The festival returns next month after stopping due to “Corona”
«Munich Film Festival»: on air around the city
9 outdoor locations across the city will showcase the 38th Munich Film Festival.
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The slogan: "Citywide Live" and its translation (on the air across the city).
Event: 38th Munich Film Festival.
Atmosphere: A city that wakes up from the darkness of a seemingly endless pandemic to celebrate films, actors, directors, and other celebrities and enjoy the events that make a global film festival fun, albeit in a quieter way than usual.
The German city will be full of life again from the first until the tenth of next July, in light of the excitement felt by film lovers who will attend the screening of a group of films from around the world, a feeling that the citizens of Munich greatly missed last year, when the festival was canceled due to the “Corona” pandemic. ».
"We're back," festival director Diana Elaine said happily, welcoming the press to show what, compared to previous festivals, is a smaller but still high-caliber celebration of film.
“This festival has always focused on the shared experience of people who enjoy watching movies together.
But this year, the feeling is more special.”
This year, the festival includes 70 films from 29 countries, which is a much lower number compared to the era before the “Corona” pandemic, when 180 films were shown two years ago. This year, 33 films will be shown for the first time, which is less than previous years. But for Elaine, the festival director since 2012, the main point is that the festival will take place in the first place, with a larger audience than she could have dreamed of a few months ago. In light of the decline in cases of the Corona virus, cinemas in Munich have now opened their doors to receive viewers. "We'll have nine outdoor locations across the city, that's our motto, 'On Air All Over the City,'" Elaine explained.
She added, “We had to rethink our festival several times, and come up with innovative ways to adapt to the ever-evolving conditions of the (Corona) pandemic.
It was a hard task.”
Elaine noted that there will be a sense of caution as the festival begins.
"We will monitor daily cases of coronavirus, and what the authorities will say about the situation," she added.
What matters to us first and foremost is the health of moviegoers.”
This is all very different from the festival in 2020, when a temporary program of several outdoor pop-up shows will be put in place across the city in order to keep Munich on the map.
This is the best that Elaine and her crew have been able to come up with under the current circumstances.
Pop-up shows
The idea of “pop” shows appeared during the Berlin Film Festival last winter, which was also affected by the “Corona” pandemic.
For many film buffs, the Munich Festival is less fortunate than the Berlin International Film Festival;
The Berlin Festival in the German capital is the biggest and best funded, and it gets the kind of funding that can host some of Hollywood's biggest stars for a few days.
• This year, the festival includes 70 films from 29 countries, which is a much lower number compared to before "Corona".
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