Brief Encounters Short Film Festival

Date: November 14-18.

Location: Watershed Media Centre, 1 Canon's Road, Bristol BS1 5TX.

Description: The UK's most important short film festival, this year screening with more than 300 films including work by David Cronenberg and Luis Buñuel. Contact: 0117 900 1660.

Email: festival@brief-encounters.org.uk.

Link: whatsonwhen.com/events/~40060.jml.

Festival of La Salute

Date: November 21.

Location: Basilica Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy.

Description: Religious festival in which a parade crosses the Grand Canal on a specially-built temporary wooden bridge.

Contact: 0039 41 522 5558.

Link: whatsonwhen.com/events/~24193.jml.

The Chocolate Show

Date: November 15-18.

Location: Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th Street, Manhattan, New York, US.

Description: Four-day show looking at every aspect of chocolate, from preparation to appreciation of the sweet stuff.

Contact: 001 212 865 6100.

Email: chocolateshow@aol.com.

Link: whatsonwhen.com/events/~39554.jml.

Doburoku Matsuri

Date: November 28.

Location: Koami Shrine, Koami 16-23, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan.

Description: Religious festival with music, dancing -and free rice wine all day.
Contact: 0081 3 3368 1080.

Link: whatsonwhen.com/events/~60308.jml.

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