220 films and directors ”have been sent home”.
March 11 Update: Top brass at Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Cph:dox) have cancelled the physical event due to concerns over the spread of the COVID19 coronavirus and are going ahead with a virtual stand-in.
The festival put out a statement on Wednesday evening (11) that read, ”In light of the current COVID19 crisis and in response to the Prime Minister’s recent press conference, the documentary film festival Cph: Dox has decided to cancel all events in and outside Copenhagen.”
The festival said 220 films and directors ”have been sent home” and added that festival...
March 11 Update: Top brass at Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Cph:dox) have cancelled the physical event due to concerns over the spread of the COVID19 coronavirus and are going ahead with a virtual stand-in.
The festival put out a statement on Wednesday evening (11) that read, ”In light of the current COVID19 crisis and in response to the Prime Minister’s recent press conference, the documentary film festival Cph: Dox has decided to cancel all events in and outside Copenhagen.”
The festival said 220 films and directors ”have been sent home” and added that festival...
- 3/11/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
220 films and directors ”have been sent home”.
March 11 Update: Top brass at Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Cph:dox) have cancelled the event due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus.
The festival put out a statement on Wednesday evening (11) that read, ”In light of the current COVID19 crisis and in response to the Prime Minister’s recent press conference, the documentary film festival Cph: Dox has decided to cancel all events in and outside Copenhagen.”
The festival said 220 films and directors ”have been sent home” and added that festival staff would work from home to set up a digital version...
March 11 Update: Top brass at Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Cph:dox) have cancelled the event due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus.
The festival put out a statement on Wednesday evening (11) that read, ”In light of the current COVID19 crisis and in response to the Prime Minister’s recent press conference, the documentary film festival Cph: Dox has decided to cancel all events in and outside Copenhagen.”
The festival said 220 films and directors ”have been sent home” and added that festival staff would work from home to set up a digital version...
- 3/11/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Cph:dox, the Danish documentary film festival, has cancelled its opening night gala after Denmark’s government responded to the growing spread of coronavirus by asking organizers to pull events featuring more than 1,000 people. The event had been due to kick off with a screening of Kenneth Sorento’s The Fight For Greenland. The festival will otherwise go ahead as planned, with heightened hygiene procedures, unless the government introduces more severe measures to combat Covid-19, organizers said in a statement today.
This year’s Dublin International Film Festival closed over the weekend, with John Connors’ debut feature documentary Endless Sunshine On A Cloudy Day scooping the audience award. Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself, which premiered at Sundance, closed the festival as a gala screening and also took the Human Rights Film Award. Actor Liam Cunningham received the inaugural Lifetime Contribution Award. Elsewhere, Milje Li’s Confucian Dream won in the Documentary Competition,...
This year’s Dublin International Film Festival closed over the weekend, with John Connors’ debut feature documentary Endless Sunshine On A Cloudy Day scooping the audience award. Phyllida Lloyd’s Herself, which premiered at Sundance, closed the festival as a gala screening and also took the Human Rights Film Award. Actor Liam Cunningham received the inaugural Lifetime Contribution Award. Elsewhere, Milje Li’s Confucian Dream won in the Documentary Competition,...
- 3/9/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
All events with over 1,000 attendees also cancelled.
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Cph:dox) has cancelled its opening gala and any events with over 1,000 attendees, in the latest development in the battle to contain the new coronavirus.
In a statement on Monday, March 9, the festival said the rest of the programme will continue as planned, ’unless the public authorities change their guidelines to avoid Covid19 transmission among the population’.
It told Screen that it will not be looking for an alternative, smaller venue, and will run without an opening gala this year. It will also be providing daily updates on the...
Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (Cph:dox) has cancelled its opening gala and any events with over 1,000 attendees, in the latest development in the battle to contain the new coronavirus.
In a statement on Monday, March 9, the festival said the rest of the programme will continue as planned, ’unless the public authorities change their guidelines to avoid Covid19 transmission among the population’.
It told Screen that it will not be looking for an alternative, smaller venue, and will run without an opening gala this year. It will also be providing daily updates on the...
- 3/9/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
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