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The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a wrench into film festival season, including the cancellation of South By Southwest in March, Tribeca in April and Cannes in May.As a result, 21 international film festivals have banded together to create the Together, they’ve curated over 100 films free to watch without commercials on The lineup represents films from 35 countries, including 23 narrative features, eight documentary features, 57 narrative short films and 15 documentary short films.Much of it is new content with 13 world premieres and 31 online premieres.It includes the world premiere of documentary “Ricky Powell: The Individualist,” chronicling the eponymous street photographer with interviews by LL Cool J and Natasha Lyonne.It also includes the online premiere of the satire “Eeb Allay Ooo!” about “monkey repellers” in New Delhi that already won the Golden Gateway Award at the Mumbai Film Festival.Sports fans will enjoy Joan Chen’s world premiere documentary “Iron Hammer” about Chinese Olympic volleyball star Jenny Lang Ping, who shattered glass ceilings.Music fans can check out the world premiere of the Third Eye Blind documentary short “Motorcycle Drive By,” as well as a special DJ set by Questlove from Roots.Cartoon fans will enjoy “Bilby,” “Marooned” and “Bird Karma” by DreamWorks Animation.If you’re more into episodic storytelling, check out the Israeli neo-noir “Losing Alice” and the political docuseries “And She Could Be Next” about women of color running for office.There’s even a film shot exclusively for the fest: Koji Fukada’s “Yalta Conference Online.”Perhaps most fascinating are virtual reality pieces like “Alteration,” a sci-fi experience starring Bill Skarsgard, and “Driving While Black,” an immersive look at racial profiling.There will also be panel discussions by Francis Ford Coppola, Bong Joon-ho, Steven Soderbergh, Song Kang-ho, Guillermo del Toro, Jane Campion and Claire Denis.While the festival is free of charge, audiences can click a link to donate to COVID-19 relief efforts by the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children, Doctors Without Borders, Leket Israel, GO Foundation, Give2Asia and other organizations.Copyright © 2020 by WTOP.
We've received your submission.The streaming service said Monday that it will launch a free 10-day digital film festival this spring with 20 partners.Dubbed “We Are One: A Global Film Festival,” the event will be produced and organized by New York’s Tribeca Enterprises. website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area. Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube announced Monday the online festival will feature movies, shorts, documentaries, music, comedy and conversations. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Film festivals worldwide are teaming up to launch “We Are One: A Global Film Festival,” which will play out over 10 days and be available for free on YouTube.
Read Next: Original ‘Jurassic Park’ Trilogy Will Leave Netflix After Two-Month Window We Are One: 10 Films and Events Worth Your Time at YouTube’s Global Online Film Festival. WTOP.com | Alexa | Google Home | WTOP App | 103.5 FM The free-to-watch programming, which will not include any ads, will stream a slew of feature films, shorts, documentaries, music, comedy and panel discussions.For now, organizers aren’t identifying specific films expected to be screened, but they said a full schedule will be available in the coming weeks.Viewers will be asked to make donations for COVID-19 relief, which YouTube and Tribeca said will benefit the World Health Organization and local orgs in regions globally. Log in to your WTOP account for notifications and alerts customized for you.
The YouTube-hosted event will feature programming from 20 top film festivals, including the The online event is set to run from May 29 to June 7 and it will be available at youtube.com/weareone. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)FILE - This April 20, 2011 file photo shows a view of the outdoor screening area at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. YouTube is patterning with 21 film festivals to present the We Are One: Global Film Fest. Film Fest Gent was created in 1974. WTOP's Jason Fraley previews the Global Film Fest
We Are One: A Global Film Festival is being produced and organized by New York’s Tribeca Enterprises.
They said a full schedule will be available in the coming weeks.Viewers will be asked to make donations for COVID-19 relief, which YouTube and Tribeca said will benefit the World Health Organization and local orgs in regions globally.The individual film festivals will curate their own programming tracks. Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube announced Monday the online festival will feature movies, … Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. The 10-day online festival organized by YouTube and Tribeca Enterprises features a … (YouTube) Film Festival International prides itself on giving young and established Filmmakers the platform to showcase their work around the world. Twenty-one International film festivals have banded together to create the We Are One: A Global Film Festival, which will screen select films virtually from May 29 to June 7.
Tribeca Enterprises declined to say what movies would be included but “We Are One” isn’t expected to feature prominent feature films that were set to premiere at canceled festivals “We hope that everyone gets a taste of what makes each festival so unique and appreciates the art and power of film,” said Jane Rosenthal, chief executive of Tribeca Enterprises, in a statement.