The Chinese authorities early Saturday put an end to the Beijing Independent Film Festival. Art director Wang Hongwei and founder and film critic Li Xianting arrested
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Ellen DeGeneres Photo: AFP
The offices of the organization have been searched, reports Deadline
In the eleven years. that the film festival is already taking place, China is trying to get over what has been seen in the country. increasing control According to Li Xianting , the authorities are not the first cross. “In recent years, they forced us all to cancel the festival. But then we moved it to a different place if we showed the films later,” he said. Also, problems such as a lack of electricity and a sudden ban on public screenings were smart circumvented. “But this year really can not proceed. Festival is completely prohibited.”
As China’s largest foreign market for American films, Hollywood likes to work with the Asian country. Although the country is known for its censorship and human rights abuses, is that a large part of the film community in Hollywood no reason to believe China more distance. Want nothing more to do with the land to make only some celebs like Ellen DeGeneres Elton John and Jeffrey Katzenberg
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