It was a huge risk, holding a major international film festival in the midst of a global pandemic, but Venice pulled it off.
After 10 days of screenings and premieres, mask-wearing audiences and socially-distanced red carpets, the 77th Venice Film Festival can claim to have succeeded in getting the indie film circuit moving again.
Yes, there were fewer stars and fewer (read: no) tentpole titles. But films were shown, paparazzi flashbulbs popped, and press junkets got done.
There were even some distribution deals signed along the way (see below). Fans couldn't really get near the red carpet —Venice put up a wall to prevent a crush of autograph-seekers —but they did their best, peaking between cracks and around corners to catch a glimpse of.
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