Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic and just like many film festivals around the world, the New York Forum of Amazigh Film (NYFAF) also had to pivot to online and hybrid formats. The virtualization of the film event primarily meant transforming its relationship with the filmmakers and audience and changing the ways its organizers function between each edition while considering the pedagogical and transnational aspects of the forum. Drawing loosely on de Valck and Damiens’ concept of “scrambled to remain the same”, this chapter examines the online and hybrid transitioning as new strategies and opportunities adopted by the NYFAF organizers to pivot and re-imagine a future look for this film forum with this new approach. The chapter argues for a different understanding of the virtualization approach and points to the importance of a reflection on the expressions of resilience, disruption, and place, particularly in the context of small “genre” film festivals.