Hong Kong Film Festival Cancelled After COVID Spikes

Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been arrested over alleged foreign collusion, under provisions of the controversial new national security law. Lai, the founder of Hong Kong's leading newspaper Apple Daily and the media company Next Digital, was detained Monday morning according to a report in Apple Daily.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterJimmy Lai, the influential Hong Kong businessman who runs the listed media company Next Digital and the tabloid-style paper Apple Daily, has become one of the most high-profile arrests under the controversial new security law imposed by China.Lai’s newspaper offices were also raided by more than 200 police officers, according to the BBC, with several other arrests taking place, citing “suspicion of collusion with foreign forces”.Lai is a UK citizen.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterOrganizers of the Sarajevo Film Fesitval, which was set to be one of the first international film festivals to take place in a meaningful physical form this summer, have made a late decision to shift the event entirely to online after a spike of infections in Bosnia.The fest had been due to take place August 14 – 21 in the Bosnian capital and the team have been bullish for months that it would be able to stage events in person despite widespread

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Hong Kong International Film Festival has taken the unusual decision of revealing the pictures it selected for its now canceled 44th edition. It also plans to award prizes in its competition sections, though there will be neither in-person or online screenings for the public.The festival had previously rescheduled its 44th edition from its usual slot in March, due to the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Hong Kong International Film Festival, set to have taken place in the second half of August, has been canceled.The festival had previously rescheduled its 44th edition from its usual slot in March, due to the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak. It had set Aug 18-31 Aug.

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Oscar-winning Scottish actress Tilda Swinton and acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui will be honored with lifetime achievement awards at this year's Venice International Film Festival, organizers unveiled on Monday.

Also Read: Palm Springs Film Festival Postponed to Late February 2021Earlier this month, Venice, Telluride, Toronto and New York agreed  to team up this year and offer what they call a “united platform” for this year’s cinema in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Organizers of the festivals said they are moving away from competing with each other for world premieres and specific films and will work together to keep the “film ecosystem” thriving, serving filmmakers, audiences, journalists and

First Cannes and now Telluride. The Telluride Film Festival informed pass holders that 2020 edition of the festival has been canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAfter many attempts to carry on, the Telluride Film Festival has given into the reality of the Coronavirus pandemic and continuing outbreaks across the nation and today announced it is cancelling the 2020 edition. Here is the official letter sent by the festival:While there will be those who might say they’re not surprised by it, that this was inevitable, we beg to differ. It didn’t have to be this way.

Hong Kong cinemas, along with the Walt Disney Co.'s Hong Kong theme park, have shut their doors again amid a local flareup of novel coronavirus infections. Across the border in the vastly larger mainland Chinese market, rumors that movie theaters would get the official green light to reopen in late July have yet to materialize.

multiple reports.Disney's Hong Kong park initially closed its doors on Jan. 26 as COVID-19 cases began to surge in Asia, and reopened on June 18.

coronavirus pandemic, Disney officials said Monday. Disney officials posted on the resort's website that the Hong Kong park was closing Wednesday until further notice.

Dade Hayes, Tom Grater Hong Kong Disneyland, which reopened June 18, is closing again temporarily due to the resurgence of COVID-19.Hong Kong cinemas also will be forced to close again starting Wednesday after a spike in local cases of the coronavirus led authorities to re-implement tighter lockdown measures.The government will close 12 types of businesses, including gyms, gaming centers and cinemas, and will limit group gatherings to just four people, down from 50.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefCinemas in Hong Kong are to close their doors again from Wednesday night as the city suffers a third wave of the deadly coronavirus.The move was part of a wave of new measures announced on Monday evening by Chief Executive Carrie Lam in response to a new surge in COVID-19 cases.New social distancing measures will halt restaurant dining from 6 p.m. till 5 a.m.