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Premiere

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/ˈpremieə/nounCore term

In film & television, premiere means: The first public showing of a film, play or TV series, often a special event with the cast and crew.

In Turkish: gala, prömiyer, ilk gösterim

How it is used

Festivals care a lot about status: a world premiere is the first screening anywhere, an international or European premiere the first outside the home country or in Europe. Premiere is also a verb: the series premieres on Friday.

Example sentences

  1. The film will have its world premiere in the main competition in Berlin.

  2. The whole cast walked the red carpet at the Istanbul premiere.

Common collocations

  • world premiere
  • red carpet premiere
  • gala premiere
  • premiere screening
  • season premiere
  • film festivalAn event where new films are shown to audiences, critics and industry professionals, often with competitions, awards and markets.
  • releaseTo make a film or series available to the public in cinemas, on TV or on streaming platforms. As a noun, a release is a film being shown or the act of showing it.
  • trailerA short promotional video made of selected moments from a film or series, shown before release to attract an audience.
  • distributorA company that buys the rights to show a film in a country or region and handles its release, marketing and delivery to cinemas or platforms.

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