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Toronto Film Fest Reverses Controversial Face Mask Policy

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The Toronto Film Festival has changed its controversial policy on face masks in its theaters on the eve of its virtual 2020 edition.

TIFF will now require fest-goers to wear face coverings during all in-person movie viewing at its Bell Lightbox multiplex. Fest organizers cited a surge in new COVID-19 cases in Ontario for the U-turn on an earlier mask-optional policy that allowed fest-goers to decide if they wear a face covering "when seated in-cinema." The change of tack also follows The Hollywood Reporter on Sept.

8 reporting on TIFF's mask optional policy for movie screenings, which had raised concerns, including on social media, for an increase in COVID-19 infections in the city.

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