Editing Film festival (section)

=== North American film festivals ===
[[Tribeca Festival]], one of the most prestigious in North America, ranks first worldwide in terms of audience attendance and 11th in terms of media attendance.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DaVega |first1=Stephen W. |title=Film Festival Rankings |url=https://soma.sbcc.edu/users/davega/FILMPRO_175_PRODUCTION_I/FILMPRO_175_06_Post_Production_Reference/FILM_FESTIVAL_RANKINGS/FilmfestRanking_V02_byDaVega.pdf |website=SBCC..educ |publisher=Santa Barbara City College |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>

The [[San Francisco International Film Festival]], founded by Irving "Bud" Levin in 1957, is the oldest continuous annual film festival in the United States. It highlights current trends in international [[filmmaking]] and [[video production]] with an emphasis on work that has not yet secured American distribution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OUR HISTORY {{!}} San Francisco Film Festival |url=https://history.sffs.org/our_history/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=history.sffs.org}}</ref>

The [[Newport Beach Film Festival]], founded by Gregg Schwenk in 1999, has emerged as the largest international cinema event in coastal [[Southern California]], attracting over 56,000 attendees to [[Orange County, California|Orange County, CA]]. The Festival partners with over 40 [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit organizations]] and pairs each with a film that aligns with their mission. The films featured include World, North America, U.S. and West Coast premieres as well as the International Spotlight Series which celebrates foreign language films.

The [[Vancouver International Film Festival]], founded in 1958, is one of the largest film festivals in North America. It focuses on East Asian films, Canadian films, and nonfiction films. In 2016, there was an audience of 133,000 and 324 films.

The [[Toronto International Film Festival]], founded by Bill Marshall, Henk Van der Kolk, and Dusty Cohl,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Organization - TIFF History|url=http://www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca/abouttiff/organization/tiffhistory|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825030348/http://www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca/abouttiff/organization/tiffhistory|archive-date=2010-08-25|access-date=2010-09-21}}</ref> is one of North America's most important film festivals, and is the most widely attended.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-09-04|title=Toronto Film Festival: Why the festival matters|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-23681679|access-date=2022-02-20}}</ref>

The [[Chicago International Film Festival]], founded in 1964, is North America's longest-running competitive film festival. The 60th Chicago International Film Festival, scheduled during the month of October, will host over 40,000 attendees from around the world. The Festival's program, screening 175+ films from more than 50 countries, is presented in sections including the International Competition, New Directors Competition, Documentary, Black Perspectives, City & State, and Special Presentations.

The [[Cleveland International Film Festival]] (CIFF), founded in 1977, is largest film festival in [[Ohio]] and among the longest-running in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.clevelandfilm.org/about |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=www.clevelandfilm.org}}</ref>  The film festival is held at the [[Playhouse Square]], which are a series of elegant theaters built in the early 1920s, and the largest performing arts center in the United States outside of [[New York City]] (only [[Lincoln Center]] is larger).<ref>{{cite web |title=Playhouse Square |website=Cleveland Historical |publisher=[[Cleveland State University]] |url=https://clevelandhistorical.org/items/show/61 |access-date=July 1, 2023 |quote=By the turn of the twenty-first century, all of the original theaters were again hosting performances, constituting the nation's second largest performing arts complex after New York's Lincoln Center.}}</ref>

The [[Ottawa Canadian Film Festival]], abbreviated OCanFilmFest, was co-founded by Ottawa-based filmmakers Jith Paul, Ed Kucerak, and Blair Campbell in 2015. It features films of various durations and genres from filmmakers across Canada.

The [[Sundance film festival|Sundance Film Festival]] founded by [[Sterling Van Wagenen]] (then head of Wildwood, Robert Redford's company), John Earle, and Cirina Hampton Catania (both serving on the Utah Film Commission at the time) is a significant festival for independent film.

The [[Woodstock Film Festival]] was launched in 2000 by filmmakers Meira Blaustein and Laurent Rejto to bring high-quality, independent films to the [[Hudson Valley]] region of [[New York (state)|New York]]. In 2010, [[Indiewire]]  named the Woodstock Film Festival among the top 50 independent film festivals worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=50 Film Festivals |url=http://www.indiewire.com/festival/browse/a-z/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713114227/http://www.indiewire.com/festival/browse/a-z/ |archive-date=2010-07-13  |website=IndieWire }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ballinger |first=Barbara |date=2012-09-18 |title=Hudson Valley Film Festivals: Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock and FilmColumbia in Chatham |url=https://hvmag.com/uncategorized/hudson-valley-film-festivals-woodstock-film-festival-in-woodstock-and-filmcolumbia-in-chatham/ |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Hudson Valley Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Regina International Film Festival|Regina International Film Festival and Awards (RIFFA)]]<ref name="riffa.ca">{{cite web|title=Regina International Film Festival And Awards|url=http://www.riffa.ca|website=riffa.ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=International Film Festival coming to Regina|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2157506/international-film-festival-coming-to-regina/|first = Britton|last = Gray |date = August 11, 2015|work = Global News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Regina International Film Festival to be held in October |work = CBC News|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/regina-international-film-festival-to-be-held-in-october-1.3185913|date = August 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name= "leaderpost.com">{{cite web |date=21 September 2015|title=Regina set to compete on the international stage|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/regina-set-to-compete-on-the-international-stage}}</ref> founded by John Thimothy,<ref name="leaderpost.com" /> one of the top leading international film festivals in western Canada ([[Regina, Saskatchewan]]) represented 35 countries in 2018 festival. RIFFA annual Award show and red carpet arrival event are getting noticed in the contemporary film and fashion industries in [[Western Canada]].

Toronto's [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival|Hot Docs]], founded by filmmaker Paul Jay, is a North American documentary film festival. Toronto has the largest number of film festivals in the world,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hot Docs |url=https://www.documentary.org/tags/hot-docs |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en}}</ref> ranging from cultural, independent, and historic films.

The [[Seattle International Film Festival]], which screens 270 features and approximately 150 short films, is the largest American film festival in terms of the number of feature productions.<ref name=":5" />

The [[Expresión en Corto International Film Festival]] is the largest competitive film festival in [[Mexico]]. It specializes in emerging talent and is held in the last week of each July in the two colonial cities of [[San Miguel de Allende]] and [[Guanajuato]].

Other Mexican festivals include the [[Guadalajara International Film Festival]] in [[Guadalajara]], [[Oaxaca Film Fest]], the [[Morelia International Film Festival]] in Morelia, Michoacan [[Mexico]], and the [[Los Cabos International Film Festival]] founded by [[Scott Cross (film director)|Scott Cross]], [[Sean Cross]], and Eduardo Sanchez Navarro, in [[Los Cabos]], [[Baja Sur]], Mexico are considered{{by whom|date=October 2021}} the most important film festivals in Latin America. In 2015, [[Variety (magazine)|''Variety'']] called the [[Los Cabos International Film Festival]] the "Cannes of Latin America".<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Saperstein|first1=Pat|date=2015-11-16|title=Los Cabos Film Festival Creates Exclusive Atmosphere for Dealmaking|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/los-cabos-film-festival-creates-exclusive-atmosphere-for-dealmaking-1201641119/|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>