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This group of questions
aimed to investigate the role played by film festivals.
Indicate the
names and specializations of the main national or local film festivals.
How many national
feature films have been presented at foreign film festivals during
the last five years?
Which foreign
film festivals have presented films from your country?
It appears that almost
every country even those without national film production
organizes one or more film festivals. With nearly a thousand
film festivals worldwide, there is evidence that the phenomenon
has evolved in a very short time from a purely professional marketplace
to a popular cultural event with large media coverage and public
impact. As regards the third question, the responses mentioned repeatedly
the three largest and best-known festivals: Cannes,
followed by Berlin
and Venice. Other festivals are Montreal, San Sebastian, La Havana,
Carthage and Ouagadougou (FESPACO).
Last
update 09/11/04
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