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Fortnite will host a short film festival this weekendNo, not machinima

No, not machinima

A Fortnite character munches popcorn while watching a short film from the Short Nite in-game film festival.

After showingmusical extravaganzas,movie trailers, and evenIncept and Batman in full,Fortnite’s social space will next host a short film festival. A dozen animated short films will be screened on the in-game cinema on a cycle across Saturday and Sunday - actual proper short films, many from actual proper film festivals. Have a peek in the trailer below.

Gather for the Short Nite Film Festival in Fortnite Party Royale!Watch on YouTube

Gather for the Short Nite Film Festival in Fortnite Party Royale!

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Short Nite, as it’s called, will be held at the Big Screen cinema on the Party Royale island. You can also watch while playing with picture-in-picture. It’s due to start at 7pm GMT (11am Pacific) on Friday the 20th of February and repeat until 7pm on Sunday the 21st. And yup, it’s free.

Fortnite offered all sorts of fun virtual events at a time when outside just, like, wasn’t happening. Sure, I imagine a lot of that was advertising that would’ve been planned gone ahead anyway, but it was welcome during The Year That Didn’t Happen and it’s still welcome in The Other Year That’s Not Happening.