Damon Wise The Icelandic film festival has been generating a buzz since it was founded in 2004, due to its bold slate of unconventional indie film from artists on the rise, fascinating talks and master classes by such film-makers as Atom Egoyan (Oct 4) and critics like Gerald Peary (Oct 2).
8i, a virtual reality software company focused on volumetric human capture, showcased its documentary, "#100humans" at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016, generating a maelstrom of interest, and helping cast a light on other projects at the forefront of 3D volumetric capture.
For a silent film festival, the Bristol Silents is certainly generating a lot of noise.
The latest international children's festival from the New Victory Theater has been generating a lot of zoem.
They did however acknowledge the importance of an Olympic games in generating a 'festival effect' with evidence that such a perception has the potential to increase the desire to participate in all aspects of the games, including the increased uptake of physical activity.
Celestial Halo's narrow defeat to Punjabi in Tuesday's Champion Hurdle was the lone setback in his assault on Cheltenham's grandest prizes, which helped generate a record seven Festival winners for Walsh.
Last year, a survey by the Center of Economics and Business Forecasting of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce found 77.2percentt of Thai respondents planned to attend festival events, generating an estimated 11.1 billion baht in spending.
Using Twitter to generate a "buzz chart", festival-goers can pick their way between up-and-coming acts on the bill, including Egyptian Hip Hop, Chiddy Bang and Architects.
Attracting more than 80,000 music fans every year, the festival generates a significant economic boost for Scotland - and Perthshire.
In a slumping music business such events pack a box office punch: the top five American festivals generated a combined $60 million in ticket sales last year, according to Billboard magazine's estimates.
The festival is projected to generate a total economic benefit in the vicinity of $25 million with approximately 28% of all ticketed attendances by visitors from interstate and overseas.
