15 Most Prestigious Film Festivals In The World
The thought of "category A festival" just isn't formally defined, but this is why prestigious international shows using a non-specialized competitive program are traditionally called.
Many of the major and prestigious film festivals are accredited through the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF). FIAPF was formed in 1933, and after this it contains 34 associations (including the Guild of Russian Producers) from 29 countries. As well as the "licensing" of festivals, FIAPF's subject of interest includes issues related to the regulation and unsafe effects of work processes while in the film and television industry: modernization of copyright legislation, combating piracy, the introduction of digital technologies, standardization, work while using media, etc. While using the issuance of FIAPF accreditation, the idea of "class A" festivals (that is, the favourite, status events) is associated, which has recently become conditional, but remains preserved inside journalistic dictionary. It is actually understood that such festivals are held in countries where there is a long-term cinematic tradition, have a very non-specialized competition for at least 12 full-length films (usually premieres but not involved in competitions of other international film festivals) from different countries, a world jury and official support from nys level. There is not more than one "A" class festival in almost any given country.
Berlinale
Berlin, Germany / founded in 1951
The primary class "A" festival within the FIAPF calendar, starting noisy . February, actually is as well just about the most significant (and most likely the favorite in the world). The Berlinale levels of competition are being formed to be sure a broad representation of European cinematographies. It's also believed that films shot from the traditional manner and flicks with political themes tend to be often selected here.
Curators compose individual programs presented with the festival independently, without considering applications from outside. Nevertheless, films of less experienced directors who find it difficult to enter into the key competition is probably included in the reduced programs Panorama (international art house cinema), Forum (experimental films), Generation (children and youth films ), Berlinale Shorts (short film). New Russian cinema is already shown in the competition with the Berlin Festival (remember Boris Khlebnikov's Long Happy Life) as well as in programs on the lower rank (recent films by Alexei Mizgirev and https://greenhornfestival.com/ (click the following page) Anna Melikyan).
The Berlin Film Festival also hosts the extremely large European Film Market, comparable in proportion to Cannes (last year, the organizers claim over 8,000 participants from 107 countries showing 784 films to the market) and a co-production market. They can't forget about the continuing development of young talents, inviting those to be in the projects Berlinale Residency (a three-month residence in Berlin with a scholarship of 1,500 euros for directors or screenwriters, who definitely are helped by experts to get projects to mind) and Berlinale Talents (short-term training programs for annually recruited teams of film school students from round the world).
Festival de Cannes
Cannes, France / founded in 1946
Cannes is easily the most reputable (though not the oldest) film festival around the planet. It is rather nearly impossible to find here, but a very opportunity, as practice shows, always remains. A newbie director, naturally, should never seriously count on stepping into the chief programs (the main competition, "Special Look", special screenings, out-of-competition section), but lower-ranked programs - "Cinefondation" (student films), short films competition are relatively accessible. Besides the above, the parallel program "Directors Fortnight", which was published by the French Guild of Film Directors way back in 1969, is well known and quite often ends up being believe it or not interesting than the key competition.
The respectful attitude of Cannes towards Soviet and Russian cinematic tradition is manifested at the very least in the fact that the festival website and the chief documents essential for filing an application are translated into Russian. There's no need to go far for samples of Russian films that received awards in Cannes: this current year the prize for the best script was awarded to Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan, plus 2012, Taisiya Igumentseva took the primary prize of the Cinefondation competition (since the Cannes rules need a screen full-length debut with the winner, another picture of Mrs. Igumentseva was shown for the festival, albeit beyond competition).
Probably the most prestigious festival, naturally, had been buy the largest film market. In 2014, in excess of 11,000 professionals reached France, representing about 5,000 companies from 116 countries. 5,200 films were presented with the film market, 960 of which have screenings (in many cases, premieres).
