(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 26 - The word Covid echoed several times at the press meeting with the president of the Biennale, Roberto Cicutto, and with the artistic director Alberto Barbera to present the 78th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. "I would like to start from Covid - Cicutto began at the beginning of the meeting -. Last year we managed to hold the exhibition in the presence with a protocol that worked, this year we were hoping for something more relaxed, but at the moment it is not so. the same rules: the rooms of the Lido that from 8000 seats go to 4000 (for distances); there will be checks at the accesses, including the green pass and the mandatory seat reservation or, in the absence of double vaccination, the use of tampons that can be done free of charge at the Lido ".
The presence of the green pass, it was then underlined, will appear digitally on the badge so as not to make it necessary to show it every time. As for the safety criteria, last year there was only the obligation to measure the temperature.
The opening night, complete with dinner for 1000 people, skips like last year, while the red carpet could remain, as in the previous edition, covered by a wall to avoid dangerous gatherings of fans and onlookers or there could be alternative solutions: everything will depend on the development of the pandemic situation.
As for the representation of the films in this edition that promises to be monstrous, apart from China still wired, the rest of the continents are well represented with a total of 59 countries. Finally, on the use of the mask, if the region will remain in the white area, it will only be needed outdoors.
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