Film festivals can compete with smartphones: Berlinale chief

Film festivals still have a bright future in a world in which more audiences watch movies and television series on smaller and smaller devices, the veteran head of Germany's Berlinale says. The pageantry of stars on the red carpet, the magic of a premiere with a giddy crowd, the glory of a big screen and surround sound -- Berlin film festival director Dieter Kosslick said true cinema-lovers would in the long run never settle for anything less. In an interview ahead of the February 11-21 festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year, Kosslick said that younger viewers who grew up binge-watching television series were actually developing longer attention spans thanks to multi-chapter plot lines.

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