2020

The Festival moves both outdoors, with seven screenings at its first-ever drive-in, and online with virtual screenings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Premiere of documentary Belushi is Opening Night at the Drive-In, with Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland closing the Festival in the open air. Online screenings of more than 50 films are accompanied by live, interactive Q&As with 119 filmmakers participating from 25 countries around the world. Kate Winslet is recognized with a Career Achievement Award with Francis Lee’s Ammonite, and Gianfranco Rosi receives an Artistic Achievement Award for his Notturno. Regina King’s directorial debut One Night In Miami shows at the drive-in and online with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Kemp Powers participating in a virtual Q&A. The Gold Hugo for Best Film is awarded to Sweat, directed by Magnus von Horn, and Lili Horvath’s Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time wins the Gold Hugo in the New Directors Competition.