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Oldenburg Indie Film Festival Planning Hybrid Event Amid Pandemic

11.07.2020 - 02:40

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Oldenburg is not letting the novel coronavirus pandemic stop it. The independent film festival, dubbed by some as "Germany's Sundance," said Friday it will be going ahead as planned this year, from Sept.

16-20. But Oldenburg also unveiled plans for a hybrid event that will combine physical screenings in theaters with virtual streamings online.

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