WILLOUGHBY, Ohio — It may feel like another lifetime, but it was only a few years ago that the Cleveland International Film Festival was, as Associate Director Patrick Shepherd says,
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CLEVELAND, Ohio This time last year, the small but dedicated team at the Cleveland International Film Festival was busy, trying to figure out a way to keep the popular 44th annual event alive after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled all large in-person gatherings just two weeks before opening night.
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The 45th Cleveland International Film Festival was supposed to be the first one primarily based at Playhouse Square, after 30 years at Tower City. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic has moved the festival online.
The 2020 Cleveland International Film Festival had been scheduled to take place just as the coronavirus pandemic hit. Organizers quickly moved online – and plan to stay there in 2021.
The 45th festival was supposed to be the first one at their new home in Playhouse Square, after spending the past 30 years primarily at Tower City. Instead, programming will be online from April 7-20. Executive Director Marcie Goodman says many of the films received this year seem to pre-date social distancing, mask-wearing, and quarantines.