Major film festivals around the world will
unite for a 10-day-long global streaming event on YouTube to aid efforts to
battle the novel coronavirus pandemic. The event was announced by YouTube and
Tribeca Enterprises, which organises the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
The information was recorded by the American
media company, Variety.
We Are One: A Global Film Festival will
stream for free movies that have been shown at some of the major festivals in
the world, including Tribeca, Cannes, Venice, Berlin, London, Karlovy Vary,
Locarno, Marrakech, San Sebastian, Toronto and Tokyo. India will be represented
by Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festival. The screenings will include features,
documentaries and panel discussions, and will be available on the link
youtube.com/weareone.
“We Are One: A Global Film Festival unites
curators, artists and storytellers to entertain and provide relief to audiences
worldwide,” Tribeca Enterprises and Tribeca Film Festival co-founder and CEO
Jane Rosenthal said through a press statement.
“It’s an event that’s never been done
before and we’re proud to be the home for this fantastic content that is free
to fans around the world,” Robert Kyncl, Chief Business Officer, YouTube, added
in the press statement.
“We stand united with people across the
world in this difficult time,” Smriti Kiran, Artistic Director, Jio Mami Mumbai
Film Festival, said in the press release. “This is our show of solidarity,
faith and hope.”
The event will not replace standalone
festivals that have not yet been called off, such as Cannes, Venice and
Toronto, Variety added. While there are doubts about whether Cannes will take
place in June or July as previously announced, Venice has declared that it will
be held in early September in a “hybrid physical-digital program if necessary”,
Variety said.
The films will be shown without
commercials. Viewers will be asked to make donations for COVID-19 relief work.
The schedule will be announced in the
coming weeks.
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