The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 13 to May 24, 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury.^[5] It was announced on March 19, 2009, that Pixar's film Up would open the festival.^[6] This marked the first time that an animated film opened the festival and also the first time a film in 3-D had opened the festival.

Festival line-up[link]

	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Opener	Up *		Pete Docter and Bob Peterson	United States
Closer	Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky		Jan Kounen	France

* First animated film ever to open the festival.

Films in competition[link]

The following films competed for the Palme d'Or.^[2]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Antichrist		Lars von Trier	Denmark
Bright Star		Jane Campion	United Kingdom
Broken Embraces	Los abrazos rotos	Pedro Almodóvar	Spain
Butchered	Kinatay	Brillante Mendoza	Philippines
Enter the Void	Soudain le vide	Gaspar Noé	France
Face	Visage	Tsai Ming-liang	Taiwan
Fish Tank		Andrea Arnold	United Kingdom
Inglourious Basterds		Quentin Tarantino	United States
In the Beginning	A l'origine	Xavier Giannoli	France
Looking for Eric		Ken Loach	United Kingdom
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo	Mapa de los sonidos de Tokyo	Isabel Coixet	Spain
A Prophet	Un prophète	Jacques Audiard	France
Spring Fever	春风沉醉的晚上 Chūn fēng chén zuì de wǎn shàng	Lou Ye	People's Republic of China
Taking Woodstock		Ang Lee	United States
Thirst	박쥐 Bakjwi	Park Chan-wook	South Korea
The Time That Remains	الزمن الباقي	Elia Suleiman	Palestine
Wild Grass	Les herbes folles	Alain Resnais	France
Vincere		Marco Bellocchio	Italy
Vengeance	復仇	Johnnie To	Hong Kong
The White Ribbon	Das weiße Band	Michael Haneke	Austria

Un Certain Regard[link]

The following films competed in the Un Certain Regard section:^[3]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Adrift	À Deriva	Heitor Dhalia	Brazil
Air Doll	Kūki Ningyō	Hirokazu Koreeda	Japan
Dogtooth	Kynodontas	Yorgos Lanthimos	Greece
Eyes Wide Open	עיניים פקוחות	Haim Tabakman	Israel
The Father of My Children	Le père de mes enfants	Mia Hansen-Løve	France
Independence	Independencia	Raya Martin	Philippines
Irene		Alain Cavalier	France
Mother	마더	Bong Joon-ho	South Korea
No One Knows About Persian Cats	کسی از گربه های ایرانی خبر نداره	Bahman Ghobadi	Iran
Nymph	Nang Mai	Pen-Ek Ratanaruang	Thailand
Police, Adjective	Poliţist, Adjectiv	Corneliu Porumboiu	Romania
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	Push	Lee Daniels	United States
Samson and Delilah		Warwick Thornton	Australia
The Silent Army	Wit Licht	Jean van de Velde	Netherlands
Tale in the Darkness	Skazka pro temnotu	Nikolay Khomeriki	Russia
Tales from the Golden Age	Amintiri din epoca de aur	Cristian Mungiu, Hanno Höfer, Constantin Popescu, and Ioana Uricaru	Romania
To Die Like a Man	Morrer Como Um Homem	João Pedro Rodrigues	Portugal
Tomorrow at Dawn	Demain dès l'aube	Denis Dercourt	France
Tsar	Царь	Pavel Lungin	Russia
The Wind Journeys	Los viajes del viento	Ciro Guerra	Colombia

Films out of competition[link]

The following films were shown out of competition:^[7]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Agora		Alejandro Amenábar	Spain
The Army of Crime	L'armée du crime	Robert Guédiguian	France
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky		Jan Kounen	France
Don't Look Back	Ne te retourne pas	Marina de Van	France
Drag Me to Hell		Sam Raimi	United States
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus		Terry Gilliam	United Kingdom
A Town Called Panic	Panique au village	Vincent Patar	France
Up		Pete Docter	United States

Special screenings[link]

The following films were given a special screening:^[8]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
Ashes and Blood	Cendres et sang	Fanny Ardant	France
Jaffa		Keren Yedaya	Israel
The Thorn in the Heart	L'épine dans le coeur	Michel Gondry	France
Manila		Adolfo Alix, Jr., Raya Martin	Philippines
Tell Me Who You Are	Min Ye	Souleymane Cissé	Mali
My Neighbor, My Killer	Mon voisin, mon tueur	Anne Aghion	France
The Eye of the Storm	No Meu Lugar	Eduardo Valente	Brazil
Petition		Zhao Liang	People's Republic of China
Group Portrait With Kids and Motorcycles	Portrait de Groupe Avec Enfants et Motocyclettes	Pierre-William Glenn	France
A Brand New Life	여행자 (Yeo-haeng-ja), Une vie toute neuve	Ounie Lecomte	South Korea

Cannes Classics[link]

The Festival uses Cannes Classics to place the spotlight on rediscovered or restored masterworks from the past, or ones that have been re-released in theatres or on DVD.^[9]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
The Red Shoes (1948)	The Red Shoes	Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger	United Kingdom
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)	Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian	Edward Yang	Taiwan
The Night of Counting the Years (1969)	Al-Momia	Shadi Abdel Salam	Egypt
The Wave (1936)	Redes	Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann	Mexico
Images from the Playground (2009)	Bilder från lekstugan	Stig Björkman	Sweden
Accident (1967)	Accident	Joseph Losey	United Kingdom
Two of the New Wave (2009)	Deux de la Vague	Emmanuel Laurent	France
Pietro Germi - The Good, the Beautiful and the Brave (2009)	Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo	Claudio Bondi	Italy
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (2009)	L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot	Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea	France
God Does Not Believe in Us Any More (1982)	An uns glaubt Gott nicht mehr	Axel Corti	Austria  Germany
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)	Giù la testa	Sergio Leone	Italy
The Adventure (1960)	L'avventura	Michelangelo Antonioni	Italy  France
The Housemaid (1960)	하녀	Kim Ki-young	South Korea
The 400 Blows (1959)	Les quatre cents coups	François Truffaut	France
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)	Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot	Jacques Tati	France
Eyes Without a Face (1960)	Les yeux sans visage	Georges Franju	France
Far from Vietnam (1967)	Loin du Vietnam	Chris Marker, Joris Ivens, Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, William Klein, Agnès Varda and Alain Resnais	France
Pierrot le fou (1965)	Pierrot le fou	Jean-Luc Godard	France
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)	Signore & signori	Pietro Germi	Italy
The Molly Maguires (1970)	The Molly Maguires	Martin Ritt	United States
Victim (1961)	Victim	Basil Dearden	United Kingdom
Wake in Fright (1971)	Wake in Fright	Ted Kotcheff	Australia

Cinéfondation[link]

The following films competed in the Cinéfondation section:^[10]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
#1		Noamir Castéra	Belgium
Bába		Zuzana Kirchnerová	Czech Republic
By the Grace of God		Ralitza Petrova	United Kingdom
Chapa		Thiago Ricarte	Brazil
Diploma		Yaelle Kayam	Israel
The Boxer	El boxeador	Juan Ignacio Pollio	Argentina
Goodbye		Fang Song	People's Republic of China
Gutter		Dan Ransom Day	United States
The Naturalist	Il Naturalista	Giulia Barbera	Italy
Kasia		Elisabet Llado	Belgium
The Setback	Le Contretemps	Dominique Baumard	France
Significant Others	Malzonkowie	Dara Van Dusen	Poland
Don't Step Out of the House	남매의 집 Nammae Ui Jip	Jo Sung-hee	South Korea
Segal		Yuval Shani	Israel
The Sylpphid	Sylfidden	Dorte Bengtson	Denmark
The Horn	뿔 Bbul	Yim Kyung-dong	South Korea
Traverser		Hugo Frassetto	France

Short films[link]

The following films competed for the Palme d'Or du court métrage:^[4]

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Country
After Tomorrow		Emma Sullivan	United Kingdom
Arena		João Salaviza	Portugal
Ciao mama	Ciao mama	Goran Odvorcic	Croatia
Silence	Klusums	Laila Pakalniņa	Latvia
The Man in the Blue Gordini	L'Homme À la Gordini	Jean-Christophe Lie	France
Lars and Peter	Lars og Peter	Daniel Borgman	Denmark
Missing	Mizzen	Joachim de Vries	Netherlands
Worstward Ho	Rumbo a Peor	Àlex Brendemühl	Spain
The Six Dollar Fifty Man		Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland	New Zealand

Juries[link]

Awards[link]

The members of the international competition's jury.

The winners of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival were:^[14][15]

• Palme d'Or – Das weiße Band by Michael Haneke^[16]
• Grand Prix – Un prophète by Jacques Audiard^[16]
• Prix de la mise en scène – Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay^[16]
• Prix du Jury^[16]
  • Bakjwi by Park Chan-wook
  • Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold
• Prix du scénario – Chūn fēng chén zuì de wǎn shàng by Lou Ye^[16]
• Prix d'interprétation féminine – Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist^[16]
• Prix d'interprétation masculine – Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds^[16]
• Lifetime Achievement Award for his work – Alain Resnais^[16]
• Palme d'Or du court métrage Arena by João Salaviza^[16]
• Short Film Special Distinction – The Six Dollar Fifty Man by Louis Sutherland^[16]
• Prix Un Certain Regard – Kynodontas by Yorgos Lanthimos^[17]
• Un Certain Regard – Jury Prize – Politist, Adjectiv by Corneliu Porumboiu^[17]
• Un Certain Regard – Special Jury Prize^[17]
  • Kasi as gorbehaie Irani khabar nadare by Bahman Ghobadi
  • Le père de mes enfants by Mia Hansen-Løve
• Cinéfondation^[18]
  • 1st Prize - Bába by Zuzana Kirchnerová
  • 2nd Prize - Goodbye by Fang Song
  • 3rd Prize - Diploma by Yaelle Kayam and Nammae Ui Jip by Jo Sung-hee
• Caméra d'Or - Samson and Delilah by Warwick Thornton^[16][19][20]
• Caméra d'Or - Special Distinction - Ajami by Scandar Copti^[19]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official Cannes Festival Site (in English)
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• Cannes Film Festival:2009 at Internet Movie Database

Cannes International Film Festival
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The Cannes International Film Festival (French: Le Festival International du Film de Cannes or just Festival de Cannes), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is the world's most prestigious and publicized film festival.^[1][2][3] The invitation-only festival is held annually (usually in May) at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.

The 2012 Cannes Film Festival took place from May 16 to May 27, 2012^[4]. The President of the Jury was the Italian film director Nanni Moretti.

History[link]

The Cannes Film Festival has its origins in the late 1930s when Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, on the proposal of Philippe Erlanger and with the support of the British and Americans,^{[clarification needed]} set up an international cinematographic festival. In 1947, the festival was held as the "Festival du film de Cannes", where films from sixteen countries were presented. Moreover, the principle of equality was introduced, so that the jury was to be made up only of one representative per country.^[5] Also, this year the festival was held at the made-for-the-occasion Palais des Festivals, although the roof was unfinished and blew off during a storm. The festival was not held in 1948 and 1950 on account of budgetary problems. In 1951, owing to better relations between France and Italy, the Cannes Festival was moved to Spring, while the Mostra remained in Autumn.

In 1955 the Golden Palm was created, replacing the Grand Prix du Festival which had been given until that year. In 1957 Dolores del Rio was the first female member of the jury as a Sélection officielle – Member. In 1959 the Marché du Film (Film Market) was founded, giving the festival a commercial character and facilitating exchanges between sellers and buyers in the film industry. Today it has become the first international platform for film commerce.^[6]

In 1962 the International Critics' Week was born, created by the French Union of Film Critics as the first parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival. Its goal was to showcase first and second works by directors from all over the world, not succumbing to commercial tendencies.^[7] In 1965 an hommage was paid to Jean Cocteau after his death, and he was named Honorary President for life. The next year, Olivia de Havilland was named the first female president of the festival.

The 1968 festival was halted on 19 May 1968. Some directors, such as Carlos Saura and Milos Forman, had withdrawn their films from the competition. On 18 May, filmmaker Louis Malle along with a group of directors took over the large room of the Palais and interrupted the projections in solidarity with students and labour on strike throughout France,^[8] and in protest to the eviction of the then President of the Cinémathèque Française. The filmmakers achieved the reinstatement of the President, and they founded the Film Directors' Society (SRF) that same year.^[9] In 1969 the SRF, led by Pierre-Henri Deleau created the Directors' Fortnight, a new non-competitive section that programs a selection of films from around the world, distinguished by the independent judgment displayed in the choice of films.^[10]

The "Palais des Festivals" (2000)

During the 1970s, important changes occurred in the Festival. In 1972 Robert Favre Le Bret was named the new President, and Maurice Bessy the Managing Director. He immediately introduced an important change in the selection of the participating films. Until that date, the different countries chose which films would represent them in the festival. Bessy created one committee to select French films, and another for foreign films.^[11] In 1978 Gilles Jacob assumed the President position, introducing the Caméra d'Or award and the Un Certain Regard section. Other changes were the decrease of length of the festival down to thirteen days, reducing the number of selected films thus; also, until that point the Jury was composed by Film Academics, and Jacob started to introduce celebrities and professionals from the film industry.^[12]

In 1983 a new, much bigger Palais des Festivals et des Congrès was built to host the Festival. It was nicknamed "The Bunker" and provoked many reactions against it.^[13] In 1984 Pierre Viot replaced Robert Favre Le Bret as President of the Festival.

Stars posing for photographers are a part of Cannes folklore.

It wasn't until 1995 that Gilles Jacob created the last section of the Official Selection: la Cinéfondation. Its aim was to support the creation of works of cinema in the world and to contribute to the entry of the new scenario writers in the circle of the celebrities.^[14] The Cinéfondation was completed in 2000 with La Résidence and in 2005 L'Atelier. The Festival's current President, Gilles Jacob, was appointed in 2000, and in 2002 the Festival officially adopted the name Festival de Cannes.

Impact[link]

The festival has become an important showcase for European films. Jill Forbes and Sarah Street argue in European Cinema: An Introduction, that Cannes "became...extremely important for critical and commercial interests and for European attempts to sell films on the basis of their artistic quality" (page 20).^[15] Forbes and Street also point out that, along with other festivals such as Venice and Berlin, Cannes offers an opportunity to determine a particular country's image of its cinema and generally foster the notion that European cinema is "art" cinema.^[15]

Additionally, given massive media exposure, the non-public festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for film producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.

Programmes[link]

The Cannes Film Festival is organised in various sections:^[16]

• The Official Selection – The main event of the festival.
  • In Competition – The twenty films competing for the Palme d'Or. They are projected in the Théâtre Lumière.
  • Un Certain Regard – Twenty films selected from cultures near and far; original and different works. They are projected at the Salle Debussy.
  • Out of Competition – These films are also projected in the Théâtre Lumière but do not compete for the main prize.
  • Special Screenings – The selection committee chooses for these films an environment specially adapted to their particular identity.
  • Cinéfondation – About fifteen shorts and medium-length motion pictures from film schools over the world are presented at the Salle Buñuel.
  • Short Films – The shorts competing for the Short Film Palme d'Or are presented at the Buñuel and Debussy theatres. There are approximately 10 films in this competition.
• Parallel Sections – These are non-competitive programmes dedicated to discovering other aspects of cinema.
  • Cannes Classics – It celebrates the heritage of film, aiming to highlight works of the past, presented with brand new or restored prints.
  • Tous les Cinémas du Monde – It showcases the vitality and diversity of cinema across the world. Each day, one country is invited to present a range of features and shorts in celebration of its unique culture, identity and recent film works.
  • Caméra d'Or – It rewards the best first film of the Festival, choosing among the debutants' works among the Official Selection, the Directors' Fortnight and the International Critics' Week selections.
  • Cinéma de la Plage – Screening of Cannes Classics and Out of Competition films for the mass public on Macé beach, preceded by a programme dedicated to film music.
• Other Sections – Produced by outside organizations during the Cannes Festival.
  • Directors' Fortnight
  • International Critics' Week
• Events
  • Marché du Film – The busiest movie market of the world.
  • Masterclasses – Given in public by world renowned filmmakers.
  • Tributes – Honors internationally renowned artists with the presentation of the Festival Trophee following the screening of one of their films.
  • Producers Network – An opportunity to make international co-productions.
  • Exhibitions – Each year, an artist, a body of work or a cinematographic theme becomes the focus of an exhibition that diversifies or illustrates the event's programme.
  • 60th Anniversary – Events organised in 2007 dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Festival.

Juries[link]

Prior to the beginning of each event, the Festival's board of directors appoints the juries who hold sole responsibility for choosing which films will receive a Cannes award. Jurors are chosen from a wide range of international artists, based on their body of work and respect from their peers.^[17]

• Feature Films – An international jury composed of a President and various film or art personalities, who determine the prizes for the feature films in Competition.
• Cinéfondation and Short Films – Composed of a President and four film personalities. It awards the Short Film Palme d'Or as well as the three best films of the Cinéfondation.
• Un Certain Regard – Composed of a President, journalists, students in cinema, and industry professionals. It awards the Un Certain Regard Prize for best film and can, moreover, honour two other films.
• Caméra d'Or – Composed of a President, as well as film directors, technicians, and French and international critics. They award the best film in any category.

Awards[link]

Palme d'Or attributed to Apocalypse Now at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival

The most prestigious award given out at Cannes is the Palme d'Or ("Golden Palm") for the best film.

• Competition
  • Palme d'Or – Golden Palm
  • Grand Prix – Grand Prize of the Festival
  • Prix du Jury – Jury Prize
  • Palme d'Or du court métrage – Best Short Film
  • Prix d'interprétation féminine – Best Actress
  • Prix d'interprétation masculine – Best Actor
  • Prix de la mise en scène – Best Director
  • Prix du scénario – Best Screenplay
• Other Sections
  • Prix Un Certain Regard – Young talent, innovative and audacious works
  • Cinéfondation prizes – Student films
  • Caméra d'Or – Best first feature film
• Given by Independent Entities
  • Prix de la FIPRESCI – International Federation of Film Critics Prize
  • Prix Vulcain – Awarded to a technical artist by the CST
  • International Critics' Week Prizes
  • Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  • Palm Dog, for best canine performance.^[18]
  • Queer Palm, for LGBT-related films.^[19]

See also[link]

	France portal
	Film portal

• Directors' Fortnight
• List of Palme d'Or winners
• Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Cannes: Fifty Years of Sun, Sex & Celluloid : Behind the Scenes at the World's Most Famous Film Festival by Peter Bart (Miramax, 1997)
• Cannes – A Festival Virgin's Guide by Benjamin Craig (Cinemagine Media Publishing, 2004)
• Hollywood on the Riviera: The Inside Story of the Cannes Film Festival by Cari Beauchamp and Henri Behar (William Morrow & Co, 1992)

External links[link]

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• Cannes Film Festival official website
• Cannes Film Festival Blog
• Cannes Film Festival: A Potted History
• Radio France Internationale coverage of the Cannes Film Festival 2010 (English)
• Radio France Internationale coverage of the Cannes Film Festival 2011(English)
• Footage from the 1958 Cannes Film Festival
• Cannes – A Festival Virgin's Guide – Detailed festival history and information for attendees

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Film festivals
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A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. Increasingly film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings.^[1] The films may be of recent date and, depending upon the focus of the individual festival, can include international releases as well as films produced by the organisers' domestic film industry. Sometimes there is a focus on a specific film-maker or genre (e.g., film noir) or subject matter (e.g., horror film festivals). A number of film festivals specialise in short films, each with its defined maximum length. Film festivals are typically annual events.

History[link]

The first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932; the other major and oldest film festivals of the world are: Cannes Film Festival (1939), Festival del film Locarno (1946), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (1946), Edinburgh International Film Festival (1947), Melbourne International Film Festival (1951), Berlin International Film Festival (1951) and Toronto International Film Festival (1976).^[2]

The Edinburgh International Film Festival in the UK was established in 1947 and is the longest continually running film festival in the world. Raindance Film Festival is the UK's largest celebration of independent film-making and is taking place in London in October.^[3]

The first North American high film festival was the Columbus International Film & Video Festival, also known as The Chris Awards, held in 1953. According to the Film Arts Foundation in San Francisco, "The Chris Awards (is) one of the most prestigious documentary, educational, business and informational competitions in the U.S; (it is) the oldest of its kind in North America and celebrating its 54th year."

It was followed four years later by the San Francisco International Film Festival held in March 1957 whose emphasis was on feature-length dramatic films. The festival played a major role in introducing foreign films to American audiences. Among the films shown in its founding year were Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali.

Today there are thousands of film festivals around the world, ranging from high profile festivals such as Sundance Film Festival (Park City, UT) to horror festivals such as Terror Film Festival (Philadelphia, PA), and the first U.S. film festival dedicated to honoring the impact of music in film: the Park City Film Music Festival: http://www.PCFMF.com.

Digital feature film distribution began in 2005, along with the arrival of the world's first online film festival, the GreenCine Online Film Festival, sponsored by DivX.^[4]

Entry fee[link]

The Berlin Film Festival in 2007

Most film festivals require filmmakers to pay an entry fee to have their works considered for screening. This is especially commonplace among larger film festivals, such as the Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest and even smaller "boutique" festivals such as the Miami International Film Festival and the British Urban Film Festival in London.

However, not all film festivals require an entry fee. Rotterdam Film Festival, for example, does not charge an entry fee to submit work. There are also many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the Stony Brook Film Festival in Long Island, New York, the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival, or the Sicilian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, which do not charge entry fees; however, acceptance of films is usually more limited, and such film festivals do not necessarily attract big names in their audiences like Sundance and Telluride do. In some cases, such as the Portland International Film Festival, there is an entry fee, but it is waived for filmmakers within a certain region, such as the Northwestern United States.

Significant or notable festivals[link]

Red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes.

Traverse City Film Festival and their giant inflatable movie screen

The three most prestigious film festivals are commonly regarded to be that of Cannes, Berlin and Venice;^[5] these festivals are sometimes called the "Big Three."^[6] Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Three Colors Trilogy were each made for these festivals, with Blue for Venice, White for Berlin, and Red for Cannes.^[5]

The Toronto International Film Festival is North America's most popular festival. Time wrote it had "grown from its place as the most influential fall film festival to the most influential film festival, period."^[7] Seattle International Film Festival is credited as being the largest film festival in the USA, regularly showing over 400 films in a month across the city.^[8] The Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival and Gimli Film Festival are also major festivals in North America, as is the Vancouver International Film Festival, the fifth largest film festival in North America.

• "A" Festivals: The festivals in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Shanghai, Moscow, San Sebastián, Montréal, Locarno (since 2002), Karlovy Vary, Mar del Plata, Cairo, Tokyo, and Warsaw are listed as "A festivals", or "category one" by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).^[9]

• Experimental films: Ann Arbor Film Festival was started in 1963. It is the oldest continually operated experimental film festival in North America and has become one of the premiere film festivals for independent and, primarily, experimental filmmakers to showcase their work.^{[citation needed]}

• Independent films: In the US, Telluride Film Festival,^{[citation needed]} Sundance Film Festival,^[10][11] Austin's South by Southwest, and New York City's Tribeca Film Festival, are all considered significant festivals for independent film. The Zero Film Festival is significant as the first and only festival exclusive to self-financed filmmakers.^[12] The biggest independent film festival in the UK is Raindance Film Festival.^[3]

• North American: The San Francisco International Film Festival, started in 1957, is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. It highlights current trends in international filmmaking and video production with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured U.S. distribution. The Toronto International Film Festival, begun in 1976, is regarded North America's most major and most prestigious film festival, and the most widely attended worldwide. Toronto's Hot Docs is the leading North American documentary film festival. Toronto also has the largest amount of film festivals in the world, ranging from cultural, independent, and historic films. The largest festival, in terms of the number of features shown, is the Seattle International Film Festival, screening 270 features, and approximately 150 short films.^{[citation needed]} The Whistler Film Festival, with is amazing location and breathtaking scenery, is getting bigger every year with more than 80 screenings and a well-rounded Industry Summit. Meanwhile, the New York Film Festival only shows a few films in each year, but it still has big impact in the United States.^{[citation needed]} The Sundance film festival is a major festival for independent film.

• Latin American significance: The Cartagena Film Festival, founded by Victor Nieto in 1960, is the oldest film festival in Latin America.^[13] The Festival de Gramado (or Gramado Film Festival) Gramado, Brazil along with the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Guadalajara, Mexico are considered to be the most important film festivals of Latin America. It was first held in 1973, awarding Latin American films. The Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival has been held since 1975 in that Spanish city. While the Expresión en Corto International Film Festival is the largest competitive film festival in Mexico, specializing in emerging talents, and is held each year during the last week of July in the two colonial cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato. Among Spanish speaking countries the Dominican International Film Festival is held annually in Puerto Plata, DR, the Valdivia International Film Festival is held annually in the city of Valdivia. It is arguable the most important film festival in Chile.^{[citation needed]}

• Animation: Founded in 1960, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival is the oldest international film festival dedicated exclusively to animation. The others are: Zagreb (f. 1972) Ottawa (f. 1976), Hiroshima (f. 1985), KROK (f. 1989), and Anima Mundi (f. 1992). There are also a variety of regional festivals in various countries.

• Asian Film Festival: Most notable amongst the Asian Film Festivals are the Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival, which was recently expanded to include Arab Cinema as well, and the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) and Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).

• African festivals Significant African festivals based on the continent include the biannual Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou FESPACO in Burkina Faso, the annual Durban International Film Festival which has grown in importance for industry with the addition of a co-production forum and Talent Campus.

• European festivals The biggest European festival is the Cannes film festival in France along with Berlin and Venice.

• Art and Technology: The Palo Alto International Film Festival, a program of the Palo Alto Institute, is the only film festival in the United States to celebrate the convergence of art and technology, by focusing on the influence of emerging technologies on cinema.

• Emerging Filmmakers: The KahBang Film Festival, part of the KahBang Music-Art-Film Festival in Bangor, Maine, is one of the newest film festivals in the United States to discover and showcase the work from Emerging Filmmakers throughout the world. Their programming continues to be unique by also showcasing the best new Comedy features, Music Documentaries, and Maine made films. Each year they honor one notable actor, actress, or filmmaker with the "Kevin Norwood Bacon Award for Achievement in Cinema", acknowledging the success the recipient has achieved in being so closely connected to Kevin Bacon. One of their films is screened in the KahBang Off Screen Category, "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" which connects the honored back to the man himself.

See also[link]

• List of film festivals
• List of short film festival
• Outdoor cinema

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Turan, Kenneth, Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made, Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2002, hardback, ISBN 0-520-21867-1.
• Watson, Nigel, "The Sense and Sensationalism of Film Festivals", Talking Pictures website

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Bae Doona (Hangul: 배두나; born October 11, 1979 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean actress and photographer. She is best known outside Korea for her role as the protagonist's political activist girlfriend, Cha Young-mi, in Park Chan-wook's film Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and as archer Park Nam-ju in The Host (2006).^[1]

Career[link]

Growing up, Bae would follow her mother, Kim Hwa-young, a famous stage actress in Korea, around the theater and rehearsal halls, learning the lines of dialogue as she went along. This did not initially lead Bae towards acting, saying: "People might say that since my mother is a theater actor, I became an actress. But to me, those experiences probably had the opposite effect. On the contrary, because I saw many great actors working with my mother, I thought this was a job only people with extraordinary talent could do."^[2]

A Hanyang University student in 1998, Bae was scouted by a model talent agency while walking in Seoul. This led to modeling clothing for COOLDOG's catalog, amongst others. In 1999 she made the switch to acting, debuting in the KBS TV drama School. Later the same year she appeared as Eun-suh in The Ring Virus, a Korean remake of the Japanese horror film Ring.

In 2000, director Bong Joon-ho cast her as Hyeon-nam in the film Barking Dogs Never Bite for her willingness to do the part without makeup, something other South Korean actresses were unwilling to do.^[3] In Kim So-young's documentary Women's History Trilogy (2000–2004), Bae notes her admiration for veteran South Korean actress Yoon Jeong-hee. Yoon returns the compliment saying "Bae Doo-na owns her world." In this same documentary, Bae shares how her own most memorable scene is being chased by the homeless man throughout the apartment in Barking Dogs Never Bite.^[4]

She followed this with two more critical successes, 2001's Take Care of My Cat, directed by Jeong Jae-eun,^[5] and 2002's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, directed by Park Chan-wook.^[6]

2003 was less kind to Bae, as she saw both Tube and Spring Bears Love flop at the box office. After completing principal photography on Spring Bears Love, Bae decided to take time off from film, saying: "I never lived even once without having anything to do. The moment a film was presented to the press, I was almost always already shooting the next one ... I thought by myself: now my first cycle is really over. While I rest a little, I wanted to make a fresh new start."^[2]

In her time off, Bae took up photography, much of which can be seen between her official blog and her published photo books.^[7] Bae finally stepped onto a theater stage in 2004, for a production of Sunday Seoul (not to be confused with the South Korean movie of the same title). The play was co-written by Park Chan-wook, whom she had previously worked with.^[2]

In 2005 Bae appeared in the Japanese film Linda Linda Linda,^[8] and in 2006 she worked with Bong Joon-ho again on The Host, currently the biggest grossing film in South Korean box office history.^[9]

In 2010 she won accolades for Air Doll, a film by Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda about an inflatable sex doll that develops a soul and falls in love.^[10][11][12]

Her sports film As One co-starring Ha Ji-won is based on the true story of the world table tennis championship held in Chiba, Japan in 1991 where North Korean player Li Bun-hui (Bae) and South Korean player Hyun Jung-hwa (Ha) overcame their difficulties and came together to defeat the unbeatable Chinese team. Ha and Bae were trained by Hyun herself, and Bae learned to play left-handed like Li.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Bae will make her Hollywood debut in Cloud Atlas as Sonmi~451, a clone in dystopian Korea.^[17] Co-directed by The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, the $100 million adaptation of David Mitchell's novel has begun filming and Warner Bros. is eyeing an October 2012 release.^[18]

Filmography[link]

Films[link]

• The Ring Virus (1999)
• Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)
• Plum Blossom (2000)
• Take Care of My Cat (2001)
• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
• Saving My Hubby (2002)
• Tube (2003)
• Spring Bears Love (2003)
• Linda Linda Linda (2005)
• Tea Date (short film, 2005)^[19][20]
• The Host (2006)
• Air Doll (2009)
• Doomsday Book (2012)
• As One (2012)
• Cloud Atlas (2012)

TV Dramas[link]

• Angel's Kiss (KBS, 1998)
• School (KBS, 1999)
• Ad Madness (KBS, 1999)
• Love Story - "Miss Hip-hop and Mr. Rock" (SBS, 2000)
• Look Back in Anger (KBS, 2000)
• Cruise Ship of Love (KBS sitcom, 2000)
• RNA (KBS, 2000)
• I Want To Keep Seeing You (SBS, 2000-2001)
• Mothers and Sisters (MBC, 2000-2001)
• 넌 사랑이라고 말하지, 난 욕망이라고 생각해 "You say it's love, but I think it's desire" (SBS Open Drama Man & Woman, 2001)^[21]
• Country Princess (MBC, 2003)^[22]
• Rosemary (KBS, 2003)
• Beating Heart (MBC, 2005)^[23]
• Someday (OCN, 2006)
• How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor (SBS, 2007)^[24]
• Master of Study (KBS, 2010)
• Gloria (MBC, 2010-2011)^[25][26]

Music Videos[link]

• You (Fish, 2000)
• Every Time I Look at You (Kang Kyun-sung, 2007)
• Tsumetai Ame (Every Little Thing, 2009)
• Seesaw (Hot Potato, 2010) Confession (Hot Potato, 2010)
• Temperature of Separation (Yoon Jong-shin feat. Yoo Hee-yeol, 2010)

Theater[link]

• Robert Zucco (2002) - Producer
• Sunday Seoul (2004) - Actress, producer
• The Visit (2008) - Producer

Hosting[link]

• Music Camp - MC (MBC, 1999)
• Radio TenTen Club - DJ (SBS, 1999)

Discography[link]

• Linda Linda Linda soundtrack (2005)
• we are PARAN MAUM (2005)^[27]
• Gloria soundtrack (2010)

Books[link]

• Doona's London Play (2006) - photo-essays
• Doona's Tokyo Play (2007) - photo-essays
• Doona's Seoul Play (2008) - photo-essays

TV/Print/Online Ads[link]

• COOLDOG, 꾸띠, i.n.v.u. [catalogs]
• TM21
• Lykea Cosmetics
• Binggrae - HeartU, HeartU Cool, Power Cap, Chew-ets
• Migliore
• Donga Otsuka DemiSoda
• Korea Association of Information & Telecommunication
• G-Rush
• Crencia
• Whisper P&G
• Ssamzie
• KT Nespot
• Tomato Savings Bank - Let's Love (Adoption PSA)
• LG PixDix
• 2008 Kia Sportage
• Eryn Brinie
• Make Up For Ever
• Suntory I love vegi
• Aladdin Bookstore
• Jack&Jill Urban Farm campaign
• Olleh Ebook

Awards and Nominations[link]

References[link]

External links[link]