Festival attendance figures in line with 2008

Attendance at this year’s film festival was more or less in line with that for 2008. More than 12,000 accreditations were awarded for the film festival - around 1,200 more than last year – according to organisers. The number of tickets sold came to 131,293 compared with around 144,000 in 2008. This year 464 films were screened compared with 477 in 2008.