And so it was that on March 19, after weeks of mounting pressure and stubbornly optimistic official statements, Cannes joined the ever-growing army of film festivals cancelled or postponed over the Covid-19 pandemic. IndieWire's constantly updated list gives a sense of the worldwide hecatomb: cinemas are shutting, productions folding, as the crisis is shattering the film industry, raising questions as to whether festivals will recover—and if so, in what form.In an attempt to overcome the pandemic restrictions, a few events have decided to roll out digitally and unveil their offerings online. First among them was the Danish documentary fest Cph:dox, which is now screening a fraction of its 220 titles through Festival Scope, and running some of its industry activities on the web. “The well known Cph:dox social experience will have to reinvent itself in a whole new way,” a press release warned on March 12, “and the team is...
- 3/23/2020
- MUBI
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