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 wi…
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.
This year’s SXSW filmmakers will also be able to opt in to the festival’s Shift72 secure online screening library to make content available for press, buyers and others in the industry. This was going to a transformative event, and with the cancellation, the filmmakers were left stranded and scrambling. 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 juries were available.
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