industry side is trying to rise to the challenge faced by many festivals that have been forced to cancel their physical editions.
. Featuring a trio of webinars on the Variety Streaming Room platform, it will drill down on the challenges faced by the global film industry in the post-pandemic, those being: the future of theatrical releases; the landscape of film production; and the future of film festivals and film markets.This will enter the fest in the vintage cinema space just as streamers are snapping up library titles in the wake of the pandemic.
Locarno’s Open Doors Hub and Lab dedicated to nurturing cinema in areas where filmmaking is especially tough runs Aug. 6-11. It will continue its focus on Southeast Asia with a selection of projects being unveiled from Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Mongolia, including several market previews. Production teams of projects selected for the Open Doors co-production hub will meet on dedicated online platforms with prospective partners for presentations. “The regional creative voices are way more than can be highlighted by Open Doors,” says its chief Sophie Bourdon.