Cannes Film Festival may change form, Pingyao Film Festival will be held as scheduled
Qilu Evening News Qilu One Point
Reporter Ni Zifang
Because French President Macron announced on Monday that Paris will not allow large-scale mass festivals or events until at least mid-July, after the Cannes Film Festival announced plans to postpone it from the end of June to the beginning of July, it has become impossible may. The Cannes Film Festival officially issued a statement in agreement with this view, and said that this year's film festival is difficult to assume in the original form.
The Cannes Film Festival Organizing Committee said that after meeting with the French industry, the industry recognized that the Cannes Film Festival is an important pillar of the film industry. It must make the 2020 Cannes Film Festival a reality by various means, and highlighted the Cannes Film Festival and Cannes. The importance of the film market and parallel unit director biweekly, film critic week, and ACID. The organizing committee hopes to be able to communicate in time about the format of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival.
At noon on April 14, director Jia Zhangke announced that the fourth Pingyao International Film Exhibition will open on October 10 as scheduled. Jia Zhangke said, "Thank you friends from all walks of life for your interest in the Pingyao Film Festival. The fourth Pingyao International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from October 10 to October 19, 2020. The preparations are progressing smoothly. At this difficult time, our curation , Film selection, design, material production, event coordination and business cooperation are still in order, thank you for your partners ’support in human, material and financial resources. We will continue to do what we can do for the opening as scheduled . "
Pingyao International Film Festival is the fifth international film exhibition to be approved by the state after the Shanghai Film Festival, Changchun Film Festival, Beijing International Film Festival and Silk Road Film Festival.
The Venice Film Festival originally scheduled to be held from September 2 to 12 this year is tentatively scheduled for September and cannot be changed to an online film festival. "The Venice Film Festival will not be replaced by online events." A spokesman said, "It is possible for us to draw on the power of technology in certain areas, but it is too early to make a decision."
Earlier, the person in charge of the Toronto Film Festival had stated that they "have both online and offline options under consideration, because they are not sure whether groups will be allowed to gather in September." Each year the Toronto and Venice Film Festivals have a slightly overlapping schedule. This year the Toronto Film Festival will be held from September 10th to 20th.
In early March, the official account of the Beijing International Film Festival issued a notice on the social platform that the 10th Beijing International Film Festival originally scheduled to be held in late April was postponed due to the epidemic. The Film Festival Organizing Committee will pay close attention to the progress of epidemic prevention and control, and ensure the release of the tenth Beijing International Film Festival as soon as possible while ensuring safety.
The 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival will be held from June 13 to 22, and there is currently no news of extension. Previously, the Shanghai International Film Festival had been cancelled for one year due to the SARS epidemic in 2003.