2.3 million minutes of viewing and more: a by-the-numbers look at the 45th Cleveland International Film Festival
2,316,784 minutes.
That s how much time the audience for the 45th Cleveland International Film Festival known as CIFF45 Streams, because it took place virtually spent watching 117 feature films and 182 shorts films, representing 63 countries, over the festival s two-week online run from April 7-20.
CIFF said in a news release issued Wednesday morning, April 21, that viewers registered a total of 51,216 streams throughout the festival. CIFF assumes an average of two people watching any given stream, and therefore estimates there were more than 102,000 viewers for CIFF45 Streams. The festival says a stream is counted if at least 70% of the feature or short was viewed.