Films are screening more often on streaming services, digital channels and pay TV.
But with fewer art-house films getting cinema release, Nashen Moodley believes festivals are becoming a more important forum for non-mainstream work.
“Although there’s a proliferation of cinema on various platforms, festivals play an increasingly important role in providing this curated experience where people can see a film together in great numbers,” the director of the Sydney Film Festival says.
Moodley was speaking as he announced the first 26 films that will screen at the 65th festival, which runs from Ju…
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