Film Festival Work Horror American Asian Movies Sundance

"Film festivals" are events where many movies are shown to share ideas and introduce "rising" (becoming more important and gaining popularity) producers. Some of them, like the Sundance Film Festival we talked about in English Café 8, are very well known. Other film festivals are more unusual and less well known.

The Slamdance Film Festival was created by a group of "filmmakers" (people who make movies) who were not accepted into the Sundance Film Festival, so they created their own event, which "has since" (since then has) become an annual festival that encourages filmmakers working on unusual projects.

Some film festivals "feature" (show) films in a particular "genre" (type of movie). For example, there are film festivals that specialize in "horror" (films intended to scare or frighten audiences). Each year, the Terror Film Festival and the Eerie Horror Film Festival are held in Philadelphia, and the Screamfest Horror Film Festival is held in California. These film festivals give "screenwriters" (people who write scripts for movies) and producers working in the horror genre an opportunity to "get greater exposure" (to have one's work seen by more people).

Other film festivals specialize in particular topics. For example, Frameline is an international "LGBT" (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenedered) film festival.

The Boston Irish Film Festival promotes Irish films. "Still other" (additional) film festivals recognize the work of particular groups of producers and screenwriters. The American Black Film Festival focuses on the work of African American artists and the San Diego Asian Film Foundation focuses on the work of Asian American and Asian artists.