Short film festivals

Short film festivals of the world:

•Sundance film festival (USA)•Cannes short film festival (France)•Palm springs international festival of short films (USA)•Aspen shortfest (USA)•Sydney film festival (Australia)•Toronto international film festival (Canada)•Short films festival (Japan)•London film festival (United Kingdom).

Sundance film festival

Background information:Founded – 1978.Number of films submitted – 200.Country of origin – United States of America.Venue/Location – Salt Lake City, Utah.Record number of attendees – 46,371.Types of film – Documentary, feature length and short films.Month of occasion – January.Notable films to come from the festival – “The midnight Cowboy”

Main information:The Sundance film festival was founded in the year of 1978, as the Utah film festival, before moving to the Sundance resort in 1984.The Sundance film festival showcases new work from up and coming American directors, as well as existing ones. Around 200 films are submitted to the festival every single year. Recognisable films that have become successful through their submission to the festival include “The midnight Cowboy”.

Cannes film festival

Background information:Founded – 1937.Number of films submitted – 1047.Country of origin – France.Venue/Location – Cannes, France.Record number of attendees – 200,000.Types of film – Feature length, Short, Documentary.Month of occasion – May.Notable films from the festival – “How to train your dragon”

Main information:Cannes film festival was first founded in the late 1930’s, when American and British cinematographers helped Jean Zay to set up an international cinematography festival.Since then, the month of May has seen an annual transformation of Cannes beach, from a holiday destination into an ideal film festival location.Cannes film festival is massive, with the record attendance standing at 200,000. Films such as “How to train your dragon” have been shown at Cannes.

Background information:Founded – 1954Number of films submitted – 161Country of origin – Australia.Venue/Location – Sydney, Australia.Record number of attendees – 110,000Types of film – Feature, short and documentaries and animations.Month of occasion – June.Notable films from the festival – “Frank”, “How to train your dragon”

Sydney film festival

Main information:The Sydney film festival is an annual film festival event hosted in the Australian city of Sydney, New South Wales. Having been around for 60 years, the Sydney film festival takes its place as one of the older film festivals of the world. Like many film festivals, the summer months are used for its duration. June sees films from all over the world submitted into the festival.Notable films from the Sydney film festival include “Frank”, which is set to come out soon.

Background information:Founded – 1976.Number of films submitted – 460 (Highest).Country of origin – Canada.Venue/Location – Toronto, Canada.Record number of attendees – 400,000Types of film – Short, Feature length and Animation.Month of occasion – May.Notable films from the festival – “127 hours”, “Black Swan”.

Toronto international film festival

Main information:The Toronto international film festival is one of the world’s largest film festivals in terms of attendance and the amount of space it uses. The festival is hosted across the city of Toronto, meaning that over 400,000 people were able to attended. The festival also boasts a high amount of films submitted, with 460 films as the highest ever submission total. A lot of the world’s famous and successful modern films have come from the Toronto international film festival, including: “127 hours” and “The Black Swan”.

The London film festival

Background information:Founded – 1956Number of films submitted – 300Country of origin – England (United Kingdom).Venue/Location – London, England.Record number of attendees – 56,847Types of film – Documentaries and Shorts.Month of occasion - OctoberNotable films from the festival – Timbuktu

More information:The London film festival is the UK’s largest cultural film event. The festival sees a collection of the world’s inspiring directors and new films presented to crowds of film fanatics. Unlike most film festivals, the London film festival is hosted in the Autumn, in the month of October. The London film festival does not boast a wide range of world wide success, but some notable shorts include “Timbuktu”.