ANN ARBOR, Mich. The Cinetopia Film Festival has announced that this years festival will be canceled due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film festival was rescheduled for Aug. 21-30 after being postponed from its original dates in May. In a statement, the film festival said that the decision was made for the wellbeing of audience members, filmmaker guests and Cinetopia Film Festival staff. The Cinetopia team was hopeful that, by pushing back to August, we would still be able to hold an in-person event this year, Cinetopia Film Festival Director Sarah Escalante said in a statement. The Cinetopia Film Festival was started in 2011 by the Michigan Theater Foundation, a nonprofit organization created by Ann Arbors Michigan Theater.