2020 has been a year of forced evolution for the film industry, thanks in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Theaters have shut down. Films have halted production. And film festivals have been canceled or gone digital. For Fantasia International Film Festival, the upcoming film event focused on international and genre pictures, the choice faced was to either evolve or cancel. And that has led to Fantasia greatly altering its presentation of this year’s selections but still allowing for the event to feature some of the best films from around the world that would have otherwise struggled to receive recognition this year.

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