1905 Film News Affected by the new crown epidemic, the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards, originally scheduled to be held next year, will be postponed for one year, that is, to be held in 2022.
The Hong Kong Film Awards official stated: "In view of the constant changes in the novel coronavirus, theaters in Hong Kong will not be open for most of the time in 2020; relatively, the expected movie releases this year will be postponed significantly. Therefore, the Hong Kong Film Awards After careful discussion, the Board of Directors decided to postpone the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony to 2022. At the same time, the films eligible for the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2020 and 2021 will be held in the first quarter of 2022. Combined voting and award ceremony. The conference thanks the funding agencies and film companies for their support and understanding of this decision."
In fact, since the global outbreak of the new crown at the beginning of this year, many international film festivals have taken corresponding measures to respond , Including next year’s Oscar Awards ceremony has also announced that it will be postponed. This year, the 39th Hong Kong Awards Presentation Ceremony was announced on the "cloud" for the first time in the form of webcast. In just 20 minutes, all awards were awarded by the Chairman of the Awards Jury Er Dongsheng in turn. Among them, the movie "Young You" won 8 awards including best film, leading the list without any suspense.
