Body of Work Festival with Harvey Weinstein postponed as producer cancels trip

A film festival celebrating the work of producer and distributor Harvey Weinstein will not go ahead in Canberra this weekend as its honouree is unable to travel due to health reasons.

The renowned producer and distributor who founded Miramax and runs The Weinstein Company is the focus of the inaugural weekend-long event planned by the Canberra International Film Festival.

However Weinstein said in a statement that doctors would not allow him to travel because of his knee injury. Nicole Mitchell, director of the Body of Work, said the festival could not go ahead without him.

“We deeply regret that we must announce the postponement of the inaugural Body of Work event in Canberra due to Mr Weinstein being unable to travel to Australia due to health reasons – a factor entirely beyond our control,” Mitchell said in a statement.