Sundance Film Festival cancels in-person events due to Omicron
CNN
The Sundance Film Festival, scheduled as a hybrid of both virtual and in-person screening events in Park City, Utah later this month, has moved the entire event online, citing Covid-19 concerns.
"We have been looking forward to our first fully hybrid Sundance Film Festival and our teams have spent a year planning a festival like no other. But 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. And so, today we're announcing: the Festival's in-person Utah elements will be moving online this year," organizers announced Wednesday.
The annual event, the largest independent film festival in the United States, is schedule to run form Thursday, Jan. 20 - Sunday, Jan. 30. Last year's festival took place entirely online due the pandemic.
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