San Sebastian: A ‘Miracle’ It Happened At AllBy Sept. 10, COVID-19 cases ran at 260 infections per 100,000 of population, twice the level in France, the next worst ravaged territory in Europe.
It was a “miracle” that San Sebastian happened at all, screening all its festival sections in cinema theaters, Maialen Beloki, San Sebastian Festival director, told Variety.
Sanitary protocols were enforced with firm politeness, France-based director Eugene Green being expelled by the Festival for refusing to wear a mask.
For Spain’s distribution-exhibition industry, San Sebastian this year was not just about positioning individual titles but cinema going at large as a government-endorsed safer leisure option. “It’s important that cinema, and cinema.
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