
The SXSW Film Festival which canceled this year’s 2020 edition due to concerns over the global coronavirus pandemic, announced that the festival will still hand out film awards.

The SXSW Film Festival which canceled this year’s 2020 edition due to concerns over the global coronavirus pandemic, announced that the festival will still hand out film awards.

After Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced restrictions on public gatherings of more than 500 people in a new effort to fight the coronavirus outbreak of the 19th Tribeca Film Festival scheduled for April 15-26, has been postponed until further notice.

The day after President Donald Trump delivered a speech from the Oval Office, and actor Tom Hanks along with his Rita Wilson revealed that they have been diagnosed with coronavirus the seriousness of the global outbreak is continuing to cause the film industry to cancel many upcoming events.

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic and more film festivals including Cleveland and Full Frame Documentary film festivals have decided to postpone or outright cancel this year’s edition.

Beijing International Film Festival, Prague International Film Festival, Inwood Film Festival join an ever growing list of film festivals being canceled or rescheduled in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Aspen Film announced the program for the 29th Annual Aspen Shortsfest, an Oscar®-qualifying film festival that showcases the best in short form cinema from around the world. The six-day event takes place at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House from March 31-April 5, 2020 and at Carbondale’s Crystal Theatre from April 3-5, 2020.

The Bentonville Film Festival has rescheduled this year’s festival dates due to concerns over the coronavirus. The 2020 festival which was scheduled to take place April 29 to May 2, will now take place in the Summer, August 5 to 8.

Film stars Elizabeth Debicki and Claes Bang will join director Giuseppe Capotondi tonight on the Opening Night Red Carpet of the 37th Miami Film Festival to present their new film The Burnt Orange Heresy, at the historic Olympia Theater. The Festival will run from March 6 to 15.

The 2020 San Francisco International Film Festival which runs April 8 to 21, will open with the hometown premiere of Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s Boys State, on Wednesday, April 8, 7:00 pm at the Castro Theatre. The documentary world premiered earlier this year at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival where the film won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.

SXSW has cancelled this year’s festival which was scheduled to take place March 13th to 22nd in Austin, Texas over concerns due to the coronavirus.

The 22nd edition of Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square, bringing with it five days of “sublime cinervana” to the Brattle Theatre from March 25th through the 29th.