Ostend Film Festival will be forced to change its original dates
The Belgian film sector has been sent reeling by the surprise news on Wednesday (December 22) that all cinemas in the country will be obliged to close from December 26 to January 28.
The cinema closures are part of a new raft of public measures being introduced in response to a rise in Covid cases spurred by the Omicron variant.
Some within the local industry are striking a defiant and angry note, however, given Belgian cinemas already have stringent measures in place to prevent the spread of Covid, including reduced capacity, social distancing,...
The Belgian film sector has been sent reeling by the surprise news on Wednesday (December 22) that all cinemas in the country will be obliged to close from December 26 to January 28.
The cinema closures are part of a new raft of public measures being introduced in response to a rise in Covid cases spurred by the Omicron variant.
Some within the local industry are striking a defiant and angry note, however, given Belgian cinemas already have stringent measures in place to prevent the spread of Covid, including reduced capacity, social distancing,...
- 12/22/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
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