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'''Film Festivals''' are events where new films are shown, usually to the peers of the people who made the films although many festivals are open to the public.

== Notable and Unusual Film Festivals ==

The "Big Five" festivals for live-action films, as of 2020, are the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in Cannes, [[France]]; the [[Venice Film Festival]] in [[Venice]], Italy, the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] in [[Berlin]], Germany, the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in [[Toronto]], Canada and the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in [[Utah]], USA.

The "Big Four" festivals for animated films, as of 2020, are the [[Annecy International Animated Film Festival]] in Annecy, [[France]]; the [[Ottawa International Animation Festival]] in Ottawa, [[Canada]]; the [[Hiroshima International Animation Festival]] in Hiroshima, [[Japan]]; and the [[Animafest Zagreb]] in Zagreb, [[Croatia]].

The [[Austin Film Festival]] (in Austin, [[Texas]], USA) has the biggest Screenplay Competition in the world.

The [[Sahara International Film Festival]] (in the Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf, [[Algeria]]) is the only film festival held in a refugee camp.