Film Festivals
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15 questions · Published January 23, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. In what U.S. city has the South by Southwest Film Festival been held since 1994?
Known for celebrating raw innovation and emerging talent both behind and in front of the camera, the SXSW Film Festival is held annually in Austin, Texas.
- Multiple Choice
2. In 1981, what legendary actor founded the Sundance Institute, which took over the U.S. Film Festival in 1985?
FUN FACT
The Sundance Institute and Film Festival are named for Robert Redford's character in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969).
- Multiple Choice
3. What does the "CA" stand for in the name Tribeca Festival, held each spring in New York City?
The Tribeca Festival (formerly the Tribeca Film Festival) is named for lower Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood, a syllabic abbreviation of "Triangle Below Canal Street."
- Multiple Choice
4. Who took home the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival for his debut feature, "Sex, Lies, and Videotape"?
Reportedly written on a legal pad during an eight-day cross-country drive, "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" (1989) marked the debut of Steven Soderbergh and heralded the arrival of an independent film movement that would dominate the 1990s. At Cannes, it won the top award (Palme d'Or), an acting prize for James Spader, and the FIPRESCI Award, recognizing enterprising filmmaking.
- Multiple Choice
5. What micro-budget thriller spurred the "found footage" phenomenon of the 2000s when it debuted at Sundance in 1999?
Thanks to an extremely clever online marketing campaign, "The Blair Witch Project" became a massive hit and ignited the "found footage" craze after it screened at Sundance in 1999.
While there had been "found footage" films previously, none used the format to its advantage as well as "Blair Witch," with many moviegoers heading into showings with the honest belief that the story was real.
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