Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Beijing International Film Festival will go ahead after all, organizers announced Wednesday.The festival was originally scheduled for late April, but was postponed in March due to the coronavirus outbreak.
It was replaced with a hastily pulled together online event in early May, operated in partnership with streaming platform iQIYI.Now, the 10th edition of the BJIFF will run Aug.
22-29, state media reported. No details were available of the festival’s structure, program or locations.However, state media reported that the festival released a video clip containing congratulatory messages from Chinese actress Zhou Xun, director Lu Chuan and Danish film-maker Bille August.Chinese cinemas reopened ten days.
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