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Sundance Film Festival goes virtual amid pandemic

Summary by Ground News

The festival will still start on Jan. 20. The original plan had been for screenings both in Park City and online. This year’s festival includes some high-profile films, including documentaries about Bill Cosby and Princess Diana. The festival had previously announced vaccination boosters would be required.

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Hindustan Times

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Sundance Film Festival to go virtual due to Omicron surge

The rise in COVID-19 cases, fuelled by the Omicron variant, had the film festival do away with the in-person event.

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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News24

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Sundance film festival scraps in-person events due to Covid

The Sundance film festival cancelled all in-person events due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, shifting its indie movie premieres and events online.

3 years ago·South Africa

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Sundance Film Festival will be fully virtual amid COVID surge

Just two weeks before it was to be held in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is canceling its in-person festival and reverting to an entirely virtual edition due to the current …

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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CBS News

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Sundance Film Festival to be held entirely online amid COVID-19 surge

It is the second year in a row that the festival will be held virtually.

3 years ago

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Billboard

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Sundance Cancels In-Person Events, Moves Film Festival Online Amid Omicron

Programmers became increasingly concerned about the COVID-19 variant surge, which, as one insider notes, is projected to peak in Park City during the festival’s dates.

3 years ago·United States

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