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The world's first international film festival. Known as the "Father of International Film Festivals". It was founded in Venice, Italy, on August 6, 1932. The main purpose is to improve the artistic level of film. After the second session in 1934, it is held every year from the end of August to the beginning of September for a period of two weeks. From 1943 to 1945, it was temporarily suspended due to World War II. After the war, it was resumed in 1946. From 1932 to 1942, the awards were divided into best feature films, documentaries, short films, Italian films, foreign films, and awards for best directors, screenwriters, actors and actresses, photography, music, etc. In addition, there are special awards, comprehensive awards, "Mussolini Cup", "Biennial Cup", etc. From 1946 to 1948, the "Mussolini Cup" was cancelled. In 1949, the "St. Mark's Golden Lion Award", "St. Mark's Silver Lion Award", "St. Mark's Bronze Lion Award" and so on were added.

Venice International Film Festival is located in Venice, Italy. It is the earliest international film festival in the world. It was founded in 1932 and is known as the father of international film festivals. Only a few countries and more than 20 films participated. The Italian government allocated funds and built a film palace specifically for the film festival, so the scale gradually expanded. At the beginning of World War II, the Italian government embarked on a fascist path and gave its awards activities a fascist flavor. German and Italian films frequently won awards, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the film circles in Britain, the United States, France and other countries. Filmmakers from anti-fascist countries refused to participate. The film festival had to be shut down. It was not restored until 1946. The Venice International Film Festival, like other large international film festivals, has its own purpose: to reward valuable, creative and outstanding films from all over the world that are suitable for international distribution and screening, and to promote exchanges and exchanges between film workers from all over the world. Cooperate and facilitate the development of film trade. At the same time, different slogans are put forward for each session according to different situations.

The general content of the film festival is as follows: First, the awards activities. There are many awards established by the Venice Film Festival, including the St. Mark's Golden Lion Award, St. Mark's Silver Lion Award, St. Mark's Bronze Lion Award, Italian Film Critics Award, International Film Critics Award, International Catholic Organization Award, International Film Press Association Award, Documentary Awards, etc. An authoritative review committee must be formed before awarding. Chinese directors Xie Jin and Chen Kaige have both served as judges. Chinese films have frequently won awards at Venice since the 1980s. Sundance Film Festival

The world's premier independent film festival. The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival dedicated to unknown filmmakers and films. Founded by Robert Redford in 1984, after years of accumulation, this small American film festival has become an important spiritual pillar of the independent film industry. Many emerging Hollywood directors regard it as the basis for directing mainstream commercial blockbusters. springboard. When major Hollywood production companies are looking for new talents, the "Sundance Film Festival" is a human resource pool not to be missed. The annual Sundance Film Festival is held in Park City, Utah, USA, from January 18th to 28th every year for 11 days. Tokyo International Film Festival

The Tokyo International Film Festival (T.I.F.F), which began in 1985, is one of the nine major A-class film festivals in the world today. Sponsored by the Tokyo International Image Culture Promotion Association and the Tokyo International Film Festival Organizing Committee. The film festival is scheduled to be held from late October to early November every year. Aimed at discovering newcomers and rewarding young directors, it is required that the directors of the official participating films should not produce more than three films. Therefore, most of the shortlisted directors are new generation filmmakers. It is already recognized by the International Film Festival Alliance and is as famous as the famous film festivals such as Shana and Venice, and is the largest film festival in Asia. It has been held annually since 1992. Berlin International Film Festival

Formerly known as the West Berlin International Film Festival, it is one of the top international film festivals in Europe. It was planned by Alfred Bauer in the early 1950s and received support and help from the then Federal German government and the film industry. The first session was held in West Berlin from the end of June to the beginning of July 1951.

The main awards include the Golden Bear Award and the Silver Bear Award. The Golden Bear Award is awarded to the best feature film, documentary, scientific and educational film, and artistic film; the Silver Bear Award is awarded to the best director, actor or actress, screenwriter, music, photography, art, youth work, or feature film with special achievements. In addition, there are International Criticism Awards, Special Jury Awards, etc. In the 1980s, 30 to 40 countries and regions participated every year, and 200 to 300 films were screened. The film festival is held annually. Since 1978, in order to compete with the Cannes International Film Festival in France, it has been held for two weeks from the end of February to the beginning of March.

The Berlin International Film Festival was founded in 1951 on the initiative of the United States or, in a broader sense, the three Western Allies. In the following ten years, the festival has established itself as an important player in Berlin's cultural life.

Ingmar Bergman, Satyajit Ray, Michelangelo Buonarroti Antonioni, Roman Polanski and French New Wave directors Jean-Luc Godard, Fran Sauvage Truffaut and Claude Chabrol both achieved great international success with their films at the Berlin Film Festival.

A period of apparent stagnation began in the mid-1960s. In 1971, the International Forum for New Cinema was founded in addition to traditional film competitions. In 1974, the first Soviet film appeared at the festival, followed a year later by East German films. The political climate changed and a treaty was signed between West Germany and East Germany. Since then, the Berlinale has repositioned itself as a mirror of international film production, allowing the festival to play a more important cultural and political role in the convergence and mediation between East and West.

Today, the Berlin International Film Festival has become the most important international film festival together with Cannes, Venice and other film festivals. Its significance is not only to attract a large audience, but also to attract many filmmakers. Nearly 3,000 journalists from newspapers, magazines, the Internet, radio and television stations from more than 60 countries flocked to the event, and the public film screenings alone attracted more than 350,000 guests every year.

The most important part of the Berlin Film Festival is the competition unit with the participation of films from all over the world. At the end of the competition, the international jury will award the main awards of the film festival.

The Berlin Film Festival discovered a large number of film directors whose status has now been written into the history of cinema. Berlin International Film Festival winners include Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michelangelo Buonarroti Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, Ingmar Bergman, West Germany Nee Lumet, Claude Chabrol, Roman Polanski, Satyajit Ray, Carlos Saura, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, Robert Altman, John Cassar Wiz and many others. Festival De Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival was established in the summer of 1939. During this period, due to financial factors such as the Second World War and the "May Revolution" in 1968, it was held intermittently for several years. The film festival after 1969 Sportswear became increasingly stable, and "Directors' Fortnight" was added. After 1971, market transactions became more and more popular...

In just two weeks, the festival’s activities are divided into six projects: “Formal Competition”, “Directors’ Fortnight”, “A Certain Gaze”, “Critics’ Week”, “French Film” New Look" and "Exhibition on the Market Side of the Conference". There are two groups of judges who judge feature films and short films respectively. The "formal competition" part is composed of people from the film and cultural circles from various countries. The candidates are all well-known directors, actors, screenwriters, film critics, soundtrack composers, etc. One of them serves as the chairman. However, the chairman often affects the objectivity of the award review, so it has been criticized in recent years. In addition, in the non-competition part, the main purpose is to promote new talents and allow outstanding non-commercial films to have the opportunity to be screened in public. "Directors' Fortnight" and "Un Certain Regard" have already discovered many potential or existing films. successful director.

As for the awards, they are divided into "Palme d'Or" and "Special Jury Award". The first award belongs to the grand prize and is regarded as the best film, symbolizing the director's highest honor. The awards are usually awarded to one to three outstanding works. In addition, there are some individual awards with many names, such as: "Best Director Award", "Best Acting Award", "International Young Critics Award", etc. The competition section usually selects 24 films from around the world, and serves as the opening or closing film. It does not participate in the competition. Cairo International Film Festival

Founded in 1976, it is organized by the Egyptian Film Writers and Critics Association. host. From November 7th to 18th every year, the highest award is the Pyramid Award; the purpose of this film festival is to develop the world's film industry and promote mutual understanding and exchange of experiences between countries. It stipulates that all purely artistic feature films, documentaries, and short films without political overtones can participate in the exhibition and competition. The award established by the film festival is named after Nefertiti, the queen of King Aminophis IV of ancient Egypt. Nefertiti was famous for her beauty, and her statue is still preserved in the Cairo Museum. The Nafetiti Film Awards are the grand prizes, awarding the best feature film, best documentary, and best short film. In 2009, Cairo changed the International Film Festival Grand Prix to the Pyramid Awards. The Pyramid Silver Awards are awarded to the best director, best actor and actress, etc. Montreal International Film Festival

Founded in 1977, it is held from August 25 to September 4 every year. The highest award is the Americas Award; it is held every August in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The organizers hope to see the world through movies, so it is called the "World Film Festival". The Montreal World Film Festival has many activities, including feature film and short film competitions; and there are many awards, but not many projects are actually judged and awarded in each session. The film festival awards the "International Film Critics Award" to the films participating in the competition every year. In addition to the competition, there are various special screenings and seminars.

Kinema Junpō

The "Movie Junpō", founded in 1919, began to select the best films of the year in 1924. Initially, it only selected the best foreign films; from 1925, foreign films were divided into art films and entertainment films. Selection was carried out in two categories; starting from 1930, the selection was divided into "Japanese modern films", "Japanese costume films", "foreign silent films" and "foreign sound films"; after that, it was fixed as the 10 best Japanese films of the year and the 10 best Japanese films of the year. Selection of four categories: Best Foreign Film, Best Japanese Film Director, and Best Foreign Film Director.

The "Top Ten of the Year" was the most authoritative film award before the war. With the arrival of the post-war film boom period, more and more annual film selection projects are becoming "Oscar-like", divided into best Japanese film, best foreign film, best director, screenwriter, male and female starring, male and female Supporting roles, emerging actors and actresses, etc., and expanded reader participation. The above awards are also selected by readers. RAZZIE Awards

Presented by John. Established by Wilson in 1981 and selected by the "Golden Strawberry Awards Foundation", it is an award that rivals the Oscars and specifically judges the worst films and worst actors in Hollywood. It is selected once a year. The winners are announced on March 24 each year, the eve of the Oscars. The list of winners is sometimes not the worst of the year (but most of the time it's not much better), but the main theme is "loss". Therefore, some big-budget movies or cross-border performances by big-name singers often win the prize because of their popularity! Every year, the winners are deliberately announced the day before the Oscars. New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Chicago Film Critics Circle Awards

It is one of the three major film critics awards in the United States. one.

Independent Spirit Awards

Established in 1985. Specially commending low-cost films, it has now become the highest honor award in the independent film industry in the United States and should not be underestimated.

The awards ceremony is held in late March every year.

National Board of Review Awards

One of the bellwethers of the American Oscars.

Internet movie awards

The most well-known online film awards with the largest number of participants. All award-winning films are without exception major Hollywood productions. Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic

Founded in 1946, it is held from July 5 to 15 every year. The highest award is the Crystal Ball Award

Moscow, Russia Moscow International Film Festival

Founded in 1959, it runs from July 16th to 29th every year. The highest award is the Holy Film Festival. George Award

Spain International Film Festival (San Sebastian International Film Festival)

Founded in 1953, held from September 21st to 30th every year, the Shell Award is the highest prize

Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina

Founded in 1989, it is held from November 6 to 25 every year. The highest prize is the Phytolacca Award. .

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