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The Major Fall Festivals Commit To Collaboration In 2020: “The Art Form We Love Is In Crisis”

July 8, 2020 11:34 am

The COVID-19 pandemic has left the 2020 film festival schedule in shambles. Basically every festival from March until now has been either canceled or drastically altered with digital screenings. And though the...

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Venice 2020 Will Be Slimmer But “Not So Different From The Usual Program,” According To Festival Director

Charles Barfield

July 7, 2020 1:36 pm

Festivals, News

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has wreaked havoc across the globe, we’ve seen damn near every film festival from this spring and summer canceled, or at least, drastically altered. However, according t...

2020 BFI London Film Festival Goes Mostly Digital Featuring Audience Awards & Limited Physical Screenings

Charles Barfield

July 2, 2020 12:10 pm

Festivals, News

The BFI London Film Festival finds itself experiencing many of the issues that are plaguing the 2020 festival circuit. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many events to close this year and with the fall shaping ...

Sundance 2021 To Be Partially Online & Expand To Cinemas Outside Of Utah

Charles Barfield

June 29, 2020 11:34 am

Festivals, News

COVID-19 has greatly affected the film festival world in 2020. Many events have been canceled, some went online, and for the fall fests, we don’t really know what’s going to happen yet. So, it would be foolish...

Pablo Larraín Says Festival Cancellations In 2020 Have Created A “Lost Generation” Of Films

Charles Barfield

June 26, 2020 2:08 pm

Festivals, News

It appears that, as of now, the fall film festival circuit will exist in some form or fashion in 2020. This is good news for the film industry after the spring and summer festivals were largely canceled, inclu...

‘Spring Blossom’ Trailer: Suzanne Lindon’s Debut Has Been Selected For Both Cannes & TIFF This Year

Charles Barfield

June 25, 2020 1:24 pm

Festivals, News, Trailers

We already know that this year has been a bit of a mess in regards to film festivals, with COVID-19 forcing many of the spring and summer events to be canceled. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t already some ...

Woody Allen’s ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Will Be The Opening Night Film At San Sebastian In September

Charles Barfield

June 25, 2020 11:33 am

Festivals, News

Just because Woody Allen continues to be blacklisted in Hollywood, it doesn’t mean the director is having issues finding international film industry folks that are fully supporting the filmmaker and his work. ...

TIFF 2020: New Films From Idris Elba, Mark Wahlberg, Kate Winslet & More Among First Wave Selections

Charles Barfield

June 24, 2020 10:51 am

Festivals, News

Just recently, it was revealed that all signs are pointing to the Venice Film Festival being able to hold a physical event, complete with a red carpet, beginning on September 2. This would lead you to believe ...

Magnus Von Horn’s ‘Sweat’ Proves Beauty Will Only Get You So Far [Cannes 2020 Review]

Jessica Kiang

June 23, 2020 2:45 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Pink as a pop of bubblegum and only a little more substantial, Magnus von Horn's "Sweat," one of the Cannes 2020 Official Selections that plays during this week's Cannes Virtual Market is, despite all the card...

Venice 2020 Will Be “An Important Edition” With An International Lineup & A Real Red Carpet

Charles Barfield

June 22, 2020 3:09 pm

Festivals, News

Even though 2020 is destined to be an unprecedented year in terms of film festivals, with the spring and summer events largely canceled due to the pandemic, it appears that the fall lineup of film events is go...

Fantasia Fest 2020: First Wave Lineup Includes Neil Marshall’s ‘The Reckoning’ & More

Charles Barfield

June 9, 2020 11:22 am

Festivals, News

Fantasia International Film Festival finds itself in the unlucky position of being at the end of the summer, when it’s unclear if theaters will be open and big festivals will be able to continue. So, in April,...

Cannes 2020 Line-up: Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch,’ 2 New Steve McQueen Movies & Much More

Charles Barfield

June 3, 2020 12:58 pm

Festivals, News

After weeks of “will they or won’t they?” the Cannes Film Festival was recently officially canceled due to COVID-19. However, in place of trying to emulate the “digital” festival model that folks like SXSW and...

Cannes Director Says This Year’s Official Selections Prove That Film “Is More Alive Than Ever”

Charles Barfield

June 2, 2020 1:48 pm

Festivals, News

This year’s Cannes Film Festival is unlike any others in history. That is to say, this year’s event is nothing more than a simple list of “Official Selections,” with no in-person screenings, no post-screening ...

Lumière Film Festival To Stay The Course & Stick To Its October Schedule In France

Charles Barfield

May 28, 2020 11:55 am

Festivals, News

Thierry Fremaux doesn’t just help run the Cannes Film Festival. He’s also one of the heads of the Lumière Film Festival that happens each fall. And while he wasn’t able to will the 2020 Cannes Film Festival in...

Cannes 2020: Films From Wes Anderson, Thomas Vinterberg, Sofia Coppola & More Expected To Be Among Official Selections

Charles Barfield

May 28, 2020 10:40 am

Festivals, News

Perhaps even more important than actually screening your film at the Cannes Film Festival (which is a great honor and pretty damn important itself) is the badge given to filmmakers to add to marketing material...