Organisers Cancel Beijing Queer Film Festival's Love Queer Film Week

Organisers have cancelled Love Queer Film Week, the programme of the Beijing Queer Film Festival due to begin Friday in Beijing. The cancellation was announced in an Instagram statement late Thursday, 29 October. The Guardian reports police repeatedly phoned organisers in recent weeks. The Guardian describes the festival as mainland China's only public forum for LGBTQ+ films and discussion.