Cinemas reopening today in Georgia after year-long pause
Unlike other business facilities, cinemas are allowed to work on weekends. Photo: Cavea Cinemas/Facebook.
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After a year-long pause cinemas have reopened in Georgia, with a number of Covid-19 regulations.
This includes the mandatory wearing of face masks and social distancing for visitors, who must be seated every other chair and in checker fashion.
Film sessions will be held at regular intervals in order to avoid crowds.
All theatre halls must be disinfected before and after all film sessions.
It is mandatory for all cinema employees to undergo PCR testing for Covid-19.
Unlike other business facilities, cinemas are allowed to work on weekends.
The Georgian government has revealed live performances at food venues will be permitted starting on Friday, while children's entertainment venues and cinema theatres will reopen on April 1.
As the number of coronavirus-infected individuals in Georgia has decreased over the past few weeks, the Georgian government has lifted several Covid-19 restrictions across the country today.
Works by three Georgian artists will become new additions to the space of the Georgian Museum of Fine Arts starting on Tuesday, as the Tbilisi venue reopens following the lockdown.
With various sectors of economic activity and socialising reopening in Georgia following the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the culture and health ministries have now published guidelines for cultural and artistic organisations to prepare their spaces for hosting audiences again in the near future.
The transfer or concession of space for social and mass entertainment events has been banned in Georgia against the backdrop of increased Covid-19 cases.
The first edition of the Kutaisi International Short Film Festival in Georgia's west will run in May with a programme involving 15 works in the main competition plus other sections.
Restaurants, bars and cafes will be able to receive guests indoors on weekends starting June 1 throughout Georgia, representative of the Interagency Coordination Council Giorgi Ghibradze said earlier today.