The BIAFF online film festival kicks off next Sunday in Batumi, capital of Adjara province, Georgia
Filmneweurope revealed the launch of the BIAFF Film Festival, next Sunday online, which was scheduled to be launched on the ground from September 13-20, 2020 in Batumi, the capital of Adjara district in Georgia, but it was postponed only three days before its opening, in Digital edition runs from 15 to 25 November in Georgia.
The festival had been postponed in the hope that the epidemic situation would improve, but cases of Covid-19 increased dramatically in Georgia, and the BIAFF took a decision to move to a digital version and join the festivals circle, which had to adopt the new reality and arrange the festival online.
The festival uses two platforms, Festivalscope and VIMEO
The festival uses two platforms, Festivalscope, to screen feature films and documentaries as well as MASTERS COLLECTION films, and the VIMEO platform to screen Georgian short films and panoramas. Films of both platforms will be accessed during the digital festival period and access to films will be provided free of charge to audiences in Georgia.
The festival is part of a large number of festivals that have turned into a digital version due to the Corona virus in Europe, including the seventeenth edition of the Slovenian festival of the animated film Animateka, which takes place online from November 30 to December 9, 2020, and its director Igor Brasil described the year 2020 As the “year of learning” due to the Coronavirus, saying in a statement: “The festival team sees a challenge in this situation and we will do our best to make the online version of the festival as authentic and honest as possible. We are ready for this experience, while deep down we cannot wait to return to normal before Virus outbreak. "
