Normally the fall film festival season is a starry, sold-out, globe-trotting affair that sets a course for the Oscars. But this year is different.
Normally glittery, awards-driven affairs, the pandemic forces fall's premier cinematic events to weigh survival against safety:"Who the hell is gonna want to go to Italy in September?"
Of the four marquee festivals typically used to launch fall films — Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York — all say they intend to exist in some form this year, and each is exploring different avenues and conferring with each other on safety protocols. Rivals who typically compete to snare the best films are instead now swapping ideas and commiserating about their unprecedented challenges.
A major question is how many industry figures will actually attend these scaled-down events. Sales agents and filmmakers who typically sprint from Venice to Toronto in a narrow, early September window will now likely have to self-quarantine for an extended period if they travel.
“We’re all rooting for this to happen and to go back to whatever the new normal is,” says one studio source. “But you start planning for the fall and an hour later the CDC makes it feel like that’s not going to be a viable option.” For those with finished films, the decision to attend a festival this year involves new variables. “These festivals serve a curatorial function, and that curatorial function isn’t going to change,” says longtime industry publicist Cynthia Swartz.
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