Shanghai International Film Festival Sets Official Dates
Rebecca Davis editorThe Shanghai International Film Festival will take place this year from June 11 to June 19.The news comes less than two weeks after Gao Yunfei, the head of Shanghai’s municipal film administration and vice-minister of its propaganda department, stated at a press conference that the city was considering pushing the event back to July.Registration for the 24th annual event is now open to “Chinese and foreign filmmakers and industry people,” the festival said, implying a door at least slightly ajar to international guests despite the ongoing pandemic and China’s tight restrictions on foreign entries and visas, particularly for journalists.Tickets for the few flights into China are currently astronomically expensive, and