{"id":19793,"date":"2020-08-07T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=19793"},"modified":"2020-08-07T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:43:35","slug":"free-b-film-festival-moves-forward-adjusts-to-new-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/08\/07\/free-b-film-festival-moves-forward-adjusts-to-new-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Free-B Film Festival moves forward, adjusts to new restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eventually, society adjusts\u2014this is true across generations and ages. The Free-B Film Festival, now in its 22nd season, is no exception. The three differences between this year and past years are that you need to sign up prior to the film you want to see, occupancy is limited to 50 people per movie, and the festival is happening at the Fort Common.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Film Festival engagement coordinator Ravi Reetoo says working to ensure the safety of people coming to events has been key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t have people lining up and being unsafe, waiting and hoping to watch the films,\u201d he says. \u201cThat would be the biggest change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Reetoo, the opportunity to show B-list films that some people may not be familiar with is a really exciting part of an event that, he says, is really about giving to people.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19794\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the_brain_that_wouldnt_die_-virginia_leith_-_photofest_still_-_h_2019_-768x433-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19794 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the_brain_that_wouldnt_die_-virginia_leith_-_photofest_still_-_h_2019_-768x433-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the_brain_that_wouldnt_die_-virginia_leith_-_photofest_still_-_h_2019_-768x433-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/the_brain_that_wouldnt_die_-virginia_leith_-_photofest_still_-_h_2019_-768x433-1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Brain that Wouldn&#8217;t Die<\/em> is one of the movies being screened this year at The Free-B Film Festival (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe give them this opportunity to watch or re-watch some very different and rare films that you can enjoy or re-enjoy,\u201d he says. \u201cThis lineup, we\u2019ve gone back to the festival\u2019s roots, so going back to more fun, B-movies; I\u2019m really excited about that\u2026 It\u2019s fun in itself, just watching the films.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reetoo says that seeing people\u2019s reactions on social media to the movies screening this year has been exciting. People have asked to pre-order, but because it\u2019s a free event, registration is being kept day-of only, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst come, first serve,\u201d says Reetoo.<\/p>\n<p>Because it\u2019s a free event, sometimes people will sign up but not show up; if people aren\u2019t there 15 minutes prior to the event, says Reetoo, they\u2019ll risk having their spots given to others, as there is an audience who want to see these movies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are still wanting to watch these films and, really, seeing their reactions online, people are very excited for these films, so it\u2019s [positive] for us as an organization, and [it] feel[s] like we\u2019re doing the right thing and bringing the right films to people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the first three films\u2014<em>Roman Holiday<\/em>, <em>The Brain That Wouldn\u2019t Die<\/em>, and <em>George of the Jungle<\/em>\u2014happened on August 3. The last three\u2014<em>King Kong Escapes<\/em>, <em>The Witches<\/em>, and <em>Santa Claus Conquers the Martians\u2014<\/em>open up for registration at 10 am on August 10 at <a href=\"freebfilmfest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">freebfilmfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Free-B Film Festival<br \/>\nVarious times, Thursday, August 13 to Saturday, August 22<br \/>\nFree, The Fort Common<br \/>\n<a href=\"freebfilmfest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">freebfilmfest.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eventually, society adjusts\u2014this is true across generations and ages. The Free-B Film Festival, now in its 22nd season, is no exception. The three differences between this year and past years are that you need to sign up prior to the film you want to see, occupancy is limited to 50 people per movie, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19795,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19793\/revisions\/19795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}