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TheSundanceFilmFestivalwasfoundedin1985.ItbringstfilmmakerstoUtahtoshare

theirfilmseveryyear.Thisyear,artistsfrom120countriessubmitted(递交)12,793films.Sundance

choseabout200filmstoshowattheevent.Snowtimeisoneofthethreechildrenfilmschosenby

Sundance.

Theanimated(动画的)filmSnowtimehasaFrenchtitleLaGuerredesTuques.InEnglish,thefilm

isknownasTheDogWhoStoppedtheWar.ThefilmwasproducedinCanadaandbecamepopular

inthe1980s.

Snowtimeisanimated.Butthestoryremainstruetotheoriginal(原始的)film.Duringthewinter

break,twoteamsofkidsstartabigsnowballfightjusttoenjoythemselves.Buttheyturnsserious

whentragedytakesce.Thefilmtellsatouchingstoryaboutaction,hope,friendshipandunity.

“Thereareimportantsonsinthisfilm.Therearealwayscasualties(伤亡人员)inwarsandyou

havetoworktogethertoreducethenumberofthecasualties,”thefilm’sproducerMarie-

ClaudeBeauchampsaid.“Unityisthethemeofthefilm.Togetherwe’reter,togetherwe’re

stronger,andtogetherwecangetoveranysadness.”

SnowtimeincludesasongperformedbyCélineDion.Thesongisaboutgettingoverthesadnessof

losingalovedone.TheCanadiansingerenjoyedwatchingtheoriginalfilmwhenshewasyoung

andlaterwatcheditwithherkids.Inherownlife,sherecentlyexperiencedtheloss(亡故)ofher

husband.

1.WhatdoyoulearnabouttheSundanceFilmFestival?

A.ItisheldeveryyearinUtah,theU.S.A.

B.Itwasfoundedin1980inUtah,theU.S.A.

C.Ithasahistoryofsthanthirtyyears.

D.About100filmsarechoesninthefestival.

2.WherewasthefilmTheDogWhoStoppedtheWarproduced?

A.InAmerica.