Cinema and audiovisual media

A Survey on National Cinematography
Questions and answers
Film festivals

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