Sad winter ahead.
The Alpe d'Huez comedy film festival announced on Friday that it was giving up organizing its 2021 edition due to the health crisis.
The festival was originally scheduled to take place in January and had already been pushed back to the end of March.
He throws in the towel both because of the lack of visibility on the opening of the rooms and because of the situation in which the ski resorts are located.
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Unlike the Gérardmer Fantastic Film Festival which was held online from January 27 to 31, the Alpe d'Huez festival will not fall back on a digital edition, which would deprive it of "
meetings, sharing and sharing. 'exchanges
'.
"
These incomparable moments and sensations cannot exist around a digital edition, at a distance and solitary
", wrote the organizers.
Despite everything, the festival will soon communicate the list of films of the "
official selection
" of its 24th edition, a label that will support them for their theatrical release.
Open to the general public and completely free, the event is considered by the film industry to be one of the only gatherings devoted to comedy in Europe.
During its last edition, the 45 screenings welcomed 20,000 spectators over five days.
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