To our wonderful community of filmmakers, filmgoers, and supporters,
Like many festivals, Cinema Spectacular is experiencing some prescribed 2020 upheaval. After talking with filmmakers and members of our community, we have made the difficult decision to postpone our seventh festival until spring of 2021.
We had originally been anticipating our 2020 event to be taking place May 30th & 31st.While there’s a hole in our hearts where this year’s fest would have nestled in quite nicely, we are happy to be putting the health and safety of our communities first. But - here’s the good news!
If you have submitted projects, are they still in the running? Absolutely. Still need time to get a project to us? We have extended our final deadline until January 4th, 2021 with our regular deadline fees running throughout. With this unprecedented submissions season that has rolled forward into another year, we will be preparing for an expanded program in 2021 to showcase more local cinema love! Keep eyes out for discount codes (and we’re always available by email if you need a waiver) on our social spaces! We have also extended our maximum submission length to 20 minutes.
If you do find yourself with extra time this summer and fall and would like to lend a hand to what will, undoubtedly be our most monumental festival to date, we would love the help! We are looking for more members to add to our screening committee, as well as casual help with outreach and research. We’re open to suggestions as to what else we can be doing, too!
In the interim, we’ve got tons of plans to pass the time! Here we have an exciting opportunity to make changes, improve, and set a stronger foundation for future festival goings-on. It’s exciting! And we’ll certainly be using this time wisely; making new connections, taking on cool new projects, and continuing to promote our wonderful alumni! We’re committed to supporting the Canadian film scene through thick and thin - and we very much look forward to enjoying the silver screen with you again soon.
Stay patient, kind, and supportive,
Laurel & the Cinema Spectacular team
hello@cinemaspectacular.com