Sundance Film Festival To Enforce Reduced Theater Capacities, Require Boosters In Response To Omicron Surge

As the Sundance Film Festival anticipates many returning in-person for their 2022 hybrid event, organizers are taking extra safety precautions with the latest headlines of Omicron, one of which is …

, one of which is reduced capacities at movie theaters, screening rooms and festival-sponsored events.

These new guidelines for Sundance are similar to what TIFF was enforcing back in September: Their theaters operated with reduced seating and popcorn, soda, candy etc weren’t sold. Sundance hasn’t specified a specific percentage on theater and screening room capacities as it will be in response to the severity of the variant at the time of the event which runs from Jan. 20-30.

Sundance’s updated safety measures for the 2022 edition come as many Hollywood events in the next month are either postponing or simply canceling . While Sundance already had a strict in-person mask and vaccination policy in place, as of today, they’re requiring boosters for all in-person attendees who are eligible and for who the CDC recommends, currently everyone 16 and older. Currently, fully vaccinated is defined as two weeks after the second dose of a two-dose series , a single dose of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine, or following the protocol for other WHO-approved vaccines.

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