Canceled events include the Swiss International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights , planned for early March ; the Red Sea International Film Festival , which was to be held for the first time in March 2020 ; the March 2020 South by Southwest ( SXSW ) , which would have included film screenings ; the 2020 BFI Flare : London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival ; Nickelodeon 's 2020 Slimefest festival ; the Disney+ European launch press event ; Fox Broadcasting Company 's upfronts and program presentations ; Qumra , the Doha Film Institute 's international directors ' conference ; Hong Kong Filmart , a large film market event ; the National Association of Theatre Owners ' CinemaCon 2020 ; and Lille 's Series Mania television festival .
Many Film Festival events have been canceled because of the Pandemic .