Andreas Wiseman International EditorBubbling close to the surface of this year’s Venice Film Festival are existential questions about the future of festivals and cinema itself.The pandemic has thrown the already anxious cinema business through a loop.
We have heard a lot from exhibition bosses in recent months that the fundamentals of cinema-going are strong. Today, it was the turn of seven European festival heads to do the same, gathering in Venice on the festival’s launch to express solidarity with cinema and the festival experience (Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett have also voiced similar sentiments today).Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux said: “We have to stop announcing the death of cinemas when something new happens.” He’s right.
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