The Hong Kong International Film Festival will be postponed from its scheduled date in March and early April. The decision was a response to the growing fear of the novel coronavirus which has spre…
The festival’s organizer, theSociety made the announcement on Thursday. It said that the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum, better known as HAF, and held within the perimeter of the FilMart trade show, would also be postponed.
“The HKIFFS’ two flagship events, both scheduled to start in less than six weeks, will be postponed to the summer of 2020. However, the April/May edition of the year-round Cine Fan repertory program has been cancelled ,” said HKIFFS executive director Albert Lee in a statement. But with the memory of the 2003 SARS outbreak still in the minds of many, Hong Kong public are vigilant and wary about gathering in large numbers. Some cinemas in the territory have begin to only sell alternate rows of seats in their theaters.
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