Film festival
From Freepedia
A film festival is a mostly annual festival showcasing films, usually of a recent date, sometimes with a focus on a specific genre (e.g. animation) or subject (e.g. gay and lesbian film festivals).
The world's first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932; the other major film festivals of the world (Cannes, Berlin, Moscow and Karlovy Vary) date back to the 1940s and 1950s. The Toronto festival has become the most important North American festival since its start in 1976.
The festivals in Toronto, Venice, Sundance, Cannes, Berlin, Moscow, (since 2002) Locarno and Karlovy Vary are listed as so-called "A festivals", or the most prestigious in the world. New films may be screened at only one of these festivals.
See also
External links and references
- Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made, Kenneth Turan, University of California Press, hardback, ISBN 0520218671.
