Guy Lodge Film CriticThe late-summer reactivation of the film festival circuit presented fest directors and programmers with an array of challenges, both expansive and restrictive.
On the one hand, they’ve had a bounty of withheld titles to choose from; on the other, the industry stasis of the past six months has put any number of previously expected projects indefinitely out of reach.2020’s London Film Festival, in particular, has felt the domino effect of the year’s other cancelled and compromised events.A predominantly public-oriented affair, the LFF has always placed less stress on major world premieres — though organizers often manage to secure a heavyweight or two — than on cherry-picking the best the year’s other festivals had to.
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