WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A FILM FESTIVAL? (In the Entertainment industry.)

Festival de Cannes / Photo Credit: Sherri Bisbey Rowe

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A FILM FESTIVAL? (In the Entertainment industry.)           

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What is the purpose of a film festival?         

Film Festivals are a platform for film makers and distributors which serve many purposes from being a marketplace to promote social causes. Film festivals are a cultural showcase of the ideology of film makers. The appreciation received through film festivals encourages the film makers and motivates the budding talent.

Film festivals showcases unique and award winning movies which will further be classified for worthy movies and film makers. A good film maker seeks such events as an opportunity to share his film making skill and identity.

Local events and contests bring a film maker local popularity and more of opportunities to direct his next movie. If a movie competes with other international movies screened at international film festivals, the movie is progressing to the next level of film making.

To begin with, a film creator can start with short movie submissions to film festivals and grow up his career literally to the next part.

What does it mean to get "Official Selection" for a film festival? ... Festivals typically get 20 to 50 times as many films as they can show. A few (e.g. Sundance) get about 1,000 movies, but can only show about 30. Being selected for screening at the festival is a mark of how well vetted your film is.

Some festivals choose to focus on films of a particular genre, specific length or certain region, but the limited number of slots available for submissions tends to drum up demand regardless, especially among up-and-coming filmmakers.

Although the biggest festivals boast high-profile films and big-name stars, most are far from major moneymakers. In truth, most film festivals rely on a combination of ticket sales, membership fees and corporate sponsorship just to foot the bill for the festivities, with many even operating as nonprofit organizations. They truly represent a nexus for the whole of the film industry, bringing together members of the media, the creative talent behind and in front of the camera and business executives looking for the next project to take on.

The appeal for filmmakers is fairly clear, but you may still be wondering why audiences would take the time to attend a film festival. After all, what does such an experience offer that makes it any more appealing than just another trip to your local Cineplex?

Well, for starters, the lineup of films you’ll find at festivals is vastly different from the mainstream releases you’ll see in regular theaters. In some instances, festivals host the world premieres of promising new films several months before they officially hit theaters.

In other cases, festival audiences can see films that may not ever receive a proper theatrical run, due to their low-budget nature, a lack of famous actors or simply the challenges of getting distribution.

Because film festivals are attended by so many of the players involved in these productions, fans may have the opportunity to attend special screenings with filmmakers and actors in the room, often followed by question-and-answer sessions or in-depth discussions about what they’ve just screened.

In that way, festivals allow Cinephile’s to really engage in their passion for film like they rarely can elsewhere. No wonder many fests nowadays give out audience awards for the biggest crowd-pleasing film.

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