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Despite COVID-19, how major international film festivals delivered robust versions of themselves
FirstpostA touch of foresight — as well as passion, planning and a willingness to scrap just about everything — is what prevented some of the major international film festivals to become casualties of the unpredictable pandemic. “I wanted the New York Film Festival to be New York’s film festival,” Hernandez recalled, stressing a widening perspective beyond the Upper West Side. Now Rooftop is the festival.’” A touch of foresight — as well as passion, planning and a willingness to scrap just about everything — is what allowed some of the major international film festivals like New York, Sundance, Berlin, Toronto and, most recently, South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, to deliver robust versions of themselves despite COVID-19. “The only thing that couldn’t change was the mission and why we do it,” said Tabitha Jackson, Sundance’s new director named in 2020, who, like Hernandez, survived a frightening first year with enviable poise. “Even online parties — something that, in the beginning, I was totally against — by the end, I said, ‘Well, it’s better than nothing.’” Joshua Rothkopf c.2021 The New York Times Company
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