The first of the summer’s big local film festivals opens Wednesday, with the screening of one of the most anticipated movies of the summer at Wellfleet Drive-In, and the chance to watch dozens of films from home wherever you are.
Organizers call the 23rd annual Provincetown International Film Festival a “multidimensional” one because of its hybrid of in-person and virtual offerings of “10 days of unflinching cinema.” Fans at home can tune in starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday to potentially watch about 80 films a mix of narrative and documentary features and shorts available throughout the June 16-25 festival time.
The short films are divided into two New England programs, including films made on the Cape or with local connections and actors, and two “Queer Shorts” programs.
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PROVINCETOWN Five-time Academy Award nominee Richard Linklater, known for films “Boyhood,” “Before Sunset” and “Dazed and Confused,” will receive the Filmmaker on the Edge Award next month at the Provincetown International Film Festival.
Linklater is due to receive that top honor in a virtual conversation with film director and festival stalwart John Waters during the festival, which will be held June 16-25.
The festival’s Next Wave Award will go to actor/filmmaker Natalie Morales (TV’s “Dead to Me,” director of Plan B”). The award “celebrates those who have exciting, new and distinctive voices,” according to a festival announcement on Wednesday.
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PROVINCETOWN Since closing in March due to the threat of COVID-19, Waters Edge Cinema has still found ways to entice people to go to the movies. Initially offering films to watch online at home, through a platform called Cinesend, the cinema has since offered private on-site screenings for “pods” of up to 25 people, and is now looking at opening to the public.
But it all depends on science, data, and the community.
To gauge the local community’s interest in and comfort level for opening, Waters Edge is conducting a survey, linked on its Facebook page (facebook.com/watersedgecinema), covering questions from when patrons think they’d return to whether or not popcorn is non-negotiable. The survey takes about two minutes to complete.