A film festival is a mostly annual festival showcasing films, usually of a recent date, sometimes with a focus on a specific genre (e.g. animation) or subject (e.g. gay and lesbian film festivals).
The world's first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932; the other three major film festivals of the world (Cannes, Berlin and Locarno) date back to the 1940s and 1950s.
The festivals in Venice, Cannes, Berlin, Karlovy Vary and (since 2002) Locarno are listed as so-called "A festivals". New films may be screened at only one of these festivals.
South Beach Magazine (http://www.southbeach-usa.com/scene/scene1/miami-film-festival/miami-film-festival-2003.htm/) Article on the Miami International Film Festival.
Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made, Kenneth Turan, University of California Press, hardback, ISBN 0520218671.
The world's first major filmfestival was held in Venice in 1932; the other major filmfestivals of the world (Berlin, Cannes, Moscow and Karlovy Vary) date back to the 1940s and 1950s.
The Edinburgh International FilmFestival in Scotland was established in 1947 and is the longest continually running filmfestival in the world.
The Women of Color FilmFestival at University of California, Santa Cruz, founded in 1992, is the first filmfestival in the U.S. committed to the representation of women of color, by women of color.
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