BBC Learning English - Portobello Film Festival 波托贝罗影展

　　Yang Li: It started in 1996 as a way of giving independent filmmakers somewhere to show their films.

　　Carol Ye:独立电影制作人。

　　Yang Li: To give independent filmmakers a platform. These films he described as low-budget films.

　　Carol Ye: A platform 展示平台; low-budget films 低成本电影。

　　Yang Li: The idea is to show every film that was submitted, submit.

　　Carol Ye: Submit 提交、呈递。电影制作人向电影节组织者提交参展作品，那么这样做到底需要花费多少钱呢？

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　　We had the mad idea at the time of showing every film that was submitted and we also decided not to charge, because I suppose at heart we weren’t rabid capitalists.

　　Yang Li: Jonathan says that they show every film that was submitted. They also decided not to charge. It’s free.

　　Carol Ye: Charge 费用、要价；Not to charge 不收取费用。乔纳森说，分文不取是一个疯狂的想法。A ‘mad idea’.

　　Yang Li: It does sound like a mad idea, but he explains it by saying that they are not ‘rabid capitalists’.

　　Carol Ye: Rabid capitalists 狂热的资本家。可是如果分文不收，那么办影展的钱又是从哪儿来的呢？

　　Yang Li: Here is Jonathan again:

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　　This year we’re showing 700 films. The money comes in from funding, we get funding from people like Film London and the Arts Council and also we get a lot of ‘in kind’ support from sponsors. So we don’t have to pay for advertising, we don’t have to pay for launch parties, we don’t have to pay for prizes.