Treasure hunt

Festivals

As you know, these days is held the Barcelona Jewish Film Festival.

But do you know much about it and about other festivals in your city? Answer the following questions using the links provided:

- Why did this festival born?
- Do you only see films or are there parallel activities aside from the event?
- Which are the aims of the festival?
- When did the feast day of St Emeterius (Sant Medir) first take place?
- In which festival are we if we can buy handicrafts, visit food stalls and see performances?
- Are there other jewish festivals around the world?
- Film festivals are an alternative to... See this video:

Spot SF INDIE Film Festival 2009 from alamraja on Vimeo.

Web resources

http://www.festivalfocus.org/festival_view.php?uid=975
http://www.fcjbarcelona.org/index.php?lang=en
http://www.timeout.com/barcelona/features/128/festivals-events-in-barcelona
http://www.jewishfilm.com/jewfests.html


Task

Now imagine you have to announce a festival that you know well. To do this create a post in your blog. Take into account that the description has to include these items:

- location and dates
- type of festival and genres included
- history or background
- brief description of the program
- You can follow the layout included in: http://www.festivales.com/


Assessment criteria

- Task completeness
- Spelling
- Accuracy in the answers
- Originality