The international film-festival ecosystem is a varied one. On one end, you have the big players: splashy festivals like Cannes, Toronto, Sundance and Venice that attract marquee stars and international headlines. On the other are the genre-driven events, such as South By Southwest and Fantasia. And in between you have the emerging international players that aren’t necessarily looking to act as a launching pad for films so much as they are designed to simply highlight cinema that would otherwise bypass their markets.