Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterSundance always has pride of position when it comes to the festival calendar: as the first major fest of the year, it often sets the tone for the 12 months of far-flung festival galas and premieres to come.
But the 2020 edition of the Park City, Utah, event has an unusual distinction: it was one of only a few fests to take place as normal before the cloud of COVID obscured all the face-to-face interactions that make a film festival more than just a place to watch way too many movies.Having thus had the better part of a year to prepare for the new normal, the fest is now hoping to do more than just offer a string lineup of virtual screenings.
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