Hong Kong — More than a dozen international film festival heads have signed a petition denouncing the Chinese authorities’ halting of the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival.
The petition is signed by leading festival bosses including: Christoph Terhechte of the Berlin festival’s Forum section; Dennis Lim, director of programming at the Film Society of Lincoln Center; Rutger Wolfson, festival director of the Intl, Film Festival Rotterdam; Kent Jones, director of the New York Film Festival; Nashen Moodley, festival director of the Sydney Film Festival; and Shozo Ichiyama, program director at Tokyo Filmex.
Several have already displayed a statement on their festival’s websites.
The festival heads express their “deep concern” at the closure of the festival and the temporary detention of three of its organizers, as well as the confiscation of the archives of the sponsoring organization, the Li Xianting Film Fund. (For full text, see below.)
The Beijing Independent Film Festival,...
The petition is signed by leading festival bosses including: Christoph Terhechte of the Berlin festival’s Forum section; Dennis Lim, director of programming at the Film Society of Lincoln Center; Rutger Wolfson, festival director of the Intl, Film Festival Rotterdam; Kent Jones, director of the New York Film Festival; Nashen Moodley, festival director of the Sydney Film Festival; and Shozo Ichiyama, program director at Tokyo Filmex.
Several have already displayed a statement on their festival’s websites.
The festival heads express their “deep concern” at the closure of the festival and the temporary detention of three of its organizers, as well as the confiscation of the archives of the sponsoring organization, the Li Xianting Film Fund. (For full text, see below.)
The Beijing Independent Film Festival,...
- 8/27/2014
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - Film News
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