The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival became the latest festival to try to navigate an in-person event in these days of Covid and the Delta variant, staging a festive event on Friday night that awarded a prize to Michael Caine, screened the world premiere of “Zátopek” and put guests through a rigorous array of Covid checks and mask requirements.
The pandemic precautions were most visible in advance, when attendees were required to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative Pcr test to obtain special color-coded wristbands that gave them access for different periods of time; as at the Cannes Film Festival in July, authorities in the Czech Republic aren’t always accepting Qr codes from U.S. vaccinations, though that may change in the coming days.
On opening night, everybody seemed to be sporting the appropriate wristbands, but another central part of the 2021 Kviff rules — a mandate that masks...
The pandemic precautions were most visible in advance, when attendees were required to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative Pcr test to obtain special color-coded wristbands that gave them access for different periods of time; as at the Cannes Film Festival in July, authorities in the Czech Republic aren’t always accepting Qr codes from U.S. vaccinations, though that may change in the coming days.
On opening night, everybody seemed to be sporting the appropriate wristbands, but another central part of the 2021 Kviff rules — a mandate that masks...
- 8/21/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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