey; when they are spotted socialising with a group of males on a beach, they are trained in activities such as cooking that are seen as being the role of women in Turkey. The film uses the key elements of film form in order to achieve this and reflect other

eventually overtaken by reality. The film makes effective use of imagery and sound to create the feeling of the film reeling towards the end at an impossible pace. By the end of the movie, the characters are completely changed: withered, broken, and alone. Requiem for a Dream was screened at the 2000 Cannes film festival, and was met with primarily positive reviews. Darren Aronofsky created the feeling of the film speeding up by shortening the length of the scenes as the film progresses. At the beginning

rights to make the film, acquire a screenwriter, and obtain initial financing. This is easier for major studios, because hiring well-known screenwriters, actors and actresses, as well as the director, makes it easier to obtain financing. Independent studios, on the other hand, have a limited budgeted and are only able to show a “preview” for major or subsidiary studios. Then the studio decision makers determine whether the film will be successful and compare it to other films. They also develop

Thankfully I didn't lose faith in my artistic abilities becuase excitingly, after about 50 auditions, I was casted in my very first straight acting job. It was a feature film that shed light on the racism that occurs in everyday communities. I booked the job and roughly 6 months later was viewing the movie at the tribeca film festival. After the show, while talking to people, I realized that there is no greater feeling than knowing the art you have created has positively affected the lives of

researcher Stephen Follows, the number of films being released in the UK has almost doubled between 2000 and 2016 with over 800 new releases last year for the public to try and choose from when going to the cinema. Thanks to technological advancements making it cheaper and easier for films to be distributed, it doesn’t seem like this number will be diminishing anytime soon. As a result, marketing campaigns must use all mediums available to them to bring their film to the attention of the public. This