How the Melbourne Film Festival Pivoted Under COVID Conditions
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variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSpare a thought for the organizers of the Melbourne Intl. Film Festival, which narrowly dodged three bullets when COVID-19 returned to Australia Aug.
4-21, causing new lockdowns ahead of and during the event.For a second year, programmers were forced to tear up their plans, pivot and renegotiate with filmmakers and rights holders in order to deliver a different festival from the one they had planned for.In 2020, MIFF organizers initially canceled the event, after the pandemic struck.
But, shortly after, they discovered that they could pull together films and digital infrastructure enough to put on a largely online event.
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