Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesIf 2020 was the year of COVID-19 and the deaths of more than 300,000 Americans at the hands of a ravaging virus and a negligent White House, it was also the year the entertainment industry went virtual.
Film festivals, once the domain of buzzy celebrities, caffeinated movie critics and charcuterie boards, were now relegated to online interviews and panel discussions.
Sans champagne, sans red carpet. The upside: these fests were now accessible to a much wider category of attendees, not just those that could fly and foot the expenses, but cineastes, movie buffs and up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world.FilmEx 2021, a virtual five-day conference for film exhibitors presented by the nonprofit.
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