International festivals share at least one thing in common, regardless of how different they are or how diverse the groups they target. Whatever their audience, they are designed and organised to create, in a specific place and at a specific time, a community to which they offer meaningful content, while also fostering inclusion and the well-being of every participant. These are spaces that enable shared moments between different people and ideas – spaces of coexistence and (inter)cultural exchange.
The same applies to film festivals, whether aimed primarily at film audiences or industry professionals, whether their programmes focus mainly on curated selections or competitive strands and whether they prioritise marketing, training or audience development. What role, then, do the most prominent film festivals in Slovenia play? Whom do they bring together and what kinds of communities do they create?
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