Berlin International Film Festival 110 countries. At some high-profile feature film premieres held during the festival, movie stars and celebrities are present on the red carpet. The Berlin International Film Festival was founded in West Berlin in 1951, with film historian Dr. Alfred Bauer as its first director, a position he would hold until 1976. Alfred Hitchcock’s "Rebecca" opened the first festival which ran from June 6-17th. Bauer was succeeded by film journalist Wolf Donner in 1976. After his first Berlinale in June 1977, he successfully negotiated the shift of the festival from the summer to February (February 22nd - March 5th 1978), a
Canadian Labour International Film Festival Canadian Labour International Film Festival The Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF) is a publicly attended film festival intended to be national in scope in 2007. The first iteration of CLiFF was held in 2009 across Canada in nine provinces and all three territories. More than forty locations participated in the inaugural year. According to its founder, CLiFF was intended to be a "truly national film festival", with locations screening work- and worker-related films across Canada. Although the first year of CLiFF was held on the weekend of 27, 28 November 2009, the festival organisers soon realised more flexibility was