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Module 8 Unit 4
Films and film events 
The biggest film festival in the world
Oscar Academy Award
PART I Listen and Match
 Maria Shanghai FF
 Mike Cannes FF
 Hanz Venice FF
 Kathy Sundance FF
 Xu Li Berlin FF
 Isabel Toronto FF
 
1. Being the oldest film festival, the Venice Film Festival is held _________ and think of film as a particular type of _________art. 
2. Venice Film Festival will include a film as long as its quality ________ to standards, ________ makes them.
Venice Film Festival
annually 
 contemporary 
 caters 
 whoever 
 Sundance Film Festival 
boycotting 
promoting 
72 Festival de Cannes
Cannes Film Festival
largest
budgets
prefer/favor
Film Festivals Details
The Cannes 
Film Festival
 1.It is the _____ and most famous and exciting film festival.
2.It includes films made with large_____and have famous actors and directors.
3.It seems to _______ American films, although it shows a broad of films from different countries.
Presentation
Tips: Name of film event
 Starting time
 Features
 ...
Summary 
Try to summarize this passage 
history
features 
criterion
influence
policy
film festivals 
PART II Making inferences
1.Your film is made with small budget, you can’t go to______
 A. the Berlin Film Festival
 B. the Sundance Film Festival 
 C. the Cannes Film Festival 
 D. Venice Film Festival
2.Among the 6 film festivals, _________ have received criticism (批评) according to the passage.
 A. the Cannes 
 B. the Cannes and the Venice Film Festival
 C. the Academy Awards 
 D. the Berlin Film Festival
3. At which festival are you not likely to find Hollywood films?
 A. Cannes Film Festival 
 B. Berline Film Festival
 C. Venice Film Festival
 D. Sundance Film Festival
 
Gold Palm’s Winners 
?
1
Countries Times
America 18
Italy 12
England 8
France 9
Denmark 4
Japan 4
China 
Part III Critical thinking
1. Why do so many film festivals give awards to Hollywood films?
2. What makes it hard for Chinese films to be widely accepted in the events?
Part IV Writing
In order for Chinese films to go into international films, what can we do?
 (50 words)
'Jinju' Award
the best writer goes to __________ 
the best reviewer goes to__________ 
 “We will strengthen cultural exchanges with other countries, giving prominence to Chinese culture while also drawing on other cultures. We will improve our capacity for engaging in international communication so as to tell China’s stories well, present a true?and multi-dimensional?view of China, and enhance our country’s cultural soft power.”??
 ?--- President Xi Jinping
We still have a long way to go, but we are confident that we will get there.
Big ships sail far!
Homework
 Go over the transcript again and try to figure out the similarities of these film events;
 Design a slogan for Shanghai Film Festival to promote it to the world