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Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has confirmed that this year’s edition will take place June 9-18, 2023, marking the festival’s return as an in-person event following its cancellation last year. The festival was scheduled to take place as a physical event in June 2022 but had to cancel shortly before it commenced due to strict lockdown restrictions imposed on the city of Shanghai when Covid-19 levels started to spike. It was previously announced that SIFF Market, the festival’s industry platform, is moving to Longemont Hotel, which places it closer to SIFF’s main venue at the Shanghai Film Art Center and adjacent Crowne Plaza Hotel. As in previous years, the festival will host several competition strands through its Golden Goblet (Jinjue) Awards, including feature films, Asian new talent, documentaries, animation, and short films. SIFF organizers said they’ve received nearly 8,800 submissions from more than 128 countries, around half of which were submitted for last year’s canceled edition. Other sections include the Belt and Road Film Festival Alliance, a projects market and a metaverse event.