Film festivals are a great way for young directors who don't have the pull to get their films into cinemas to show their work and recieve feedback. Festivals like sundance and others have given directors the chance to get their films noticed by major producers and turned into feature length films. An example of this is Alive in Joeburg becoming District 9 after Peter Jackson saw it at sundance.
Sundance film festival is an annualy film festival held by the Sundance Institue yearly in Utah. Aside from the Utah festival, there is also a Sundance festival in London. Sundance is the biggest independent film festival in America and host to almost 200 films annually. In 1984–85, the now well-established Sundance Institute, headed by Sterling Van Wagenen, took over management of the US Film Festival and changed the name to Sundance. Gary Beer and Van Wagenen spearheaded production of the inaugural Sundance Film Festival, which included Program Director Tony Safford and Administrative Director Jenny Walz Selby. The branding and marketing transition from the US Film Festival to the Sundance Film Festival was managed under the direction of Colleen Allen, Allen Advertising Inc., by appointment of Robert Redford.
Raindance is a film festival that takes place throughout major cities including: London, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Budapest, Berlin and Brussels. The Raindance Film School alumni list includes some of the most notable names in Hollywood, such as: Sacha Baron Cohen and Guy Ritchie. Raindance is not as popular as sundance but it still manages to innovate and expand, for example, they launched the worlds first 15 second short film competition alongside Nokia.
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