Washington, Aug 24 (ANI): Chinese authorities recently shut down an annual independent film festival in Beijing on its opening day and seized documents and films from organizers. According to the Hollywood reporter, the festival tries to offer a platform for independent cinema, but for many months now, China’s ruling Communist Party has been tightening the screws on dissenting views, including movies from outside the tightly monitored and heavily regulated Chinese film industry. Li Xianting, a critic and one of the organizers of the Beijing Independent Film Festival said that police searched his office and confiscated materials he had collected over more than 10 years.
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