WordNet
n. a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year)
Wikipedia
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon the festival's focus, can include international and domestic releases. Some festivals focus on a specific film-maker or genre (e.g., film noir) or subject matter (e.g., horror film festivals). A number of film festivals specialise in short films of a defined maximum length. Film festivals are typically annual events. Some film historians do not consider Film Festivals as official releases of film, like Jerry Beck. The best known film festivals are the Venice Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the Toronto Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and the Berlin International Film Festival, the latter being the largest film festival worldwide, based on attendance. The Venice Film Festival is the oldest major festival. The Melbourne International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the oldest in the world.
Usage examples of "film festival".
He had tried to get it shown at a film festival in Houston and had run into the suspicious difficulties.
Her eyes lingered on the one decoration: A New York Film Festival poster of Abel Ganz's Napoleon.
The city even has an annual film festival, sponsored by the Crypto-Linguistic Association.
Half a dekarev later, the Pandemonium Traveling Film Festival began showing a double feature to packed houses: The Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl, and Dr.
It's been in the Berlin film festival, but I haven't heard back about it.
We can have another night of the film festival when we get back, what do you say?
The yacht is booked for two weeks because Lorenzo wants to visit the Cannes Film Festival.
She was, of course, keenly interested in cinema, and her White House film festival was fast approaching.
Or that the famed French film festival is held at a place called Cannes?
To spice up the stew even more, after it had been out a while and begun winning nominations and prizes, Arlen announced at the Berlin Film Festival that she was retiring from acting.