The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is the latest industry event to cancel due to the coronavirus outbreak. On Tuesday, organizers for the Czech festival said they were cancelling this year's event because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 55th Karlovy Vary Festival is now scheduled to run July 2-10, 2021. The festival said the cancellation was necessary "in view of the Czech government’s ongoing coronavirus measures and the complicated worldwide situation." The Czech government is set to ease the country’s strict lockdown orders on June 8, but according to festival organizers, the new regulations would only allow them to screen movies to a maximum of 50 viewers per cinema.