Sentence examples for function of festivals from inspiring English sources

And that is the function of festivals like Cannes".

For years, the business function of festivals was straightforward: create excitement for independent films, and hope that distributors acquire them for release.

And as a result, the play fulfills the function of the festival, speaking directly to a young audience unfamiliar and perhaps uncomfortable with the idiom of the theater.

He acknowledged that it would take time to find a balance between the commercial purpose of Tribeca Film and the curatorial function of the festival, but described such accommodations as necessary.

Apparently, 25,000 police and security forces, 250 doctors, 100 ambulances, five bomb squads and 200 police boats were insufficient to ensure the smooth functioning of the festival.

One of the functions of a festival like Toronto's is to be a marketplace for films that, as yet, do not have a company lined up to distribute them in North America.

They go to all the big functions and festivals of the other communities so they can win their votes, but they never come to our events, they never ask us what we want.

It's about the rise of festivals and online dating replacing many of the nightclub's main functions.

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), formerly (1976 95) Festival of Festivals, film festival held annually in Toronto in September.

"There are a lot of festivals that are about selling movies, documentary festivals, festivals about food".

It's the future of festivals.