The Three Continents Festival (
French: ''Festival des 3 Continents'') is an annual film festival held since 1979 in
Nantes
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, France, devoted to the cinemas of
Asia
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,
Africa
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, and
Latin America
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. It was founded by Philippe and Alain Jalladeau.
[Deccan Herald]
, "Films from three continents", Retrieved 15 December 2008 The top award in the festival's competition is the balloon-shaped
Montgolfiere d'or.
[ In conjunction with the festival is the Produire au Sud ("Producers of the South"), a project that provides funding to independent film productions from Asia, Africa, and Latin America.][
]
List of Montgolfière d'or winners
Further reading
*''Asia's magic lantern''
*Festival of Three Continents
*''Ain't It Cool'', "Euro-AICN: Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes; PrisonFish; Speed of Light; Bond; Shame'sPhotos; Pinocchio; StarWars"
*''Soul Beats Africa'', "3 Continents Film Festival – Africa, Asia, Latin America"
*''The Cunning Canary'',
References
External links
Nantes Three Continents Festival
at the Internet Movie Database
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ...
Three Continents Festival Official websiteftvdb.bfi.org
Film festivals established in 1979
Film festivals in France
Tourist attractions in Nantes
Latin American film festivals
1979 establishments in France
Film festivals about African cinema
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