Telluride Filmfest cancelled over coronavirus

The Telluride Film Festival has been cancelled over coronavirus outbreak.

The organizers of the 2020 edition of the event that were very decisive on launching the festival as scheduled, announced that the event is dismissed.

The director of the 46th edition of the festival announced that after many attempts to carry on, they have decided to call off the event.

The Telluride Film Festival (TFF) is a film festival held annually in Telluride, Colorado.

The bulk of the program is made up of new films, and there is an informal tradition that new films must be shown for the first time in North America to be eligible for the festival.

The 46th edition of the event was slated for August 30 - September 2, 2020.

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