# Beijing Queer film festival cancelled after police harassment

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-30T11:04:12+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/beijing-queer-film-festival-cancelled-after-police-harassment
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/beijing-queer-film-festival-cancelled-after-police-harassment-fc1c1a/

Forums for discussion of feminist and LGBTQ+ views face growing intolerance from Chinese state, say experts Beijing’s annual independent queer film festival has been cancelled after what is understood to have been a campaign of sustained harassment from the authorities. Beijing Queer film festival, which was due to begin on Friday in China’s capital, is one of the country’s oldest independent film

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