International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) Unveils Line-Up for 2020 Online Edition
The International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM) has announced its 2020 line-up, including an international competition for first and second-time filmmakers. The competition line-up of 11 features including actor Viggo Mortensen’s directing debut “Falling”; Cannes 2020 Label titles “Limbo”, “Spring Blossom” and “Sweat”; Jeonju Film Festival winner “Black Light”; the Best Feature film at this year’s FIRST International Film Festival “Love Poem”; and “The Cloud In Her Room”, which took the Tiger award at Rotterdam. This year’s competition jury comprises 5 people, with Chinese filmmaker Ning Hao to head the team. The festival organizers also confirmed that this year’s festival will be hosted online. Read more iFeng news
As China Clamps Down on Big Tech, Shares Tumble
In a surprise move, Beijing has begun to regulate big tech — and the ramifications are already being felt. Domestic conglomerates such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Meituan have had billions wiped-out in light of these new antitrust guidelines. The crackdown will address transparent pricing of products, unfair competition, and could include the uses of online data and algorithms. This comes at a crucial time, with tech giants flying high during China’s biggest online event, 11.11. More importantly, it follows an unexpected intervention by market regulator’s into the impending IPO of Alibaba’s Ant Group, which was projected to be the biggest of all time. Read more Jing Daily
