FILM FESTIVALS ARE the result of corporate, civic or national ego. Film festivals are founded by corporations, municipalities or nations to demonstrate their cultural ethic and prove to a larger community that culture exists in the company, city or state.
A city like Leeds for example has a museum, an art gallery, a symphony orchestra, an opera and a film festival. The city fathers who assist in funding the Leeds Film Festival can certainly claim that the city of Leeds is a cultured place, and therefore more attractive to tourists. The revenue generated by the extra tourist traffic thus justifies any public money given to the festival. However, a film festival is usually last on the list of cultural events funded by public ...
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