Unit 4 Stage and screenUnit 4Stage and screen Today we travel to film festivals around the world to learn about their different histories and goals. Some of the festivals are major competitions, while others are smaller events to help draw attention to more experimental movies.One of the most famous film festivals in the world takes place in the French town of Cannes during twelve days in May. The Cannes Film Festival started in 1946 as a social gathering for showing movies. Later, the popular event developed into an important competition.The Venice International Film Festival starts in late August. Dating back to 1932, it is one of the oldest movie festivals in the world.Many film festivals have very specialized subjects. In Belgium you can go to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. For 26 years this festival has been showing science fiction and horror movies from around the world.If this event seems too frightening, you can attend the International Children's Film Festival in Frankfurt, Germany.In Turkey, the International Film Festival, which was first organized in 1982, shows movies about art, music，dance or literature.On any given day, a film festival is probably taking place somewhere around the world. Here we've only discussed a small number of them. These important and exciting events help to celebrate the art and industry of movies.在任何一天，世界上的某个地方都可能有一个电影节正在举行。[知识点击]1．experimental adj. 实验的2．developed into 发展成3．specialized adj. 专业的4．science fiction and horror movies 科幻和恐怖小说模块核心素养导航主题语境：人与自我主题群：文学与艺术语篇类型：记叙文文化意识语言能力(1)词汇知识：单词movement, transform, energetic, emotion, anger, combine, explosive, brief, escape, di...
