Shift72 is a
New Zealand-based company that facilitates an online
video streaming platform. It was founded in 2008.
Shift72 is best known for facilitating online film festivals during the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic which prevented physical screenings. It hosted festivals for
TIFF,
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...
,
Cannes Film Festival, and
SXSW
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Te ...
. According to ''
Indiewire'', the company hosted more than 100 virtual festivals since March 2020.
See also
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Online film festivals
A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...
References below
Streaming media systems
New Zealand companies established in 2008
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