The Santa Barbara International Film Festival adapts to pandemic this year with two free nightly drive-in screens by the beach, and virtual panels featuring several Oscar-nominated filmmakers. DRIVE-IN THEATRES This year adds two pop-up drive-in screens at the Santa … Continued
Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced it’s going digital plus + drive-in theatre for its 36th festival, set for March 31 – April 10, 2021. Festival organizers announced two beachside drive-in theaters will debut, presented by Toyota Mirai and hosted at … Continued
The Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Market went virtual in its “Sweet 16” 16th edition, with more than 400 shorts and dozens of panels online November 9-15. HollyShorts Film Festival announced 36 award winners in various categories. Three categories … Continued
San Diego International Film Festival went mostly virtual this year with film screenings and panels online, and a nightly drive-in screening Oct 15-19. Attendees watched films in virtual Festival Virtual Village, with different virtual theaters named after physical theatres that … Continued
The HollyShorts Film Festival recognized 36 winners at its Closing Awards ceremony on August 14 at the Harmony Gold theater in Hollywood, at its landmark 15th anniversary. Three of the festival’s films officially became qualified to be in the running for … Continued
Speakers discussed how to increase diversity and use digital tools to recruit talent and find their audience, at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival May 2-10 at various venues around Downtown LA. Surviving and Thriving: Increasing Diversity Asian female writers discussed … Continued
This year’s Tribeca VR Arcade features 22 VR/AR experiences, with immersive booths themselves themed IRL to the VR experience. The VR Arcade features rows of fun themed VR booths. The high production value of the booths themselves is a nice reminder … Continued
The Simpsons creators including Matt Groening, and cast including Yeardley Smith, voice of Lisa, celebrated the show’s 30th anniversary on Apr 28 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. They discussed their favorite characters, Fox-Disney differences, and … Continued
The LA Film Festival features screenings and panels Sep 20-28 at several venues around LA. We’ve been noting when digital topics arise, from filming teens on screens in a teen dramedy film Banana Split, to working with Netflix, diversity, online … Continued