The South by Southwest Festival will hold its film competition online this year after the festival was canceled over coronavirus concerns
Jury members will judge competition entrants online this year, via links and uploaded submissions, festival director Janet Pierson. “This was going to be a transformative event, and with the cancellation, the filmmakers were left stranded and scrambling,” Pierson said.
All feature-film selections at SXSW this year will be eligible for the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards, and the winners of the animated, documentary, and narrative short film categories will be eligible for next year’s Academy Awards. Other categories include narrative and documentary feature, midnight shorts , and music videos.
Competition voting will run online from March 13th through the 21st. The winners will be announced on March 24th.
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