How Might the Future of Film Festivals Look Like?
In 2020 film festivals had no other choice but began moving their programming online. Covid-19 has already changed the face of many sectors and how the business will be conducted in the future. Will film festivals follow the suit and adjust to changing trends and audience expectations? The sudden move online has already allowed for wider international accessibility to films and knowledge that was reserved only a year ago for the privileged few, who could afford to splash out on those expensive events. Before the pandemic, to attend A-list film festivals you needed quite a substantial budget, and if you were a parent you also had to sort out childcare, which film festivals still don’t have on offer. If your project was a part of the competition, the expenses were justified. However, if you were going as an audience member or a freelancer, the costs were often too excessive to rationalise. It more often than not was nothing less than an expensive, thematic holiday. Online screenings, virtual meeting rooms or parties, and educational events and …