We Are One: How the world's film festivals came together

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The COVID-19 pandemic has meant this year's festivals cannot go ahead – so instead, they are teaming up for a 10-day online celebration.

A foreign language film about the social divide in South Korea wouldn't normally scream box office hit.

Of course, the coronavirus pandemic has meant this year's festivals cannot go ahead - so instead, they are teaming up for a 10-day online celebration, called We Are One: A Global Film Festival. "We wanted to programme a virtual festival using new works, old works, works that have never been seen outside of an individual country," Rosenthal explains."So we called YouTube, who were interested in the idea, we felt they were the ideal platform."

After all, some major releases, such as Mulan, No Time To Die and Fast & Furious 9 are holding off until cinemas reopen, because producers are so keen on a big screen release.

 

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