Jeffrey Sipe The Guadalajara Film Festival (FCIG) has unspooled its 36th edition this year in a world still reeling from COVID-19.
The pandemic has battered film festivals around the world, leaving programmers and administrators re-assessing how to fulfill their mission to bringing films to large numbers of the public and the industry.“I think we really have to find better ways to enforce the COVID-19 protocols,” says Estrella Araiza, FCIG’s Director General. “We’ve reduced the number of invitees and the size of the parties, but everyone wants to unwind.
So, we have to find a way to allow people to kick back and enjoy themselves while being effective in ensuring the mask mandates, the social distancing and other practices that have been.
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