One of 2023's most loved films, 12th Fail, is all set to screen at the Shanghai Film Festival. Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the film narrated the story of Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame poverty and became an IPS officer. The film featured Vikrant Massey in the lead. 
 
The film will be screened at the closing night of the festival on Sunday. The 2024 edition of the film festival kicked off on June 14.&nbsp;

12th Fail at Shanghai Film Festival 
 
According to a statement by the makers, Vikrant will be attending the screening of 12th Fail at the film festival. It is not clear who else will be travelling to the film festival for the screening. 
 
“The screening of 12th Fail in Shanghai Film Festival and Vikrant Massey's attendance at the screening highlights the film's ongoing success and the significant impact it has had worldwide,” read the statement. 
 
The film was released on October 27, 2023 in theatres. Recently, the movie also celebrated its silver jubilee, marking 25 weeks of success in theatres. It recently got a massive release in China, where it was showcased on over 20,000 screens.

About the film 
 
12th Fail revolves around UPSC aspirants and is based on real-life experiences. The film showcases the struggles of millions of students, who attempt the civil service entrance exams each year. The film focuses on the life of Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame poverty to become an IPS officer.

The film is based on a novel by Anurag Pathak, and features Vikrant as a young Manoj from Chambal, who wants to join the police force. Medha Shankar essays the role of IRS officer Shraddha Joshi, Manoj Kumar Sharma's wife.

WION's Review of 12th Fail

In her review, WION's Pragati Awasthy stated that 12h Fail had Vikrant Massey delivering his career's best performance. "Vikrant didn't just play the character, he lived it, from the local accent to the body language, innocence, eagerness, and shyness. " Read the<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-_2th-fail-movie-review-vikrant-massey-delivers-career-best-performance-651608"> full review of the film here</a>

One of 2023's most loved films, 12th Fail, is all set to screen at the Shanghai Film Festival. Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the film narrated the story of Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame poverty and became an IPS officer.

One of 2023's most loved films, 12th Fail, is all set to screen at the Shanghai Film Festival. Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the film narrated the story of Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame poverty and became an IPS officer. The film featured Vikrant Massey in the lead. The film will be screened at the closing night of the festival on Sunday. The 2024 edition of the film festival kicked off on June 14. 12th Fail at Shanghai Film Festival According to a statement by the makers, Vikrant will be attending the screening of 12th Fail at the film festival. It is not clear who else will be travelling to the film festival for the screening. “The screening of 12th Fail in Shanghai Film Festival and Vikrant Massey's attendance at the screening highlights the film's ongoing success and the significant impact it has had worldwide,” read the statement. The film was released on October 27, 2023 in theatres. Recently, the movie also celebrated its silver jubilee, marking 25 weeks of success in theatres. It recently got a massive release in China, where it was showcased on over 20,000 screens. About the film 12th Fail revolves around UPSC aspirants and is based on real-life experiences. The film showcases the struggles of millions of students, who attempt the civil service entrance exams each year. The film focuses on the life of Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame poverty to become an IPS officer. The film is based on a novel by Anurag Pathak, and features Vikrant as a young Manoj from Chambal, who wants to join the police force. Medha Shankar essays the role of IRS officer Shraddha Joshi, Manoj Kumar Sharma's wife. WION's Review of 12th Fail In her review, WION's Pragati Awasthy stated that 12h Fail had Vikrant Massey delivering his career's best performance. "Vikrant didn't just play the character, he lived it, from the local accent to the body language, innocence, eagerness, and shyness. " Read the full review of the film here

Vikrant Massey starrer 12th Fail to screen at Shanghai Film Festival

In a bid to bring back the audiences to its films and the domestic films market, Shanghai Film Festival announced its competition list for 2023. In 2023, Shanghai International Film Festival will complete 25 years, hence the film festival will be special for more than one reason. The competition list for 2023 will feature a lineup heavy on local Chinese film titles. It includes films from Iran and Japan too. However, missing from the list is any US film or documentary.&nbsp;

The 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival will run from June 9 to 18, 2023.

<h2>Shanghai Film Festival: A no-show because of COVID-19 pandemic</h2>

It will be the first version of the event that will be accessible to the attendees physically, since the pandemic. China was one of the most severely hit countries by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, even after the COVID scare reduced considerably, the film festival was canceled as the government put in place strict travel restrictions. Shanghai and neighbouring cities had a month-long COVID-related lockdown.&nbsp;

Prior to that, the Shanghai Film Festival was held but it was an entirely domestic Chinese affair. This was because no flights in and out of China were allowed at the time. This year, after a lot of back and forth, the organisers are hoping to bring back the audiences to the film festival. They are calling it Beijing’s current “open for business” policy push to the cultural sphere.&nbsp;

<h2>Shanghai Film Festival: What to expect</h2>

The Shanghai Film Festival is widely regarded as China’s most established and artistically respected cinema event. However, every year, there is also discourse on the nature of the film festival as like most other things, it has politics meddling with the arts. It is subject to prevailing local political priorities as much as the artistic will of programmers.&nbsp;

For the 2023 edition, organisers said they received nearly 8,800 film entries to choose from, spanning more than 128 countries and regions.

The film festival, along with the US has also given the Korean film industry no space on the competition list. This could be a result of the diplomatic relationship between China and Korea.

<h2>Shanghai International Film Festival 2023</h2>

Meanwhile, this is the 2023 Shanghai Film Festival lineup:&nbsp;

Feature Film Competition

All Ears, Dir. Liu Jiayin (China) 
Dust to Dust, Dir. Jonathan Li (China) 
Good Autumn, Mommy&nbsp;Dir. CHEN Shizhong (China) 
Joseph’s Son,&nbsp;Dir. Haobam Paban Kumar (India) 
Kindling, Dir. Connor O’Hara (U.K.) 
Mom, Is That You?!&nbsp;Dir. Yôji Yamada (Japan) 
Muyeres,&nbsp;Dir. Marta Lallana (Spain)&nbsp; 
Nina,&nbsp;Dir. Oksana Bychkova (Russia-Georgia) 
The Annoyed,&nbsp;Dir. Mehdi Fard Ghaderi (Iran) 
The Chapel,&nbsp;Dir. Dominique Deruddere (Belgium) 
The First Day Of My Life,&nbsp;Dir. Paolo Genovese (Italy) 
Yoko,&nbsp;Dir. Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Japan)

Asian New Talent

1.5 Horsepower&nbsp;Dir. Rasool Kahani (Iran) 
Cause Of Death: Unknown&nbsp;Dir. Ali Zarnegar (Iran) 
Day Dreaming&nbsp;Dir. WANG Zichuan (China) 
Gone With The Boat&nbsp;Dir. CHEN Xiaoyu (China) 
In Broad Daylight&nbsp;Dir. Lawrence Kan (Hong Kong) 
Love, My Way&nbsp;Dir. LIU Bing (China) 
May&nbsp;Dir. LUO Dong (China) 
People Who Talk To Plushies Are Kind&nbsp;Dir. Yurina Kaneko (Japan) 
Qash&nbsp;Dir. Aisultan Seit (Kazakhstan) 
Sunday&nbsp;Dir. Shokir Kholikov (Uzbekistan) 
The Signal&nbsp;Dir. Lee Phongsavanh (Laos) 
Time Still Turns The Pages&nbsp;Dir. Nick Cheuk (Hong Kong)

Animated Feature Films

Dolphin Boy&nbsp;Dir. Mohammad Kheirandish (Iran-Türkiye) 
Four Souls Of Coyote&nbsp;Dir. Áron Gauder (Hungary) 
Gonta: The Story Of The Two-Named Dog In The Fukushima Disaster&nbsp;Dir. Akio Nishizawa (Japan) 
Master Zhong&nbsp;Dirs. WANG Yuxi-HUANG Shanchuan (China) 
The Inseparables&nbsp;Dir. Jérémie Degruson (Belgium-France-Spain)

Documentary

Anxious In Beirut&nbsp;Dir. Zakaria Jaber (Jordan-Lebanon-Qatar-Spain) 
Leap Of Faith&nbsp;Dir. YANG Lina (China) 
Moses’ Spies&nbsp;Dir. Itzik Lerner (Israel) 
The Caravan&nbsp;Dir. Núria Clavero-Aitor Palacios (Spain-Mexico) 
The Passion Of Mahmoud&nbsp;Dir. Davoud Abdolmaleki (Iran)

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In a bid to bring back the audiences to its films and the domestic films market, Shanghai Film Festival announced its competition list for 2023. In 2023, Shanghai International Film Festival will complete 25 years, hence the film festival will be special for more than one reason.

In a bid to bring back the audiences to its films and the domestic films market, Shanghai Film Festival announced its competition list for 2023. In 2023, Shanghai International Film Festival will complete 25 years, hence the film festival will be special for more than one reason. The competition list for 2023 will feature a lineup heavy on local Chinese film titles. It includes films from Iran and Japan too. However, missing from the list is any US film or documentary. The 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival will run from June 9 to 18, 2023. Shanghai Film Festival: A no-show because of COVID-19 pandemic It will be the first version of the event that will be accessible to the attendees physically, since the pandemic. China was one of the most severely hit countries by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, even after the COVID scare reduced considerably, the film festival was canceled as the government put in place strict travel restrictions. Shanghai and neighbouring cities had a month-long COVID-related lockdown. Prior to that, the Shanghai Film Festival was held but it was an entirely domestic Chinese affair. This was because no flights in and out of China were allowed at the time. This year, after a lot of back and forth, the organisers are hoping to bring back the audiences to the film festival. They are calling it Beijing’s current “open for business” policy push to the cultural sphere. Shanghai Film Festival: What to expect The Shanghai Film Festival is widely regarded as China’s most established and artistically respected cinema event. However, every year, there is also discourse on the nature of the film festival as like most other things, it has politics meddling with the arts. It is subject to prevailing local political priorities as much as the artistic will of programmers. For the 2023 edition, organisers said they received nearly 8,800 film entries to choose from, spanning more than 128 countries and regions. The film festival, along with the US has also given the Korean film industry no space on the competition list. This could be a result of the diplomatic relationship between China and Korea. Shanghai International Film Festival 2023 Meanwhile, this is the 2023 Shanghai Film Festival lineup: Feature Film Competition All Ears, Dir. Liu Jiayin (China) Dust to Dust, Dir. Jonathan Li (China) Good Autumn, Mommy Dir. CHEN Shizhong (China) Joseph’s Son, Dir. Haobam Paban Kumar (India) Kindling, Dir. Connor O’Hara (U.K.) Mom, Is That You?! Dir. Yôji Yamada (Japan) Muyeres, Dir. Marta Lallana (Spain) Nina, Dir. Oksana Bychkova (Russia-Georgia) The Annoyed, Dir. Mehdi Fard Ghaderi (Iran) The Chapel, Dir. Dominique Deruddere (Belgium) The First Day Of My Life, Dir. Paolo Genovese (Italy) Yoko, Dir. Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Japan) Asian New Talent 1.5 Horsepower Dir. Rasool Kahani (Iran) Cause Of Death: Unknown Dir. Ali Zarnegar (Iran) Day Dreaming Dir. WANG Zichuan (China) Gone With The Boat Dir. CHEN Xiaoyu (China) In Broad Daylight Dir. Lawrence Kan (Hong Kong) Love, My Way Dir. LIU Bing (China) May Dir. LUO Dong (China) People Who Talk To Plushies Are Kind Dir. Yurina Kaneko (Japan) Qash Dir. Aisultan Seit (Kazakhstan) Sunday Dir. Shokir Kholikov (Uzbekistan) The Signal Dir. Lee Phongsavanh (Laos) Time Still Turns The Pages Dir. Nick Cheuk (Hong Kong) Animated Feature Films Dolphin Boy Dir. Mohammad Kheirandish (Iran-Türkiye) Four Souls Of Coyote Dir. Áron Gauder (Hungary) Gonta: The Story Of The Two-Named Dog In The Fukushima Disaster Dir. Akio Nishizawa (Japan) Master Zhong Dirs. WANG Yuxi-HUANG Shanchuan (China) The Inseparables Dir. Jérémie Degruson (Belgium-France-Spain) Documentary Anxious In Beirut Dir. Zakaria Jaber (Jordan-Lebanon-Qatar-Spain) Leap Of Faith Dir. YANG Lina (China) Moses’ Spies Dir. Itzik Lerner (Israel) The Caravan Dir. Núria Clavero-Aitor Palacios (Spain-Mexico) The Passion Of Mahmoud Dir. Davoud Abdolmaleki (Iran) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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China`s most prestigious film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival has officially been cancelled for this year. The festival is normally held in mid-June. The 25th edition of the festival will instead be held next year, in 2023, reports Variety. 
 
The decision to cancel this year`s festival outright is a sign of the continuing difficulties under which the film industry is currently operating in China. 
 
In 2020, the festival moved its dates from June to August, after cinemas endured a five-and-a-half-month period of closure running from late January to early July. In 2021, organizers considered moving the festival to July, but in the end went ahead with it in its normal June slot, albeit with the country operating under significant travel restrictions. 
 
These involved two-week quarantine periods paid for at travellers` own expense and potentially intrusive virus testing regimes, reports Variety. 
 
The Shanghai festival organizers say they will try to put on film events in the second half of this year, should conditions permit.

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"Due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, the Shanghai International Film Festival Organizing Committee has decided that the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival originally scheduled to be held in June 2022 will be postponed to next year," organisers said in a statement."We would hereby like to express our heartfelt thanks and sincere apologies to people from all walks of life who care and support the Shanghai International Film Festival. If conditions permit, we will plan and hold relevant film festivals and themed events in the second half of this year to share the pleasant experience brought by film art and film activities." 
 
The Chinese economy was quick to bounce back from the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and in both 2020 and 2012 China overtook North America to become the world`s largest box office market. 
 
But, with the arrival of the delta variant of COVID-19, Shanghai, China`s biggest city and its economic capital, was put into a tough and dramatic lockdown that began in April. 
 
The city was officially only allowed to reopen on June 1, 2022, causing millions of people to spill into the streets and onto public transport. 
 
But, significantly, cinemas were not part of the first wave of reopening. And the city`s health authorities have reported a rebound in case numbers since last week`s reopening. 
 
Reopening has continued in other major cities including parts of Beijing and Shenzhen. 
 
Beijing cinemas are to be allowed to reopen at 75 percent capacity to fully-vaccinated patrons from Monday (June 6, 2022).

China`s most prestigious film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival has officially been cancelled for this year. The festival is normally held in mid-June.

China`s most prestigious film festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival has officially been cancelled for this year. The festival is normally held in mid-June. The 25th edition of the festival will instead be held next year, in 2023, reports Variety. The decision to cancel this year`s festival outright is a sign of the continuing difficulties under which the film industry is currently operating in China. In 2020, the festival moved its dates from June to August, after cinemas endured a five-and-a-half-month period of closure running from late January to early July. In 2021, organizers considered moving the festival to July, but in the end went ahead with it in its normal June slot, albeit with the country operating under significant travel restrictions. These involved two-week quarantine periods paid for at travellers` own expense and potentially intrusive virus testing regimes, reports Variety. The Shanghai festival organizers say they will try to put on film events in the second half of this year, should conditions permit. Paramount is sued over Tom Cruise starrer 'Top Gun: Maverick' "Due to the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, the Shanghai International Film Festival Organizing Committee has decided that the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival originally scheduled to be held in June 2022 will be postponed to next year," organisers said in a statement."We would hereby like to express our heartfelt thanks and sincere apologies to people from all walks of life who care and support the Shanghai International Film Festival. If conditions permit, we will plan and hold relevant film festivals and themed events in the second half of this year to share the pleasant experience brought by film art and film activities." The Chinese economy was quick to bounce back from the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 and in both 2020 and 2012 China overtook North America to become the world`s largest box office market. But, with the arrival of the delta variant of COVID-19, Shanghai, China`s biggest city and its economic capital, was put into a tough and dramatic lockdown that began in April. The city was officially only allowed to reopen on June 1, 2022, causing millions of people to spill into the streets and onto public transport. But, significantly, cinemas were not part of the first wave of reopening. And the city`s health authorities have reported a rebound in case numbers since last week`s reopening. Reopening has continued in other major cities including parts of Beijing and Shenzhen. Beijing cinemas are to be allowed to reopen at 75 percent capacity to fully-vaccinated patrons from Monday (June 6, 2022).

Shanghai Film Festival cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis

In what would be a major change since everything in the world got shuttered due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Shanghai Film festival could take place in all its glory in late July if talks are to be believed.&nbsp;

Several Chinese media outlets reported that an actual physical Shanghai Film festival could be a reality next month.&nbsp;

Shanghai Film Festival is China’s oldest and most prestigious international cinema event that is typically held in mid-June.

According to new dates, Shanghai Film Festival is expected to run from July 18-27.

Meanwhile, Chinese theaters have been shuttered since late January, months longer than most major film markets around the world.&nbsp;

In what would be a major change since everything in the world got shuttered due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Shanghai Film festival could take place in all its glory in late July if talks are to be believed.

In what would be a major change since everything in the world got shuttered due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Shanghai Film festival could take place in all its glory in late July if talks are to be believed. Several Chinese media outlets reported that an actual physical Shanghai Film festival could be a reality next month. Shanghai Film Festival is China’s oldest and most prestigious international cinema event that is typically held in mid-June. According to new dates, Shanghai Film Festival is expected to run from July 18-27. Meanwhile, Chinese theaters have been shuttered since late January, months longer than most major film markets around the world.

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