"We do realise that nothing can compare to the festival atmosphere, the collective experience of an audience in a cinema theatre or backstage meetings. However, as we’re facing an uncertain future, we’ve decided to organise the Festival in this new formula. We do it out of respect for the filmmakers, who are impatiently waiting to present their most recent work to the festival jury and the audience, but also for the audience itself – we want to give them a worthy escape from the worries of everyday life and restore a tiny bit of normality in these trying times,” – Krzysztof Gierat, the director of the Krakow Film Festival, said in a statement.

The festival will hold its three competitions, as well as online Q&A’s with filmmakers. Films will be shown only at specified screening times.