Christopher Vourlias Even in the best of times, a young film festival might expect growing pains as it preps for its third edition.
But the organizers of the Africa Rising Intl. Film Festival, which ran online and in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Nov. 27-29, were faced with the additional and monumental task of pulling it off in the midst of a global pandemic.Ayanda Sithebe, ARIFF co-founder and artistic director, says the festival had been “very fortunate” to raise its curtain at a time when life in South Africa was slowly returning to normal.
After a strict, six-month lockdown, the country has begun reopening its economy and loosening restrictions on travel and public gatherings.
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