Now they are and it just shifts overnight.” This year’s London film festival has been pared back because of coronavirus.
This year’s BFI London film festival is a symbol of resistance for an industry that has been “absolutely battered” by the Covid-19 crisis, according to its director, who said cinema may change forever because of the pandemic.
Tricia Tuttle, the London film festival’s director since 2018, said this year’s edition had taken on a greater “symbolic significance” because of the impact of the pandemic.
Tuttle added that the London film festival had to do better when it came to supporting black British film-makers, but the overall effort needed to be industry-wide and carried out sustainably with public investment.