Vivienne Chow The 40th edition of the Hong Kong Film Awards will be postponed to the first quarter of 2022 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced on Monday.The Hong Kong Film Awards Association explained that many scheduled theatrical releases have been delayed or canceled as cinemas are unable to operate normally.
As a result, there will be no ceremony in 2021 and it will consider Hong Kong-made films released in both 2020 and 2021 as eligible for the 2022 edition.This year’s awards ceremony in May was canceled, and then moved to an online streaming presentation.Cinemas in Hong Kong were twice ordered to shut down as the territory was hit by second and third waves of the epidemic.
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