SXSW Revives Film Competition Digitally After Festival Cancellation
hollywoodreporter.comThe SXSW Festival is making its film competition digital after the Austin festival, due to kick off on Friday, was canceled over health risks pertaining to the coronavirus Festival organizers said Friday that the juried awards scheduled for this year's festival will still take place, with jury members viewing submissions via links.
All the feature films selected for SXSW this year are eligible for the Independent Spirit Awards next year, while the winners of the animated, documentary and narrative short film categories are eligible for Oscars next year. "This was going to be a transformative event, and with the cancellation, the filmmakers were left stranded and scrambling," said Janet Pierson, director of the film festival. "We had several.
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