James LeGros hangs up his tie to become a business partner for a new pizza parlor/bowling alley in the charming "Phoenix, Oregon," which is having a novel online release that will benefit shuttered theaters. (Photo courtesy of Joma Films)

As movie theaters shutter and Bay Area film festivals ponder the next steps and new dates for some unknown time post-coronavirus, studios and indie distributors are breaking with their own traditions and moving their original features online.

Meanwhile, film festivals, theaters and indie filmmakers hit hard creatively and financially are regrouping and devising ways to stay afloat in an uncertain future.

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