We Are One: A Global Film Festival

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We Are One: A Global Film Festival is an international online film festival which took place in 2020. [1] Organized by Tribeca Enterprises in conjunction with YouTube as a response to the cancellation of many traditional film festivals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival screened a selection of films for free on YouTube between May 29 and June 7. [2]

Contents

The festival featured a mix of premieres of new films that had been slated to premiere at a film festival that was cancelled due to the pandemic, and older films which the partner festivals chose to highlight as deserving of wider attention, [3] [4] as well as a new film by Kōji Fukada that was created specifically for We Are One. [5] In addition, the festival screened a number of virtual reality projects and some international television and web series episodes, selected panel discussions with filmmakers, and a live DJ set by Questlove. [6]

Films were screened for free, although links were available to encourage voluntary donations to international COVID-19 relief funds. [6]

Partners

The event featured programming curated by various international partner festivals: [5]

Films

Feature films

Short films

360 VR

Television

Web series

Panels

References

  1. Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, David Ehrlich, Zack Sharf and Chris Lindahl, "We Are One: 10 Films and Events Worth Your Time at YouTube’s Global Online Film Festival". IndieWire , May 27, 2020.
  2. "Line-up announced for We Are One: A Global Film Festival". British Film Institute, May 27, 2020.
  3. David Morgan, "'We Are One' presents a free global film festival online". CBS News, May 28, 2020.
  4. Orlova-Alvarez, Tamara (30 May 2020). "The Hurdles Of Online Festivals". Ikon London Magazine. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 Dave McNary, "YouTube, Tribeca Unveil Lineup for Free ‘We Are One: A Global Film Festival’". Variety , May 26, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Jeremy Kay, "We Are One global film festival announces line-up". Screen Daily , 27 May 2020.