"and finally, since its construction in 1991, the Palais Neptune at the Palais des Congrès de Toulon. Festival International du Film Maritime, exploration et l'environnement The Festival International du Film Maritime, d'Exploration et d'Environnement is a film festival held annually in the Palais Neptune, Palais des Congrès, in Toulon, France. The festival concentrates on exploration, the environment and knowledge of the sea and under the sea. It includes competitions for photographs and films. It was the first festival of its type and inspired others, notably the San Francisco Ocean Film Festival in the USA. The festival was founded by Jacques-Henri"
"appointed Honorary President in 2000, and in 2002, the Festival officially adopted the name ""Festival de Cannes"". During the 2000s, the Festival started focusing more on the technological advances taking place in the film world, especially the digital techniques. In 2004 the restored historical films of the Festival were presented as ""Cannes Classics"", which included documentaries. In 2007 Thierry Frémaux became General Delegate. In 2009 he extended the Festival in Buenos Aires, as ""La Semana de Cine del Festival de Cannes"", and in 2010 he created the ""Cannes Court Métrage"" for the Short Film competition. Festival Director Thierry Fremaux is"
"an excellent medium for expressing cultural richness, the Egyptian native thinks to open the floor to filmmakers from the South. Its success – although varying city to city – calls for a second edition. In 1983, the second edition was entitled ""Festival de Films du Tiers-Monde"" (Third-World Film Festival). In 1992, the Festival de Films de Fribourg (the ""Third-World"" title is dropped in 1990) grows more professional with an artistic director Martial Knaebel working with two assistants. In autumn 1992, the Festival receives international recognition from UNESCO: the World Decade for Cultural Development seal. The ongoing evolution of the event"
"Festival International de Films de Montréal Festival International de Films de Montréal (FIFM), also known in English as the New Montreal FilmFest was a film festival held in Montreal in 2005 to focus on Francophone films. Originally intended as an annual event, the festival became mired in rivalry with two competing festivals—the Montreal World Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival—such that the New Montreal FilmFest was ultimately held only once. The founding of the FIFM resulted from a yearlong dispute between the funding agencies SODEC and Telefilm Canada and the organizers of the Montreal World Film Festival (WFF)—Festival"
"public inquiry into the ""resounding and humiliating failure"" of the Montreal FilmFest. Festival International de Films de Montréal Festival International de Films de Montréal (FIFM), also known in English as the New Montreal FilmFest was a film festival held in Montreal in 2005 to focus on Francophone films. Originally intended as an annual event, the festival became mired in rivalry with two competing festivals—the Montreal World Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival—such that the New Montreal FilmFest was ultimately held only once. The founding of the FIFM resulted from a yearlong dispute between the funding agencies SODEC and"
"festival were oriented to ecological issues. From that point the characteristic trophy award emerged: the Pudú (The Pudú is a small kind of deer, typical of southern Chile). In 2001 the feature film competition category started, becoming the Festival into the most important film event in Chile. I. - International Feature length Films: - Best Feature Film - Jury Special Award - Jury Special Mention Award II. - Chilean Feature Film: - Best Feature Film - Jury Special Award III. - International Short Films: -Best Short Film Award IV. - Film Schools: -Best Short Film Award I. - Feature Length"
"also been accused of sexual harassment and abuse at past festivals. An accusation of rape involving Harvey Weinstein, allegedly occurred at the Venice festival. As a result of the past sexual controversies and the #MeToo movement that arose out of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, in 2018, Cannes Film Festival officials announced the creation of a telephone hotline during the festival in which victims could report incidents of sexual harassment and other crimes. The hotline is in collaboration with the French government. Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; ), until 2002 called the International Film Festival (') and known in"
"of"", ""The Girlfriend Experience"", """" or ""The Young Pope"". Since 2008, the GIFF has explored new participatory and interactive forms of narration. A pioneer in this field, this festival is one of the first in the world to host an International VR Films Competition, as well as an out-of-competition section for digital works: Virtual Territories. Since 2013, Emmanuel Cuénod is the Executive and Artistic Director of the Festival. The Festival includes six competitions, events and convergent sections (Nuits Blanches, Retrospective, Serial Days & Nights, Film & Beyond Award). The Festival was previously named the Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans"
"schools). Its alumni have won three of the world's most prestigious film prizes - Cannes Film Festival's Golden Palm, Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion and Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear - ten times, making it the most rewarded film school in the world, preceding the Beijing Film Academy and the Tisch School of the Arts of New York City, in winning those three prizes. From 1944 to 1985, the IDHEC (Institut des hautes études cinématographiques) was the main French film school — training 1,439 French and foreign film professionals. In 1985, the school was restructured under the supervision of"
"Festival du Film Policier de Cognac The Festival du Film policier de Cognac () was an annual film festival that took place in Cognac, France from 1982 to 2007 (with no festival being held in 1991). The festival focused on the police/crime genre and also featured a short and a television film competition after 1993. Capitalizing on the notoriety of the film festival, an unrelated crime book convention named Polar : Le Festival was inaugurated in 1996. In 2007, the wine syndicate Bureau National Interprofessionel du Cognac announced that it was withdrawing its support of the 25-year-old film event. Without"
"des Films du Monde - Montréal (FFM)—in 2004. These two former sponsors of the FFM/WFF called for proposals for a new film festival and ultimately shifted their funding to the New Montreal FilmFest, which was inaugurated in October 2005. The New Montreal FilmFest, produced by Spectra Entertainment (owners of the Montreal Spectrum theater), was initially headed by Daniel Langlois, founder of SoftImage (subsequently sold to Microsoft) and Ex-Centris. Langlois had previously directed the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media—Festival de Nouveau Cinema et Nouveaux Media, which was renamed Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in 2004 (Montreal's independent film festival)."
"Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (French: Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand) is the biggest international film festival dedicated to short films. It is held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and is the second largest film festival in France after Cannes, in terms of audience and professional attendance, boasting over 160,000 attendees and 3,500 professionals annually. In 1979, a Short Film Week was organised by the Clermont-Ferrand University Film Society. This event was repeated in 1980 and 1981, and was enthusiastically received. In 1982, the Festival became competitive, with a jury attributing awards to"
"a 'player' in the festival circuit, while paying attention to films from various genres. Thus organized the AFFF in 2004 the Golden Méliès Gala, when prices for the best European fantastic long and short film were presented. Furthermore, saw the AFFF his adult status recently confirmed by the awarding of the (four-year) grants by both the Ministry of Education and the City of Amsterdam. Since 2009, the festival has a new name: Imagine Film Festival. With the name change, the organization wants to emphasize that the festival has become more focused on films that can not be strictly defined as"
"the Festival. In 1972, Robert Favre Le Bret was named the new President, and Maurice Bessy the General Delegate. He introduced important changes in the selection of the participating films, welcoming new techniques, and relieving the selection from diplomatic pressures, with films like MASH, and later Chronicle of the Years of Fire marking this turn. In some cases, these changes helped directors like Tarkovski overcome problems of censorship in their own country. Also, until that time, the different countries chose the films that would represent them in the festival. Yet, in 1972, Bessy created a committee to select French films,"
"Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; ), until 2002 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. It is one of the ""Big Three"" alongside the Venice Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival. On 1 July 2014, co-founder and former head of French pay-TV operator Canal+, Pierre Lescure,"
"ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival is an annual international film festival dedicated to independent cinema. Held in Paris, France, it was created in 2006 by Scott Hillier. The festival is dedicated to the discovery and promotion of the best independent film making talents from Europe and beyond, showcasing films that demonstrate quality, innovation, and creativity in both form and content. These qualities are judged in 14 categories, 7 of which are open to non-European filmmakers (from the Americas, Australia, Africa, and Asia), and compete for 25 awards. Jury members come from all"
"Festival international du livre d'art et du film The International Art Book and Film Festival (in French, Festival International du Livre d'Art et du Film) or FILAF, is an international festival about artbooks and films which takes place annually in Perpignan (South of France) since 2011. Its goal is to promote and award the best books and films about art produced each year in the world. Noting the world absence of a real event only interested in the art book, and similarly in the field of art film, the Cogito Association and its president Sébastien Planas created the international artbooks"
"Festival du nouveau cinéma The Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC) (meaning Festival of New Cinema) is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal and features independent films from around the world. Over 160,000 people make their way to Montreal to attend the prestigious festival each year. The festival is an Academy Award qualifying festival for short films. The festival was founded in 1971 by Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipidès. The festival went through several name changes. In 2001, the festival celebrated its 30th anniversary by offering an extraordinary selection and a commemorative book summarizing the festival's 30-year history. In"
"introduction to many noncommercial and unknown but brilliant films. As the festival got more and more successful, the organization was taken over by Jacques Dubrulle. Since then the name of Ben Ter Elst was not mentioned. By 1978 the program had expanded to 50 films that were subdivided in several categories. The strictly cinephile programming gave way to a broader range of films and also to a focus on education. In 1978 the festival expanded so vastly that a more solid structure was required. Financial and organizational problems and the changing international film landscape required substantial adjustments. Dubrulle, who was"
"Claude Miller, Alfonso Gumucio Dagron Christopher Miles and Pascale Ferran. It was reorganized between 1986 and 1988 and renamed La Fémis. Institut des hautes études cinématographiques L'Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC; the ""Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies"") is a French film school, founded during World War II under the leadership of Marcel L'Herbier who was its president from 1944 to 1969. IDHEC offered training for directors and producers, cameramen, sound technicians, editors, art directors and costume designers. It became highly influential, and many prominent film-makers received their training there including Paulo Rocha, Louis Malle, Alain Resnais, Claire Denis, Volker"
"The involvement of Langlois intended to counter prior criticisms of lack of professionalism in the FFM/WFF (run by Serge Losique) and to merge the FCMM (renamed the FNC in 2004) and the New Montreal FilmFest into one new festival. The FNC would not agree to such a merger, and scheduling conflicts between the New Montreal FilmFest and the FNC led to Langlois' early departure from FilmFest. The 2005 event was eventually directed by Moritz de Hadeln, who had previously headed the Locarno International Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, the Venice International Film Festival—and founded the Visions du Réel"
"Huub Bals Hubertus Bernardus “Huub” Bals (February 3, 1937 – July 13, 1988) was the first director and creator of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), formerly named Film International. IFFR started small in the Calypso cinema and film theatre 't Venster (now Lantaren/Venster) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 1972, with only 4500 visitors and 31 films. In the forthcoming years the film festival expanded gradually under the watchful cinephile eye of Bals to 150.000 visitors and multiple cinemas in 1988 - Bals' last festival - and developed into an annual film event of great international importance, with already more than"
"International Film Festival and has since become something of a cult success. The film followed a group of former Bata shoe factory workers travelling from the UK to Zlin in the Czech Republic, on a free coach trip hosted by the artists. The film sees the travellers visit the origins of the global shoe empire built up by early 20th century Czech entrepreneur Tomas Bata, in search of what his maxim 'We are not afraid of the future' can mean in a changing Europe. The film originated in a commission by agency Commissions East and the project has since become"
"International Festival of Independent Cinema (2001), Cannes Film Festival (2003, 2004 and 2006), Chicago Film Festival (2003), Cinemanila Film Festival (2003), European Film Awards (2000), Istanbul Film Festival (1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007), Mexico City Film Festival (2004), Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival (2003), San Sebastián Film Festival (2003), Singapore Film Festival (2001), Sofia Film Festival (2004), Tokyo Film Festival (1998) and the Trieste Film Festival (2004). More recently, Semih Kaplanoğlu won the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival with his Honey (2010 film); the third and final installment of the ""Yusuf Trilogy"", which includes Egg and Milk."
"and another for foreign films. In 1978, Gilles Jacob assumed the position of General Delegate, introducing the Caméra d'Or award, for the best first film of any of the main events, and the Un Certain Regard section, for the non-competitive categories. Other changes were the decrease of length of the festival down to thirteen days, thus reducing the number of selected films; also, until that point the Jury was composed by Film Academics, and Jacob started to introduce celebrities and professionals from the film industry. In 1983, a new, much bigger Palais des Festivals et des Congrès was built to"
"Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo 1998 - Festival du film de Genève « Star de demain » - Switzerland 2002 - President of the jury of Festival International du Film sur L’Art - Montréal - Canada 2011 - Festival du Film Fantastique de Brussels – Belgium 2015 - President of the 48H Film Project – Brussels - Belgium 2003 to 2004 - President du CFA (Centre du Film sur l’Art) – Brussels - Belgium 2002 to 2005 - Member of the Commission Cinéma - Belgium 2013 to 2015 - Member of the Commission Cinéma - Belgium Since 1997 -"
"of 50th Berlin Int’l Film Festival, KinderFest, Germany 2000 3. “Special Mention” Award, 3rd Olympia Children’s Film Festival, Greece 2000 4. “CIFEJ” Award, 19th Ale Kino Children’s Film Festival, Poland 2001 5. “Silver Elephant” Award for the Best Direction of Asian Cinema, The Golden Elephant Children Film Festival, India 2001 I’m Taraneh,15 Festivals: 1. 55th Locarno Int’l Film Festival, Switzerland 2002 2. 26th Montreal World Film Festival, Canada 2002 3. Fukuoka Int’l Film Festival, Japan 2002 4. Siam World Film Festival, Thailand 2002 5. Boston Museum of Fine Art, USA 2002 6. London Int’l Film Festival, UK 2002 7. Huston"
"Dublin International Film Festival The Dublin International Film Festival, known for sponsorship reasons as the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival (VMDIFF), is a film festival held every year in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin International Film Festival was established in 2003. It was revived by Michael Dwyer, international film critic and ""The Irish Times"" Chief Film Correspondent, along with David McLoughlin, film producer. The duo had started the initial Dublin film Festival in the 1980s when Mc Loughlin was still an undergraduate in Trinity College Dublin. The festival was established to present an opportunity for Dublin's cinema-going audiences to experience the"
"a ""co-production market"", which helps a selected number of film producers connect with possible co-producers and funders for their film projects. After the festival founder's sudden death in 1988, a fund was initiated and named after him (Hubert Bals Fund), used for supporting filmmakers from developing countries. The non-competitive character of the festival changed in 1995, when the ""VPRO Tiger Awards"" were introduced—three yearly prizes for young filmmakers making their first or second film. The next year, Simon Field, formerly Cinema Director at the London Institute of Contemporary Arts, became director of the festival. In 2004 Sandra den Hamer took"
"in attracting the best directors to the event, allowing it to forge a reputation for diversity, discovery and innovation."" The first festival — then called 'Film International' — was organized in June 1972 under the leadership of Huub Bals. IFFR's logo is a tiger, loosely based on the M.G.M. lion. From the beginning, the festival has profiled itself as a promoter of alternative, innovative and non-commercial films, with an emphasis on the Far East and developing countries. Around 1983, the festival founded CineMart to serve as a ""regular film market,"" and later modified the business model to serve instead as"
"Film Awards in 1998. In 1999, it was transformed into Independent Film Festival Competition, Korean Independent Short Film Festival, after Korean Film Council was established. From 2002, Korean Independent Film Association cosponsored this festival and the film festival's name was changed to Seoul Independent Film Festival. Korean Independent Film Council has organized this film festival from 2010. The festival features a national independent film competition and gives awards regardless of theme, type, and length throughout varied genres including plays, experiential documentaries, and animated films. Also, the individual invitation program plans to introduce a variety of trends regarding independent movies. Contemporary"
"20 February – 3 March. Dublin International Film Festival The Dublin International Film Festival, known for sponsorship reasons as the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival (VMDIFF), is a film festival held every year in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin International Film Festival was established in 2003. It was revived by Michael Dwyer, international film critic and ""The Irish Times"" Chief Film Correspondent, along with David McLoughlin, film producer. The duo had started the initial Dublin film Festival in the 1980s when Mc Loughlin was still an undergraduate in Trinity College Dublin. The festival was established to present an opportunity for Dublin's"
"was elected President of the International Council for Film Television and Audiovisual Communication (IFTC) at UNESCO in 2000 and is currently its vice President. The IFTC is UNESCO’s advisory body on all matters concerned with film, television and new media. It has functioned for over 50 years as an independent NGO in official formal associate relations with UNESCO, based at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris. Jean-Michel Arnold Jean-Michel Arnold, General Secretary of the Cinémathèque Française, vice President of UNESCO’s IFTC (International Council for Film Television and Audiovisual Communication), founder of the Cinéma du Réel, Director of CNRS Image/Media, General Secretary of"