1st Berlin International Film Festival 1st Berlin International Film Festival The 1st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 6 to 17 June 1951. The opening film was Alfred Hitchcock's "Rebecca". At this very first Berlin Festival, the Golden Bear award was introduced, and it was awarded to the best film in each of five categories: drama, comedy, crime or adventure, music film, and documentary. This system disappeared already the following year, partly because films that year were voted on by the audience. The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: The following films were in competition for the
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