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2022 Sundance Film Festival will be a virtual event because of Omicron
Updated On: 06 January, 2022 01:15 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
Sundance had held a virtual edition in 2021 and offered select physical screenings in markets across the US
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View of the audience at the `Wildlife` Premiere during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Theater on January 20, 2018 in Park City, Utah. Pic/AFP
The Sundance Film Festival, scheduled to take place at Park City, Utah, from January 20 to 30, has scrapped its plans for an in-person gathering for 2022. It will now be presented as an exclusively virtual event because of the Omicron surge.
"Despite the most ambitious protocols, the Omicron variant with its unexpectedly high transmissibility rates is pushing the limits of health safety, travel and other infrastructures across the country," `Variety` quoted from a statement issued by the organisers.
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