The most famous work of Algerian cinema is probably that of Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Chronicle of the Years of Fire, which won the palme d ' Or at the Cannes film festival in the year 1975.

The name is certainly cognate with the Doric month name Απέλλαιος and the Doric festival απελλαι.

The connection with Dorians and their initiation festival apellai is reinforced by the month Apellaios in northwest Greek calendars, but it can explain only the Doric type of the name, which is connected with the Ancient Macedonian word " pella " ( Pella ), stone.

AFI FEST is the only film festival in the US to hold FIAPF ( Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films ) accreditation.

Hay is normally brought in twice a year, often also on festival days.

* Edinburgh Festival is an internationally famous arts festival that takes place during August

* Bon festival – ( Obon Festival ) is a Japanese traditional buddhist custom, evolved into a family reunion holiday.

This festival is locally known as Korfest.

Ajax, who in the post-Homeric legend is described as the grandson of Aeacus and the great-grandson of Zeus, was the tutelary hero of the island of Salamis, where he had a temple and an image, and where a festival called Aianteia was celebrated in his honour.

Van Mahotsav is an annual pan-Indian tree planting festival, occupying a week in the month of July. During this event millions of trees are planted.

The perseverance of the Pilgrims is celebrated during the annual Thanksgiving festival.

It is also a fertility festival, similar in some ways to other harvest-time celebrations in other cultures.

The Donkey brae run is held on the first Sunday of the festival and is popular nationwide, with a 7-mile race, 2-mile run and a 1-mile run for children.

In the Anglosphere, most notably in Anglo-America, autumn is also associated with the Halloween season ( which in turn was influenced by Samhain, a Celtic autumn festival ), and with it a widespread marketing campaign that promotes it, in the U. S. A.

The Japanese festival, in which Altair is known as, is based on this legend.

Alexandria is also known as " Small Town USA " and holds an annual festival to honor this heritage.

The city is home to the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an annual arts and crafts festival held one weekend during early April, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.

Beltane () is the anglicised spelling of the Goidelic name for either the month of May or the festival held on the first day of May.

Beltane regained popularity during the Celtic Revival and is still observed as a cultural festival by some in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and among their diasporas.

Today, Beltane is also observed as a religious festival by Celtic neopagans.

Another common aspect of the festival in early 20th century Ireland was the hanging of May Boughs on the doors and windows of houses and the making of May Bushes in farmyards, which usually consisted either of a branch of rowan / caorthann ( mountain ash ) or more commonly whitethorn / sceach geal ( hawthorn ) which is in bloom at the time and is commonly called the ' May Bush ' or just ' May ' in both Ireland and Britain.

The band claims on their website that they still pay close attention to an anti-corporate ideology, despite performing on September 5, 2003 at a festival in Turkey that was sponsored by Coca-Cola, noting that they have since pulled out of a show in Los Angeles when they found that it was being sponsored by Coors.

Digital feature film distribution began in 2005, along with the arrival of the world's first online film festival, the GreenCine Online Film Festival, sponsored by DivX.

This festival is sponsored by relatives of the recently deceased, in appreciation of those who helped during their time of mourning.

The town hosts an annual corn festival in July, sponsored and organized by Hauser and Hauser Farms.

This festival is held annually and is sponsored by the Dermott Chamber of Commerce.

The Turkey Trot festival also includes a Miss Turkey Trot Pageant, a Miss Drumsticks Competition ( best legs ), dinners, musical entertainment, a 5 kilometer run, a parade ( which has included former Arkansas governor and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee ), and a nationally recognized turkey calling contest sponsored by the National Wild Turkey Federation.

The festival, which has attracted national recognition in ensuing years, is sponsored by the City of Temple City.

The festival is sponsored by the McDonough Lions Club, and held on the McDonough Square.

The KTFD sponsored for a number of years an annual town festival called the State Line Fun Days, but this is no longer held.

The festival includes country headliners, sponsored by Jenkins Festival Committee, Inc. and Coca-Cola ; Mountain Outreach Idol ; local performers ; bluegrass ; Gospel ; Rock ; Country ; food and craft booths ; rides ; a mechanical bull ; bungee jump ; prizes and fun.

Each September since 1983, the Friends of the Herrick Memorial Library have sponsored the Harvest of the Arts, a large juried arts festival held on the town square.

Until recently the city has sponsored an annual Filbert Festival in early August as a general summer celebration, featuring music, food, and family fun ; this was canceled in 2007 due to withdrawal of a key sponsor, and the future for the festival is presently uncertain.

The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences sponsored “ Stitching Stories ,” a regional quilt festival held in the Yachats Commons in 2011.

Since 1988, Hay-on-Wye has been the venue for a literary festival, now sponsored by The Daily Telegraph newspaper, which draws a claimed 80, 000 visitors over ten days at the beginning of June to see and hear big literary names from all over the world.

The festival commemorates the founding of the town and is sponsored by the Blacksburg Business Association, Inc. Iron City Festival is held the third weekend of April.

Highland Village hosts an annual hot-air balloon festival sponsored by local Lions Clubs.

Every leap year Anthony, Texas and Anthony, New Mexico celebrate with an officially sponsored leap year birthday parade and festival.

* Fall Color Festival / Taste & Tour – Another annual event sponsored by the Concrete Chamber of Commerce, the festival is a celebration of the incredible colors of the area's fall leaves as well as a tasting tour of the local wineries and micro-breweries found along the " Magic 30-Miles " between Sedro-Woolley and Marblemount.

Noted professional players who were sponsored by Betfair include John Tabatabai, Sorel Mizzi, Peter Jepsen and World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner Annette Obrestad Betfair Poker also sponsor the WSOPE festival, which is a European version of the World Series of Poker held in the USA.

In 2005 Matt Malsky and David Claman sponsored " The Extensible Toy Piano Project ", which consisted of an extensive set of freely-available, high-quality toy piano samples, an international composition competition, and a festival at Clark University.

Kenilworth Rotary Club then sponsored a revival of the festival in 2008, since when it has continued each year.

Each year on the last full weekend in September, Dunbar holds a traditional music festival sponsored by various local companies.

Every May, Ashby holds an arts festival currently sponsored by the district council.