Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the 2022 Shanghai International Film Festival has been canceled


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The Shanghai International Film Festival, China’s most prominent film festival, has been canceled for this year. The festival usually takes place in mid-June. The decision to cancel this year’s festival in its entirety reflects the ongoing challenges that the Chinese film industry is experiencing. The festival’s 25th edition will take place next year, in 2023. After a five-and-a-half-month closure of cinemas from late January to early July, the festival switched its dates from June to August in 2020. In 2021, festival organizers explored relocating the event to July, but ultimately decided to keep it in June, despite the country’s substantial...