SXSW To Continue With Juried Film Awards For Canceled Edition, Expands Online Screening Room
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deadline.comBy Patrick Hipes Executive Managing Editor SXSW, which was forced to cancel its 2020 edition that was to kick off today in Austin due to the coronavirus pandemic, is forging forward with a plan that includes an online screening room that will allow jurors to see and hand out awards to the fest’s competition films.
The news came via SXSW director of film Janet Pierson, who has been working to organize alternate plans since Friday, when the fest was shut down by city and state officials due to the threat of COVID-19. “We had several Special Awards juries already in place via links, and since we are not able to present the event, we decided to continue and expand to all the juried competitions, if the majority of the filmmakers opted in and
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