China: Authorities Shut Down Film Festival in New York

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A still from Jiangnan Xu's film “Friends from Jiangnan.” © Zhu Rikun Chinese authorities harassed several dozen Chinese film directors and producers, as well as their families in China, causing them to pull films from the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival in New York City, Human Rights Watch said today. On November 6, 2025, the festival’s organizer, Zhu Riku, announced that the film festival, scheduled for November 8-15, had been “suspended.”“The Chinese government reached around the globe to shut down a film festival in New York City,” said Yalkun Uluyol, China…

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