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Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Building on lessons from digital Cannes and digital AFM, Berlins online-only European Film Market is running like a well-oiled machine, though participants long for a return to in-person events. "Its slick and efficient, if a bit dull." When, last May, the Cannes Film Market bowed to the inevitable and went online-only, it was a leap in the dark. Could the independent film industry — a business that relies, perhaps more than any other, on trust and personal connecti...

6:00 AM 2/26/2021 by Scott Roxborough Dealmakers face ongoing uncertainty about theatrical releases thanks to COVID-19. Courtesy of Voltage Pictures; Courtesy of Lilies Films; Christine Fenzl/Courtesy of Berlin; Courtesy of Motlys; Courtesy of Atomic Autumn Productions Clockwise from top left: After We Fell, Petite Maman, Im Your Man, Best Sellers and Ninjababy. A year of the coronavirus — lockdowns, virtual film markets, online festivals and quarantined sets — has left its mark. While v...