• International Committee of World Film Festivals •

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Many film festivals are held all over the world. They are all on different subjects and thema. But they all have common goals and needs. The basic needs of festivals are to find films, communicate with directors, dialogue between countries and signing a strong organization. Many countries now have difficulties in doing this. First was for the Pandemic, then for the war, cause of the economic and political problems. Strong teamwork is needed to organize strong festivals. For this, strong committees and federations need to be formed. And for these purposes, we decided to establish our committee. All festivals that are non-political, non-commercial and sustainable can become members of our committee.

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     All independent festivals can become members:

          - Feature Film Festivals

          - Documentary Festivals

          - Tourism Film Festivals,

          - Short Film Festivals

          - Thematic Festivals

           (Music, Sport, Eco, Rural, Event, History etc.)

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      Independet Members:

           - Directors

           - Producers

           - Film Companies

           - Cinema representatives

           - Tourism professionals
           - Ministers of Culture and Tourism, managers

           - Actors and Actresses

           - Organizers

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The purpose of the committee: to bring together thematic film festivals all over the world, to increase dialogue between countries, strengthen film sharing between festivals, to develop cooperation between festivals, (film application, director information, official guest information) to create a strong federation image and develop new projects (film production, documentary and film projects, co-productions etc..). All this is inspired by a single denominator for the protection of our world and, above all, that of the generations to come: SUSTAINABILITY, as sanctioned by the United Nations in the "Agenda 2030". 

 

With the international meeting held in Istanbul on 24.11.2022, the International Committee of World Film Festivals (CINETOUR Committee) was established, open to all member countries of the United Nations, with the support of UNESCO and the Council of Europe. The works were opened with the greeting of the Director of the Council of Europe, Venice office, Mrs. Pavan. The meeting was attended by 30 founding members from 19 member countries. The CINETOUR committee, which aims to bring together all film festivals, directors, artists, media-culture-art representatives and many important personalities from the world, is the first and only committee in the world in this sense.

We continue our path as a big family with 64 member countries and nearly 100 festivals in 2024.

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We will be honored to see you and your country in this committee. Best Regards