Ingenuity, scandals and anger keep film festivals relevant in âCovidistâ period
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Cinema historians may one day call this the Covidist period: when films were made in secret during lockdown, scripts were written that did not require actors to come within two metres of each other or they were filmed remotely, with directors sitting a couple of rooms away.
For many film fans, it felt last year as if cinema had simply stopped. In fact, the new crop of films emerging at Europeâs big winter festivals â Rotterdam, Gothenburg and Berlin, all of which were accessible online â show how resourceful people can be in the face of rules, limitations and endless hand-washing.
Ingenuity, scandals and anger keep film festivals relevant in Covidist period
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Ingenuity, scandals and anger keep film festivals relevant in Covidist period
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