With more streaming than screening, the Sundance Film Festival is looking to virtual panels and forums to generate audience moments and momentum for its upcoming pandemic-era 2021 edition.
In place of red carpets and screaming paparazzi, Sundance festival director Tabitha Jackson will host a half-hour "Opening Night Welcome" on Jan.
28 via her event's bespoke digital platform. And as it looks to generate buzz for film premieres, Sundance is planning star-driven Cinema Cafe' programming to feature appearances by first-time directors Rebecca Hall, Robin Wright and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson; Shaka King, who is bringing Judas and the Black Messiah to the festival; and actors Sonia Manzano and Rita Moreno, among others.
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