film festival

collocation in English

meaningsoffilmandfestival

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film
noun
uk
/fɪlm/us
/fɪlm/
mainly UK
a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling ...
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festival
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfes.tɪ.vəl/us
/ˈfes.tə.vəl/
a special day or period, usually in memory of a religious event, with its own social activities, food, ...
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(Definition offilmandfestivalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffilm festival

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Every year, there is a winter festival, a kids' festival and afilmfestival.
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Perhaps his speech will enlighten us as to what sport he found at thefilmfestival.
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It has the international festival, the fringe festival, the book festival, the jazz and blues festival, the science festival and the longest continually runningfilmfestivalin the world.
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It was originally a shortfilmfestival, but has since expanded to include feature films and horror themed music videos.
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It was part of the 60th anniversary of thefilmfestivaland it was a series of shorts by 33 world-renown film directors.
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It includes a pride parade andfilmfestivalevents.
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He then attends a strangefilmfestival, where he sees films retracing the history of his ancestors.
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After being re-dubbed, it was shown on the internationalfilmfestivalcircuit.
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The documentary is currently touring the internationalfilmfestivalcircuit, with a possible theatrical release scheduled for late 2009.
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The film drew acclaim from local critics and in the internationalfilmfestivalcircuit.
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It was later voted by the public as most popular film at thefilmfestival.
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This new effort gave the organization another aspect, different from being just afilmfestival.
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It is not always cited, for example, as a top pick infilmfestivalevents led by and for disabled people.
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She has been described as afilmfestivalregular even between films.
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In 2010, thefilmfestivalhad undergone some changes.
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The collection of art works is then put on display and auctioned off during thefilmfestival.
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Additional changes occurred during the 20thfilmfestival.
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The intention of thefilmfestivalis to encourage raw creativity among new filmmakers without relying on huge budgets.
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The film was not however a selection of thefilmfestival.
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