Michael Pavitt: Reverting to a single host appears the best option for Euro 2020 Sunday, 17 January 2021
UEFA are among the major event organisers faced with a difficult decision in the coming months, with European football’s governing body having to decide how it can stage the European Championships during a pandemic.
Initially billed by then UEFA President Michel Platini as a celebration of football across Europe, a pan-European tournament seemed complicated at the time.
The delayed 2020 tournament seems one of the least pandemic-proof events on the sporting calendar for the year, amid heightened restrictions in several countries.
The thought of staging a tournament across 12 cities in 12 different countries seems extremely challenging given the current climate, where travel corridors are being restricted to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
While the spread of coronavirus and the resulting restrictions wiped out most events this year there is still plenty to look forward to on the eve of 2021. With the Oxford vaccine now given approval, just a couple of weeks after the rollout of the Pfizer jab, it is hoped that a much larger percentage of the population will be able to receive it sooner. And while things are very much reliant on government guidance at the time, Falmouth Town Team has given a teaser of what people can look forward to in 2021 if the situation allows.
Falmouth International Sea Shanty Festival
The Last Days of Peter Bergmann) and Kieron J. Walsh with Blinder Films’ Katie Holly (
Vita & Virginia, Love & Friendship,
Citadel) and Yvonne Donohoe (
Extra Ordinary,
Striking Out) producing. Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira of Calach Films co-produces along with Caviar Films’ Robin Kerremans and Dimitri Verbeeck. The film was shot in Ireland and Luxembourg.
The film is supported by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Film Fund Luxembourg, Eurimages, Screen Flanders, the BAI Sound & Vision Fund and RTE. Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) will release the film in the Benelux territory.
IFTN journalist Nathan Griffin spoke with Kieron J. Walsh ahead of the film’s opening weekend release.