Overlook Film Festival POSTPONED; Dread Central Offers Platform to Affected Filmmakers
Josh Millican
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As the world continues to hunker down during the Coronavirus crisis, we’re receiving word this afternoon that the 2020 Overlook Film Festival has been postponed indefinitely. You can read the organizers’ full statement below.
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It is with a heavy heart that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we must postpone the 2020 Overlook Film Festival to a date later this year.
While we were hoping to celebrate and share our love for all things horror together this May, we all need to do our part of slowing down community spread of the virus. We’ve been working nonstop to create a variety of memorable events and screenings, but health has to come first. As a community-driven summer camp for horror fans, the safety and well-being of our guests, filmmakers, artists, industry, fans and team are the most important part of our annual gathering.
We are closely monitoring all developments in order to determine when it will be feasible and responsible to hold our event this calendar year. During this delay, we are continuing to actively evaluate submissions for all film and live programming so that we can put on the best possible fest as soon as we can.
On a more personal note, we’d like to implore you to make sure you make every effort at this time to stay home and shelter in place. The more we all social distance right now, the sooner we will be on the other side of this. We look forward to all the plans we have in store. Stay safe and we’ll see you soon.
Sincerely,
The Overlook Film Festival Team
Dread Central can give a “signal boost” to filmmakers and guests affected by the festival’s postponement. If you have a film or short film that was scheduled to screen, we can offer reviews, share trailers, and even arrange interviews. Just drop us a line at info@dreadcentral.com.
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