The government also confiscated an irreplaceable archive of independent films.
[1] That 11th edition of the festival, scheduled to run from Saturday 23 August 2014 until the end of the month did not open, after police detained the organizers and forced them to write a letter to say they were cancelling the event.
Police blocked off access to the site, while electricity to the venue was cut off.
Organizers said the local authorities had been unhelpful in the days leading up to the festival's opening and pressure had been brought to bear for the event not to proceed.
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