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Important film events Important film events around the worldaround the world

Present background information Present background information about film festivalsabout film festivals

Which film festivals are mentioned in our text?

the Cannes Film Festival

the Berlin International Film Festival

the Sundance Film Festival

the Venice Film Festival

the Toronto Film Festival

the Shanghai International Film Festival

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1.How many film festival 1.How many film festival representatives appeared on the representatives appeared on the show?show?

3.What kind of films are you not 3.What kind of films are you not likely to find at Sundance Film likely to find at Sundance Film Festival?Festival?

sixsix

Hollywood filmsHollywood films

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• 1.True or false1.True or false

(1)Movie Magic(1)Movie Magic is a weekly is a weekly programme.programme.

(2)The Venice Film Festival is the (2)The Venice Film Festival is the youngest film festival in the worldyoungest film festival in the world..

oldest

(3)The Sundance Film Festival (3)The Sundance Film Festival includes those financed by includes those financed by Hollywood studios.Hollywood studios.

(4)Cannes can make films famous.(4)Cannes can make films famous.

(5)Hollywood films are in the (5)Hollywood films are in the majority at the Berlin Film majority at the Berlin Film FestivalFestival..

boycotts

minority

(6)Toronto International Film (6)Toronto International Film Festival gives some special Festival gives some special awards to Canadian films.awards to Canadian films.

(7)Hanz represents the Shanghai (7)Hanz represents the Shanghai International Film FestivalInternational Film Festival..

Xu Li

2.Detailed questions2.Detailed questions

(1)Which film festival views film as (1)Which film festival views film as a type of contemporary art?a type of contemporary art?

the Venice Film Festivalthe Venice Film Festival

(2)How did the Sundance Film Festival (2)How did the Sundance Film Festival come to be well known?come to be well known?

In 1981, Robert Redford, took over In 1981, Robert Redford, took over the festival and changed the focus to the festival and changed the focus to independent films. Since then it has independent films. Since then it has been well known.been well known.

(3)Why was the Cannes Film (3)Why was the Cannes Film Festival started?Festival started?

Because many people felt the Because many people felt the Venice Film Festival was giving Venice Film Festival was giving awards to only German and awards to only German and Italian films.Italian films.

(4)What is the difference between the (4)What is the difference between the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival?Festival?

Films shown at the Cannes Film Festival Films shown at the Cannes Film Festival are often made withare often made with large budgets and large budgets and have well-known actors and directors, have well-known actors and directors, while films from smaller countries have a while films from smaller countries have a real chance of winning in the Berlin Film real chance of winning in the Berlin Film Festival.Festival.

(5)(5)Which film festival gives out the Which film festival gives out the Golden Cup Award?Golden Cup Award?

the Shanghai International Film the Shanghai International Film FestivalFestival

3.Multiple choices:(模拟高考 )

(1)Your film is made with small budget, you can’t

go to ______. （细节题）

A. the Berlin IFF B. the Sundance FF C. the Cannes FF D. Venice FF

(2). If your film is not financed by Hollywood, you are going to ________. （细节题）

A. the Toronto IFF B. the Shanghai IFF

C. the Sundance FF D. the Venice FF

(3 )The Sundance FF belongs to _______. （细节题）

A. Germany B. Canada C. Italy D. US

4. Among the 6 film festivals, _________ have received criticism (批评 ) according to the passage. （细节题）

A. the Cannes B. the Cannes and the Venice FF C. the Academy Awards D. the Berlin IFF

5. Why was the Sundance FF not well known at the beginning?（细节题）

A because Robert Redford took it over. B because it was named the Utah at first C because of its improper focus. D both A and B

6. We can infer that ________.（推理题）

A the Cannes FF learnt a lesson from the Venice FF when it started. B the Sundance FF has become famous. C the Toronto FF is the 2nd largest FF. D Hollywood films are always with big budgets and well-known actors.

Further reading:Make a choice

Introduce your favorite film festival to others and try to persuade more films to display themselves in your film festival.

• Films that are likely to be overlooked at other festivals have a real chance of becoming champions in our festival.

• If your film wins an award at our festival, there is a good chance it will become famous

• Welcome to our film festival!• Why not come and join us? What are you

waiting for?• We can make your film famous. Show your film

in our festival!• I strongly recommend you to display your film in

our festival./recommend that you display your film in our festival.

Today we have learnt a transcript about film_______around

the world.There are six _________appearing on the show,who speak______________their own film festivals. Venice FF is the______film festival in the world and it ______film _____a contemporary art.Their policy is to________high-quality films,___________who makes them.They make no_________on the kinds of films,_________________a film’s quality meets their __________,they include it._________the Venice FF,the Sundance FF only includes small,__________films.The main ____________for being included is that the film must not be_____________by Hollywood studios.

I don’t like Cannes FF, because I think it _________the Academy Awards in Hollywood too much, but its__________,Isabel,_____________that Cannes has not lost its_________as the best International f f.My favorite f f is Berline I F F,because at this festival Hollywood f are in the ___________,while films that are________to be ___________at other f have a real chance of becoming champions.There are two more f fs__________in the transcript:Toronto f f and Shanghai International film festival,which is the

___________f and have__________from many different countries.

Post reading activities:

Discussion

Why do people hold so many different film festivals every few years or every other year?

• Review the article.Review the article.

• Exercises on workbook, p124 Exercises on workbook, p124 A1 & A2.A1 & A2.