Delgado, Maria M. (2025) Programming under Covid-19: London Film Festival 2020. In: Shaping Film Festivals In a Changing World: Practice and Methods. University of Amsterdam Press, Amsterdam, pp. 151-164. ISBN 9789048555734

Abstract

This chapter reflects on a number of programming decisions made during the 2020 London Film Festival. Drawing on data from the BFI, team programming meetings and discussions, and input from the Festival Director as well as four of the festival’s programme advisors, the chapter maps the process of what programming for the London Film Festival entailed through a pandemic that shook the world.