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China’s most prestigious film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival has officially been cancelled for this year. The festival is normally held in mid-June. The 25th edition of the festival will instead be held next year, in 2023, reports Variety. China: Shanghai Reports First COVID-19 Deaths Since Start of Lockdown. The decision to cancel this year’s festival outright is a sign of the continuing difficulties under which the film industry is currently operating in China. In 2020, the festival moved its dates from June to August, after cinemas endured a five-and-a-half-month period of closure running from late January to early...
