During the early festivals, religious skits were full of double meanings as the freedom fighters tried to stir people into action.

It not only will be bigger than the earlier festivals but also will emphasize this country's growing industrial and economic power, and its progress.

Some events brought back from earlier festivals is the River Daze wherein contestants race downriver.

An earlier festival by the same name operated in Stratford from 1980 to 1984.

These early festivals weren't always annual events and changed from year to year, depending on the theme and organization that ran it.

Most are from other young filmmakers; a few came from VisionFest, an earlier festival that explored similar ideas.

During the early festivals, costumes were 90% made from coconut trees.

Also, music used in the early festivals is different.

Most, but not all, of the early festivals were held in socialist countries in Europe.

For the earliest festivals, various ideas were pooled with eclectic results.