The Hong Kong International Film Festival will shift to new dates in August, having been postponed earlier this year due to the COVID pandemic. The 46th edition of the festival will take place Aug.…
will shift to new dates in August, having been postponed earlier this year due to the COVID pandemic.
The annual spin-off event, Cine Fan Summer International Film Festival, which usually takes place around the same time in August, will be shelved and likely return in 2023. The city’s cinemas were closed from early January until Thursday this week and even now can only operate at reduced capacity. The territory’s theater operators have also chosen not to allow food and beverage sales, due to the strict regulations that remain in place.
Similarly, while some 95% of the March film selection had been set at the time of postponement, the new dates will require some re-programming. Some of the titles originally selected will no longer be available. But the HKIFF selectors will be able to freshen up the selection with other titles that debut in Cannes or other mid-year festivals.
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