Reading: Important film events around the world,M8U4 Films and film events,What award does it refer to?,the Academy Awards (Oscar),How many kinds of award does the Academy Awards have?,Best Leading Actor (最佳男主角) Best Supporting Actor (最佳男配角) Best Film Award (最佳影片奖) Best Performance Award (最佳表演奖) Best Director Award (最佳导演奖) Best Screenplay Award (最佳剧本奖) Best Original Song (最佳原创歌曲) Best Foreign Film (最佳外语片奖),Besides the Academy Awards, there are many other film festivals both at home and abroad. Can you name some of them ?,Lets have a look and say out which country they are from.,Cannes Film Festival Berlin International Festival Venice Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Shanghai International Film Festival Tokyo International Film Festival,France,Germany,Italy,Canada,China,Japan,we color your digital life,Fast reading,How many film festival representatives appear on the TV show? Which film festivals are mentioned in the transcript? 3. At which festival are you not likely to find Hollywood films?,six,The Sundance Film Festival. (Line 18),we color your digital life,Second reading,Read the transcript (Lines1032) and answer the following questions.,1.Why does Maria think it is appropriate for her to begin the discussion? 2.According to Kathy, whats the difference between the Venice Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival? 3.What is the policy of the Venice Film Festival?,Read the transcript (Lines1032) and answer the following questions.,1.Why does Maria think it is appropriate for her to begin the discussion?,The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. It is an annual festival that began in 1932. Our festival is part of a larger festival which applauds contemporary art. We view film as a particular type of contemporary art.,Read the transcript (Lines1032) and answer the following questions.,2.According to Kathy, whats the difference between the Venice Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival?,Unlike the Venice Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival only includes small, independent films. That is, the main criterion for being included is that the film must not be financed by Hollywood studios.,Read the transcript (Lines1032) and answer the following questions.,3.What is the policy of the Venice Film Festival?,Our policy is to include high-quality films, regardless of who makes them. We make no restrictions on the kinds of films we showas long as a films quality meets our standards, we include it.,Read the transcript ( Lines33-51) and do some true/false questions.,Cannes can make films famous. Cannes was started in 1939 in that the Berlin Film Festival only gave special attention to German and Italian films. 3. Hollywood films are in the majority at the Berlin Film Festival. 4. Hanz represents the Shanghai International Film Festival.,T,F,(If false, please correct them.),F,F,minority,Berlin,Venice,1979,independent/amateur,1939,large budget, well known actors/ directors,1951,most international,1976,2nd largest,1993,youngest / good reputation,we color your digital life,Reading strategy,Identifying similarities and differences,To find the similarities, look for words like _, _, _, _.,To find the differences, look for words like _, _, _.,Examples: Cannes is another festival that can make films famous./ only Cannes is bigger.,Examples: Unlike the Venice Film Festival/ The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world./ Our festival was founded in 1993, so we are perhaps the youngest festival.,and,also,another,comparatives,but,unlike,superlatives,we color your digital life,Post reading,After the TV show, several journalists want to have an interview with each representative.,Student A: Hello. Imfrommagazine/ newspaper. Its great honor for me to Student B: Our film festival,Role play,Group discussion: What makes a long-lasting, appealing and successful film festival?,1. Part E on page 53. 2. Learn the new words learnt in this period by heart. 3. Read this passage again and again to have a better understanding of the article.,Homework,Thank You !,we color your digital life,Cannes Film Festival,Hanz Muller,Berlin International Film Festival,Kathy Barnes,Sundance Film Festival,Maria Bella,Venice Film Festival,Mike Taylor,Toronto International Film Festival,Xu Li,Shanghai International Film Festival,