Wilfred: I'd like to take the job prescription prosta response According to a database maintained by the British Council, 1,583 film festivals take place around the world every year. If you find yourself in Norway this weekend, for example, you could mosey up to Tromsø, 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and pass the afternoon with silent classics set to heavy metal. Or if Armenia in July is more your scene, make sure you pencil in a trip to Yerevan, to see features from across Eastern Europe and the Caucasus compete for the Golden Apricot.