Fantastic 7 Film Festivals Endorse Potential Upcoming Genre Standouts at Cannes Session

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticCall me crazy, stubborn or reckless, but until today’s announcement that the Telluride Film Festival has been canceled, I’d optimistically kept my reservation, holding out hope that the high-altitude fall fest — which has launched such best picture Oscar winners as “The King’s Speech,” “12 Years a Slave” and “Moonlight” — might happen after all.Passes went on sale in late February for the high-altitude sprocket opera, and within hours, they’d sold out.

Also Read: Palm Springs Film Festival Postponed to Late February 2021Earlier this month, Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York agreed  to team up this year and offer what they call a “united platform” for this year’s cinema in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Organizers of the festivals said they are moving away from competing with each other for world premieres and specific films and will work together to keep the “film ecosystem” thriving, serving filmmakers, audiences, journalists and

First Cannes and now Telluride. The Telluride Film Festival informed pass holders that 2020 edition of the festival has been canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

Another film festival has fallen. Moments ago, the decision makers for the Telluride Film Festival have announced that the 2020 incarnation of the fest has been canceled.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAfter many attempts to carry on, the Telluride Film Festival has given into the reality of the Coronavirus pandemic and continuing outbreaks across the nation and today announced it is cancelling the 2020 edition. Here is the official letter sent by the festival:While there will be those who might say they’re not surprised by it, that this was inevitable, we beg to differ. It didn’t have to be this way.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe 2020 edition of the Telluride Film Festival has been canceled.“After months of intense due diligence around physically holding an event, we’ve come to the heartbreaking but unanimous conclusion to cancel this year’s Labor Day celebration of film in Telluride,” the festival said in a statement on Tuesday.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorThe 20th edition of the New York Indian Film Festival will go online, powered by Movie Saints, following in the footsteps of many other fests.Running July 24-Aug. 2, the digital NYIFF will open with the streaming of Geetha J’s Malayalam-language “Run Kalyani,” about a woman who works as a cook while caring for her ailing aunt.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Jerusalem Film Festival (JFF) has shelved plans to host its latest edition August 20-30, and instead will look to hold a winter edition of the event this year, running December 10-20.The Israeli fest had been set to become of the first international film festivals to hold a physical incarnation following the spate of cancellations and postponements this summer prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Detention,” a school-set thriller-horror sited during Taiwan’s martial law or White Terror period, was Sunday named as best narrative feature at the Taipei Film Award, the closing event of the Taipei Film Festival.The film, adapted from a Red Candle video game, also claimed the best actress, best art design, best visual effects and best sound design awards. The jury called the film “courageous” for making a stand at this time.

Boys State, Luxor and Uncle Frank. It will also feature Q&As with filmmakers, a programme of short films, and a number of panel discussions.The programme has been unveiled! Sponsored by @adobe, our digitally reimagined Celebration of #SundanceLondon begins 7 August.

Dave McNary Film ReporterOrganizers of the Palm Springs International Film Festival have announced that the 32nd edition of the event has been pushed back nearly two months to run from Feb. 25 through March 8.The festival, which had been set to open on Jan.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerPalm Springs International Film Festival has set new dates for the 32nd annual confab. The festival, which usually takes place in early January, will run from February 25, 2021 through March 8, 2021, kicking off with the Film Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterInside Out, Canada’s foremost LGBTQ film festival, has unveiled the 16 recipients for its RE:Focus ‘Emergency Relief Fund’, which was created in response to the pandemic and its impact on the industry.

The Toronto, New York, Telluride and Venice film festivals, knocked sideways in their planning by the coronavirus pandemic, have unveiled a joint statement that commits the long-time rivals to cooperate and not compete for film titles and awards-season bragging rights in the fall. "This year, we’ve moved away from competing with our colleagues at autumn festivals and commit instead to collaboration.

Also Read: Sundance 2021 to Extend Beyond Utah, Be Held in 20 Cities Nationwide and OnlineAll four festivals take place within a month and a half of one another in the fall, and they’re the first stepping stone on the road to the Oscars, which for 2021 has already delayed its ceremony to late April.Venice is meant to take place Sept. 2-12, Telluride runs from Sept.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice, Toronto, Telluride and New York Film Festivals have joined forces in an alliance that will see the prominent fall events, all positioned six weeks from each other, collaborate rather than compete in a spirit of post-pandemic solidarity.The statement announcing this alliance provides scant details of what concrete form it will take, beyond saying that they “are offering our festivals as a united platform for the best cinema we can find.” But

Tom Grater, Andreas Wiseman The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the film calendar with Sundance, Toronto and London the latest festivals to announce hybrid events featuring physical and online activity.Below we rundown the current status of some of the key upcoming festivals and markets in the next six months; this list will be updated as developments happen.Sarajevo (August 14-21)Bosnia’s Sarajevo Film Festival is sticking to its August dates and is pushing on with a

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe upcoming Venice Film Festival’s reconfiguration due to coronavirus safety measures has been officially unveiled.Barring complications, Venice, which runs Sept.