After an all-virtual event in 2020 due to COVID-19, the festival is returning to familiar community spaces.
Credit: Courtesy: Double Take Pictures Author: David Lynch (KENS 5) Published: 12:44 AM CDT July 25, 2021 Updated: 12:54 AM CDT July 25, 2021
SAN ANTONIO Local movie-lovers may find themselves in a bit of a “Groundhog Day” situation when they explore the schedule for the 2021 San Antonio Film Festival, set for August 5 to 8, and find that most of the features and shorts premiered in 2020.
There are two big reasons for that, explains Executive Director Adam Rocha. For one, the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t play nice with the festival’s typical schedule for reviewing hundreds of submissions and deciding which ones would ultimately screen. November is when Rocha typically starts making those decisions, but November 2020 marked a period when there were still more questions than answers regarding potential coronavirus v