Int'l film festival kicks off in Russia's Siberia

 IRKUTSK, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- An international film festival opened Friday in Russia's small Siberian city of Kansk, attracting 1,460 applicant¹ works, including five from Russia.

In the nine-day International Kansk video festival, 55 films, made by directors from the United States, Australia, Austria, France, Germany and Greece, will be screened.

This year's festival includes two sections: experimental alternative films and videos, and mainstream² short films.

A professional jury, consisting of film critics, artists, directors and producers from Germany, France, Spain and Russia, will decide on qualities of the first section films, and spectators will choose the best from the second section.

The festival, held in Kansk every year since 2002 and sponsored by Russian cultural and tourism administrations, aims at promoting young names in independent videos and film industry.

1 applicant   

n.申请人，求职者，请求者

参考例句：

• He was the hundredth applicant for the job. 他是第100个申请这项工作的人。
• In my estimation, the applicant is well qualified for this job. 据我看, 这位应征者完全具备这项工作的条件。

2 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。