Template talk:Infobox Film Festival

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[edit] Usage

{{Film festival infobox
| name           = 
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| opening        = 
| closing        = 
| awardsreceived =
| awardsgiven    =
| films          = 
| directors      = 
| producers      = 
| writers        = 
| starring       = 
| host           = 
| date           = 
| number         = 
| location       = 
| language       = 
| website        = 
}}

[edit] Fields

There should be fields for:

• Opening film
• Closing film
• [Name(s) of] Award(s)

But what about these?

• Films
• Directors
• Producers
• Writers
• Starring
• Distributor

How would these be used? Some film festivals have hundreds of films and dozens of guests each year. Listing them in the infobox would be tedious. — WiseKwai 04:52, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Maybe they could be featured films/directors - like the starring fields in the traditional film infobox? I'll add in the fields you suggested. -Elizabennet 19:09, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Also, I changed distributor to host, for the group hosting the festival. For awards, did you mean awards that the festival received or awards they give out (like at Sundance)? In the latter case, should it say something like "winner of festival"? Thanks for all the feedback, by the way. -Elizabennet 19:16, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Oops edit conflict. For awards, I was thinking of the names of the awards that are handed out like Palm D'or, Golden Bear, etc. But it could also list the actual winners of the awards, depending on what kind of film festival article the box is used. I'm thinking the infobox would have many uses, for film festivals of all sizes. Is that right? It could go on a main article like for Cannes Film Festival or it could go on an individual year, like 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival. Since my questioning earlier, I've warmed up to this. Sorry if I was being harsh earlier. The fields for films, directors, producers, etc., leave editors flexibility. They can fill them in as much as they want or not at all. And as the infobox is used more, some examples could be brought to this page as a guide to others. It's a useful template, I think. Good job! — WiseKwai 19:31, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] awardsgiven field

I just added this infobox to 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and even though the explanation for the 'awardsgiven' field is "e.g. Sundance awards" I could not decide exactly what to put in this field. The "Sundance" awards for the most part are called "Grand Jury" and "Audience Award" in each of the categories. (See 2007_Sundance_Film_Festival#Award_winners for the full list.) Honestly the only uniquely named award that a film festival gives, that I can think of that, is the Palme d'Or. Perhaps a different explanation text should be used for the infobox. —A 23:30, 7 January 2008 (UTC)