Analysis of the Film Selection Process for a Film Festival

Abstract

This paper presents the results of our analysis of the film selection process for a film festival. The selection of films characterises the festival, which then attracts audiences. Although the criteria for selection are fundamentally decided by members of the selection committee, we investigate if computation can characterise the selection process by utilising available data in this study. Selections are made by watching films and not by checking the associated information. However, considering the difficulties in semantically understanding the video content for computers, we attempted the analysis of the selection process based solely on associated information, including textual, numerical, or categorical data. Results of the analysis revealed factors that may affect the outcome of the selection.