Cinephiles, here’s an online event you wouldn’t want to miss! Twenty-one film festivals have come together to curate films and programs for We Are One: A Global Film Festival! The event, which runs from May 29 to June 7, will stream for free on YouTube.
The 10-day online festival is born out of the desire to bring the film community together in the time of the pandemic. Through this, people can not only enjoy films from all over the world but also help raise funds to support COVID-19 efforts.
???? Film lovers! Tune in May 29–June 7 to check out the lineup of free films streaming exclusively on YouTube for #WeAreOne, an online film festival celebrating storytellers from around the world.
Posted by Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday, May 26, 2020
For this festival, Cannes, Berlin, Tokyo, Tribeca, and Venice are just some of the film festivals that have participated in curating high-quality films celebrating the art of storytelling. Representing over 35 countries, it will feature 23 narrative and 8 documentary features, 57 narrative and 15 documentary shorts, 5 VR programming pieces, and 15 archived talks. The event will also include 13 world premieres, 31 online premieres, and 5 international online festivals. The full line-up, as well as the premiere schedules for these films, can be accessed here.
Here are some of the films streaming on the festival:
- Beautiful Things by Giorgio Ferrero
- Happy, Mary Is Happy by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit
- Eeb Allay Ooo! by Anurag Kashyap
- Ice Cream And The Sound Of Raindrops by Daigo Matsui
- The Epic Of Everest by John Noel
- Grab by Billy Luther
- Traveling While Black and Alteration by Roger Ross Wiliams
- Lonely Encounter by Jenny Wan
Aside from the films, the event will also be streaming talks and discussions from past festivals. Francis Ford Coppola, Jackie Chan, Guillermo del Toro, and Bong Joon Ho are just some of the personalities to be featured in the festival.
While We Are One: A Global Film Festival is a free event, people can also donate by clicking on the link on the program page. The proceeds will go to the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children, Doctors Without Borders, Give2Asia, and more.
For more information about the festival, you can check out We Are One’s official website and YouTube channel.
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