[KineJapan] Timing of film festivals

[Eija Niskanen]

I started wondering how far (regionally) festival organizers look when
deciding on the time period of their festival within the
international/regional/national film festival circuit.

Take for ec. Yamagata Documentary FF 2023. YIDFF has marked days Oct 5 on.
If Busan Film festival happens as it has been happening for its run of some
25 years, it will take place Oct 4th on. Meaning these two would completely
overlap. Pre-pandemic YIDFF used to start Thursday the 2nd week of October,
so it was possible for many to go both to Busan and YIDFF. As Busan is de
facto the most important East Asian film festival now, many film critics,
film festival programmers etc. would have to go Busan only in 2023 and skip
YIDFF. Busan does have project markets etc. also for documentary
filmmakers.

Or does YIDFF count as having completely different participants than Busan?

Naturally I understand that festivals cannot just decide the dates they
want, but the supporters, such as the city of Yamagata might have offered
them venues only during the period starting Oct 5th.

-- 
Eija Niskanen
helsinkicineaasia.fi
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