Lost River Film Fest underway, continues throughout weekend

Lost River Film Fest, the region's popular yearly gathering to uplift new independent cinema, began Thursday evening in San Marcos.

The vast majority of the festival's 72 films –– which hail from across the planet, from Myanmar to Michigan, from Iran to France –– will play in the downtown Price Center ballroom,  222 W. San Antonio St., the anchor for the four-day event.

Due to the pandemic, 2020's festival has changed in a few ways: limited seating for screenings; additional precautions with air-filtration systems, disinfectant aplenty and a temperature check at the box office; as well as the screening of films where large audiences are anticipated in more spacious venues in the outskirts of San Marcos.