Shanghai International Film Festival 2022 canceled due to the resurrection of COVID-19


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The Shanghai International Film Festival, China’s most prestigious film festival, has been officially canceled this year. Festivals are usually held in mid-June.Instead, the 25th edition of the festival is reported to be held next year, in 2023. variety.. [China: Shanghai reports the first COVID-19 death since the start of the blockade.](//www.latestly.com/agency-news/world-news-chinas-shanghai-reports-first-covid-deaths-since-start-of-lockdown-3602291.html) The decision to cancel this year’s festival altogether is a sign of continued difficulty for the film industry currently operating in China. In 2020, the festival changed dates from June to August, after the cinema endured a five-and-a-half-month closure period from late January to early July. In 2021, the...