The festival has been the winner of several national awards and welcomes new and innovative contributions.

The festival welcomes nearly 20,000 attendees over the weekend of the festival.

The festival welcomes students and non-students to enjoy cooking competitions, displays, music, and dancing.

Each year, the 11-day festival sells over 40,000 tickets and welcomes more than 200 filmmakers from around the world.

The festival welcomes nearly 15,000 attendees over the weekend.

The 2009 festival will welcome artists from 80 countries.

The festival welcomes many foreign hip-hop, rock and electronic music artists every year.

The festival is therefore welcoming three Norwegian groups to the event, which promises to be more colourful and spectacular than ever.

Every year the festival welcomes around 50 filmmakers from all over the world.

The following year, the festival welcomed more than 2000 and that was the beginning of its success story.