Film Festivals
Carnivals began many years ago as religious celebrations held before Lent. Today, such carnivals can still be found in many countries including the United States, which is home to New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebration. In modern America, carnivals more often refer to travelling shows that feature various forms of entertainment, including games and rides, which are usually connected to local or regional fairs and festivals of all sizes. There are also many types of carnivals, fairs and festivals that focus on famous customs, foods, and fine arts of particular regions of the world. Below is a list of film festivals, film festival news and resources with information and variety of data on international film festivals, dance events and some of the companies and organizations that arrange them.
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| Amelie Follow-up Not French Enough for Funding, Court Rules Paris court rules the latest hit film from team responsible for Amelie too American to compete in French film festivals or... |
Venice Film Festival Shows the Strain The quality of mercy, as Portia observes in the Merchant of Venice, is not strain'd - but much of this year's Venice film... |
| Hollywood Raids Venice Festival Politics takes the main stage with complaints that European events are in thrall to blockbusters at the expense of... |
Raghu Romeo the unusual film Raghu Romeo, a film by Indian director Rajat Kapoor, was financed through a website. Are we finally witnessing the birth of... |
| Fears for Cannes As Unions Plan Festival Protests Organisers and politicians were scrambling yesterday to head off the threat of the Cannes film festival being wrecked by... |
Cannes Red Carpet Rolled Out for Homeless Director who gives outsiders a voice brings his stars to festival on a bus. As Penelope Cruz, Charlize Theron and Cameron... |
| Hello to Berlin Organisers hope the German capital's film festival will help boost its status as a place in which to make movies. Luke... |
Ovation for Emma Thompson as low-budget art wins over hype in Venice The 60th Venice festival, the only major film festival with two fully fledged competitions judged by separate international... |
| Heat and dust The 60th Venice film festival - the oldest film festival in the world, as its organisers love to remind us - has begun with... |
Censors cast shadow over Venice A veil of censorship is hanging over the Venice film festival, with a series of contentious new films facing bans, savage... |
| Palestinian film denied Oscars entry The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the selection committee behind the Oscars, has controversially denied a... |
London film festival focuses on refugees Two-week programme features award-winning films from Polanski to Frears. The plight of refugees in Britain is one of the... |
| Festival premiere for film on strife in Israel A cartoon-musical about suicide bombing and racist thuggery, considered too inflammatory to be shown in the Middle East, is... |
Can Cannes still cut it? British directors are back on the Riviera this year, along with a trio of American young guns, a glimpse of the new... |
| Venice Festival Sinks Into Farce The Venice Film Festival, part of the Biennale art exhibition, may be five months away but it is already threatening to... |
Kick off Winter At The Squaw Valley Film Festival ig air, outrageous stunts and mountains of local Tahoe talent highlight the Squaw Valley Winter Film Festival |