2. Short film festivals of the world:
•Sundance film festival (USA)
•Cannes short film festival (France)
•Palm springs international festival of short films (USA)
•Aspen shortfest (USA)
•Sydney film festival (Australia)
•Toronto international film festival (Canada)
•Short films festival (Japan)
•London film festival (United Kingdom).
3. Sundance film festival
Background information:
Founded – 1978.
Number of films submitted – 200.
Country of origin – United States of America.
Venue/Location – Salt Lake City, Utah.
Record number of attendees – 46,371.
Types of film – Documentary, feature length and short films.
Month of occasion – January.
Notable films to come from the festival – “The midnight Cowboy”
Main information:
The Sundance film festival was founded in the year of
1978, as the Utah film festival, before moving to the
Sundance resort in 1984.
The Sundance film festival showcases new work from
up and coming American directors, as well as existing
ones. Around 200 films are submitted to the festival
every single year.
Recognisable films that have become successful through
their submission to the festival include “The midnight
Cowboy”.
4. Cannes film festival
Background information:
Founded – 1937.
Number of films submitted – 1047.
Country of origin – France.
Venue/Location – Cannes, France.
Record number of attendees – 200,000.
Types of film – Feature length, Short, Documentary.
Month of occasion – May.
Notable films from the festival – “How to train your dragon”
Main information:
Cannes film festival was first founded in the late 1930’s, when
American and British cinematographers helped Jean Zay to
set up an international cinematography festival.
Since then, the month of May has seen an annual
transformation of Cannes beach, from a holiday destination
into an ideal film festival location.
Cannes film festival is massive, with the record attendance
standing at 200,000. Films such as “How to train your
dragon” have been shown at Cannes.
5. Background information:
Founded – 1954
Number of films submitted – 161
Country of origin – Australia.
Venue/Location – Sydney, Australia.
Record number of attendees – 110,000
Types of film – Feature, short and documentaries and animations.
Month of occasion – June.
Notable films from the festival – “Frank”, “How to train your dragon”
Sydney film festival
Main information:
The Sydney film festival is an annual film festival event
hosted in the Australian city of Sydney, New South
Wales. Having been around for 60 years, the Sydney film
festival takes its place as one of the older film festivals of
the world. Like many film festivals, the summer months
are used for its duration. June sees films from all over the
world submitted into the festival.
Notable films from the Sydney film festival include
“Frank”, which is set to come out soon.
6. Background information:
Founded – 1976.
Number of films submitted – 460 (Highest).
Country of origin – Canada.
Venue/Location – Toronto, Canada.
Record number of attendees – 400,000
Types of film – Short, Feature length and Animation.
Month of occasion – May.
Notable films from the festival – “127 hours”, “Black Swan”.
Toronto international film festival
Main information:
The Toronto international film festival is one of the world’s
largest film festivals in terms of attendance and the amount of
space it uses. The festival is hosted across the city of Toronto,
meaning that over 400,000 people were able to attended. The
festival also boasts a high amount of films submitted, with 460
films as the highest ever submission total. A lot of the world’s
famous and successful modern films have come from the
Toronto international film festival, including: “127 hours” and
“The Black Swan”.
7. The London film festival
Background information:
Founded – 1956
Number of films submitted – 300
Country of origin – England (United Kingdom).
Venue/Location – London, England.
Record number of attendees – 56,847
Types of film – Documentaries and Shorts.
Month of occasion - October
Notable films from the festival – Timbuktu
More information:
The London film festival is the UK’s largest cultural
film event. The festival sees a collection of the world’s
inspiring directors and new films presented to crowds
of film fanatics. Unlike most film festivals, the London
film festival is hosted in the Autumn, in the month of
October. The London film festival does not boast a
wide range of world wide success, but some notable
shorts include “Timbuktu”.
