By Dade Hayes Finance Editor Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, co-founders of the Tribeca Film Festival, joined an online roundtable conversation Thursday about the future of the festival circuit as organizers navigate through COVID-19.
The Tribeca duo, along with YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl and fest officials from Toronto, Tokyo, Sarajevo and Mumbai discussed preparations for the We Are One Film Festival.
The online collaboration involving 21 festivals starts Friday and runs through June 7, with a selection of features, shorts, talks and performances streaming for free on YouTube.
Panelists also addressed the role of festivals in helping communities on the arduous road to recovery as theaters gradually reopen and social
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