Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIt is going to be tough acting like things have gone back to normal, and operating an in-person festival, complete with foreign guests.
But given plentiful resources and a can-do spirit, the Hainan Intl. Film Festival might be able to pull it off.The festival, set to run Dec.
5-12, won’t be the first Chinese festival to operate in front of live audiences. The delayed editions of the Shanghai and Beijing festivals managed it in restricted fashion, and October’s Pingyao festival expects to as well.
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