While the Venice film fest and major U.S. cinema chains have mandated face masks during movie screenings to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the Toronto International Film Festival — which is offering both in-person and virtual screenings — has adopted a more relaxed stance that makes masking up compulsory in its TIFF Bell Lightbox venue, but not "when seated in-cinema." In a statement to THR, Toronto organizers insist they’re strictly following the advice of public health experts, which limits the Bell Lightbox venue to 50 socially distanced patrons per screen, among other safety precautions (the five Lightbox theaters can collectively seat more than 1,200 moviegoers).
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