Jeff Justiz all but swore off the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month after seeing the event hadn’t included proof of COVID-19 vaccination among its safety protocols. Audience, staff and visitors will need to show proof of full vaccination or provide a negative test taken within 48 hours of entering festival venues for the Sept. 9 to 18 shows, TIFF says. Then they had to play catch up.”Toronto’s Jesse Taylor, another TIFF devotee, said in an interview last week he was disappointed festival organizers hadn’t included vaccination proof in their COVID-19 protocols. TIFF also isn’t the first film festival to announce a vaccine requirement for audience members. The Telluride Film Festival in Colorado and the Venice Film Festival, both of which start early next month, have mandated vaccination proof or a negative test for entry while Sundance, which doesn’t begin until January 2022, announced similar protocols.

Source: thestar August 23, 2021 16:07 UTC