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== Festival administration == {{More citations needed section|date=December 2020}} === Business model === Although there are notable for-profit festivals such as [[South by Southwest|SXSW]], most festivals operate on a nonprofit membership-based model, with a combination of ticket sales, membership fees, and corporate sponsorship constituting the majority of revenue. Unlike other arts nonprofits (performing arts, museums, etc.), film festivals typically receive few donations from the general public and are occasionally organized as nonprofit business associations instead of public charities. Film industry members often have significant curatorial input, and corporate sponsors are given opportunities to promote their brand to festival audiences in exchange for cash contributions. Private parties, usually to raise investments for film projects, constitute significant "fringe" events. More prominent festivals maintain year-round staff frequently engaging in community and charitable projects outside the festival season. === Entry fee === While entries from established film professionals are usually considered pluses by the organizers, most festivals require new or relatively unknown filmmakers to pay an entry fee to have their works considered for screening. This is especially so in more significant film festivals, such as the [[Calcutta International Cult Films Festival]], [[Jaipur International Film Festival]], [[Toronto International Film Festival]], [[Sundance Film Festival]], [[South by Southwest]], [[Montreal World Film Festival]], and even smaller "boutique" festivals such as the [[Miami International Film Festival]], [[British Urban Film Festival]] and [[Mumbai Women's International Film Festival]]. On the other hand, some festivals—usually those accepting fewer films and perhaps not attracting as many big names in their audiences as do [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance]] and [[Telluride Film Festival|Telluride]], require no entry fee. Many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the [[Stony Brook Film Festival]] on [[Long Island]], the [[Northwest Filmmakers' Festival]], and the Sicilian Film Festival in [[Miami]]), are examples. The [[Portland International Film Festival]] charges an entry fee but waives it for filmmakers from the [[Northwestern United States]], and some others with regional focuses have similar approaches. Several film festival submission portal websites exist to streamline filmmakers' entries into multiple festivals. They provide databases of festival calls for entry and offer filmmakers a convenient "describe once, submit many" service. === Screening out of competition === The core tradition of film festivals is competition, or judging which films most deserve various forms of recognition. Some festivals, such as the famous [[Cannes Film Festival]], may screen films that are considered close to competition-quality without being included in the competition; the films are said to be screened "out of competition".
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