![]() It's only natural that makeshift drive-in theaters are popping up across Miami and Fort Lauderdale to provide a few hours of diversion to a stir-crazy populace. And even when they do reopen, it's unclear when people will feel safe gathering indoors in large groups again. Though Miami is slowly reopening, with restaurants, retail stores, and salons beginning to operate at partial capacity, movie theaters are among the businesses that remain shuttered. Now they seem tailor-made for our current era of social distancing, offering outdoor locations and natural separation. Once upon a time, drive-ins were a common sight, great for dates and family-friendly outings. Popcorn Frights Drive-In Horrorshow will kick off May 30 at MASS District with a double bill. Shteyrenberg and Ferman look to move the pop-up around to different South Florida locales as the summer progresses. Film is supposed to be experienced in a social space." "This is a way to get people outside in a very safe way and have them experience the outdoors and be able to have some diversion, but also a sense of being connected. "We've all been social distancing for so long, it's been so many months, we're all going crazy," Shteyrenberg says. With the main festival rescheduled for October, they decided to launch a drive-in movie theater, in partnership with Twilight Features and MASS District in Fort Lauderdale. It's curated "by horror lovers for horror lovers," Shteyrenberg says, and it's a passion project for its team, which doesn't make money from putting it on. Popcorn Frights, which has become the largest genre film festival in the southeastern U.S., is known for spotlighting the work of South Florida filmmakers and discovering new talent. ![]() It truly has the power to heal us and make us better and help us see things we wouldn't see otherwise." "This is something that we need right now for our souls," says Igor Shteyrenberg, who cofounded the festival in 2015 with Marc Ferman. ![]() When Popcorn Frights had to postpone its summer horror-film festival due to the pandemic, the organizers were determined to find another way to bring movie magic to their community. ![]()
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