We haven’t even begun the circuit of fall film festivals this year, but the folks at Sundance are already deep into planning their 2022 event. And with COVID cases spiking around the US, it appears the Sundance organizers aren’t going to take any chances, with a vaccination requirement for all of those people that want to attend the event.

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According to an open letter from festival director Tabitha Jackson, next January’s Sundance Film Festival will require all attendees to have proof of COVID vaccination if they want to go to in-person screenings and events.

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COVID-19 has greatly affected the film festival world in 2020. Many events have been canceled, some went online, and for the fall fests, we don’t really know what’s going to happen yet. So, it would be foolish to already look ahead to 2021 and what could be happening to those film festivals that are still more than half a year away. But Sundance isn’t willing to sit around and wait. The Utah film event is coming in January and the festival is already revealing a bold new direction it will take in 2021, largely driven by current events but also the addition of a new festival director, Tabitha Jackson.

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