Film Festivals

Introduction

“…31 To carry on with Wong's idea that it is hard to paint a film festival with "a single brushstroke," one may argue that, like an impressionist painting, a closer look at the circuit reveals different unmixed hues but that the wider picture gives the false impression that the colors blend. 32 On the contrary, the circuit is characterized by "diversity, differentiation and hierarchical stratification," which explains why scholars use a few other metaphors to describe it. 33 Some thus prefer the image of the "archipelago," which is perfect to describe the "rupture and continuity" of the circuit and to differentiate large-scale festivals like Cannes, Berlin, or Venice-the "Big Three"-from the constellation of other festivals.…”