Film Festival

Definition: Film Festival

Film Festival

Noun

1. A cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year).

Crosswords: Film Festival

English words defined with "film festival": Cannes. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Film festival

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Some of the world's major film festivals:

European:
- Cannes Film Festival (South-East France)
- Berlin Film Festival
- Venice Film Festival
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic)
- Deauville American Film Festival (North-West France)
- International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands) (32nd edition: January 22 - February 2, 2003)
- CineMagic (Northern Ireland)
North American:
- Sundance Film Festival
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Montreal World Film Festival
- Image & Nation Montreal International Queer Film Festival
- Slamdance Film Festival
- New York Film Festival
- Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
- Seattle International Film Festival
- Tombstone Western Film Festival and Symposium (Western film)
- Newport International Film Festival
- Telluride Film Festival
- Anchorage Film Festival

External links and references

Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made, Kenneth Turan, University of California Press, hardback, ISBN 0520218671.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Film festival."

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Modern Usage: Film Festival

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

CBS Children's Film Festival (1967)

Afternoon Film Festival (1956)

First Opera Film Festival (1948)

Sundance Film Festival Dailies (2003)

Acapulco Black Film Festival (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Film Festival

Domain	Title
Books	The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide (2nd Edition) (reference) International Film Festival Guide (International Film Festival Guide, 3rd Ed) (reference) Party in a Box: The Story of the Sundance Film Festival (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ascrs Film Festival Winners - Video Cassette (reference) Festival Des Films Du Monde = World Film Festival (reference) Sydney Film Festival Program (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	The Best of the Acapulco Black Film Festival (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Film Festival

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Photo Album: Film Festival

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	A NOAA film crew documented the restoration work. The finished educational video won an award at the Houston World Fest Film Festival. The video outlined the restoration work and showcased the value of the Bay's marine resources.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		20th New York film festival Presented by The Film Society of Lincoln Center Sept. 24 - Oct. 10 / / RR [monogram].Credit: Library of Congress.
	The North American Jewish Students' Network presents Jewish student film festival on Sundays ...Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Film Festival

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Singapore	The three were told that they could be charged in court if they went ahead with a planned screening of the film at the Singapore International Film Festival. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Film Festival

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
film festival	504
cannes film festival	363
sundance film festival	312
los angeles film festival	136
toronto film festival	129
seattle international film festival	124
telluride film festival	53
sydney film festival	35
banff film festival	14
cannes international film festival	12
mill valley film festival	12
sundance film festival 2003	8
documentary film festival	7
rotterdam film festival	6
acapulco black film festival	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Film Festival

Language		Translations for "film festival"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		Stichting Filmfestival Rotterdam (Rotterdam Film Festival). (various references)

French		Festival du Film de Rotterdam (Rotterdam Film Festival). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� �"�祭 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		えいがさい. (various references)

Manx		feish fillym. (various references)

Pig Latin		ilmfay estivalfay

Swedish		filmfestival. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Film Festival

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	Words within the letters "a-e-f-f-i-i-l-l-m-s-t-v"
	-3 letters: illatives.
	-4 letters: families, festival, fetialis, filiates, filmiest, flamiest, illative, miffiest, tallisim, vitalise, vitalism.
	-5 letters: amities, elitism, estival, failles, fetials, fifties, filiate, fillets, fillies, filmset, iffiest, illites, laities, leftism, limiest, limites, mallets, mastiff, millets, misfile, mislive, semifit, taffies, tailles, tallies, vitelli.
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