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SCAD Savannah Film Festival’s Christina Routhier joins the latest episode of the Difference Makers podcast to discuss the history and reasons for success of world’s largest university-run film festival as well as what to expect from the virtual version that starts Saturday.

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(8:15): Working at the Trustees Theater

(11:15): Roles at SCAD

(17:11): Development of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival

• From the Archives: SCAD Savannah Film Festival (SMN)

(25:14): 2020 SCAD Savannah Film Festival

• With virtual platform, SCAD Savannah Film Festival promises look at year’s best movies (SMN, Oct. 21, 2020)

(31:50): Live component of the 2020 festival

(36:30): What the festival experience will be like online for patrons

• OPINION: SCAD Savannah Film Festival courts community with virtual event (SMN, Sept. 15, 2020)

(39:10): Lessons learned from festivals that went virtual before

(42:35): Highlights for you of the 2020 festival

• Do Savannah's 2020 festival coverage

(46:55): What you will miss about the in-person, theatrical experience

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