The wound is still raw at the Sydney Film Festival and artistic director Nashen Moodley is watching his colleagues around the world wrestle the same problems, but CEO Leigh Small is clear about the decision.
‘The board and the senior team have been talking about this for several weeks now.’ she explained. ”We were looking at the possibilities of scaling back or postponing and all the ramifications around that. Also into consideration came the ability to get films, the public sentiment about attending large events and an estimation of how long this current crisis would go on for. We came to a very clear decision that the trigger would be around government decisions about Covid-19.’
